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    Breeding Season?

    This will be my first time breding ball pythons, I've never bred any reptile. I know that breeding season is just around the cornrer but my question is when does everyone start pairng the males with the females?

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    Usually...maybe the majority, start cooling in Oct.
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    I don't cool my ball pythons before breeding, I'll be pairing in October though.
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    Re: Breeding Season?

    this sticky on here breaks it down better

    http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...rom-the-8-Ball!

    hope this helps

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    Re: Breeding Season?

    Quote Originally Posted by bsash View Post
    I don't cool my ball pythons before breeding, I'll be pairing in October though.
    I was not planning on cooling as I hear some breeders say it's just a waste of time. Thanks all for your help guess i'll start pairing in OCT. One other question once you pair how long do you keep the pair together and when you seperate how long do you keep them seperate, is their some kind of cycle that you use?

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    Re: Breeding Season?

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    Re: Breeding Season?

    I live in FL so cooling is really not a issue at all bc of my ac etc. I actually had my vanilla and normal female pairing up till about a month ago. She just got out of her prelay shed, so I'm waiting for the 30 days for the eggs.

    My distributor says that a good marker is Thanksgiving. Thats when he starts his pairing. I started late this year (I started pairing in Jan.), about 3 weeks ago I had my first clutch ever which were het ghosts. Depending on where you live, your temperature conditions inside your house, you might be able to breed sooner or later than the actual breeding season. Just depends.

    I did do the three days on and three days off. If they were locking up continuely passing the 3 days on, I would keep them in there until it looked like there was no more interest. Good luck
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    Re: Breeding Season?

    I've already had a couple locks this year.
    -Jordan

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    0.1 Pinstripe.............................1.0 DH Lavender Snow
    0.2 PH Lavender Albino.............0.1 Bumblebee
    0.1 Pastel PH Ghost..................1.0 Pastel Het Ghost
    0.2 PH Ghost (Twins)................1.0 Cinnamon
    0.1 Het TSK Axanthic................1.3 Mojave
    0.1 Het Albino..........................1.0 Albino PH Pied
    1.1 Het Pied.............................1.0 Dinker
    1.2 Normal...............................1.0 Pastel Lesser

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    i already have a pair that started breeding last week

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    November 1st is when i am going to start!! No cooling, the last thing I need is a snake with an RI going into breeding season.

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