Young males breeding successfully.... A closer look.

[Ga_herps]

One in particular from this season was a het for albino that was 7 months of age. He weighed in at 310 grams as of the first breeding I witnessed give or take a little. He was only bred to a het fro albino female that weighed 1610 grams. The result was 4 eggs that hatched recently , but no albinos from them this year.

[KingPythons]

So I have a question about the young breeder males.

Were they housed around just males, mix, or females?(or by themselves)

[Ga_herps]

All my snakes are housed individually. I do not like keeping any of my snakes in a communal setting.

[tahutch72]

...with males once a male gets over 1700 grams hes out of my collection.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but why?

[ted1025]

1.) how old was your male? - Was a July hatchling, started rotating him into breeding in November, so 5 months
2.) how much did he weigh? - 243 grams when first paired
3.) how many females did you attempt to breed him to that season? 2
4.) what were the approximate weights of the girls you bred him with? 1500ish & 1200ish
5.) what was the end result with each female you paired him with? - Both laid 4 egg clutches, all eggs hatched 100% healthy
6.) did you have any problems with the male during or after the breeding rotations? - Nothing serious, if he skipped a meal then he would not be rotated back in until he ate again
7.) what comments would you like to contribute? - just make sure the small male keeps eating and stop rotating him in if he stops eating

[KingPythons]

1.) how old was your male? - Was a July hatchling, started rotating him into breeding in November, so 5 months
2.) how much did he weigh? - 243 grams when first paired
3.) how many females did you attempt to breed him to that season? 2
4.) what were the approximate weights of the girls you bred him with? 1500ish & 1200ish
5.) what was the end result with each female you paired him with? - Both laid 4 egg clutches, all eggs hatched 100% healthy

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6.) did you have any problems with the male during or after the breeding rotations? - Nothing serious, if he skipped a meal then he would not be rotated back in until he ate again
7.) what comments would you like to contribute? - just make sure the small male keeps eating and stop rotating him in if he stops eating

Were females around him while growing up(not in his tub), or just males, or mix

[ted1025]

Were females around him while growing up(not in his tub), or just males, or mix

I have two 5-slot racks stacked on top of each other and a I have 2 males and 8 females in those two racks where he was housed. The one female he bred was one tub above or below, I forget and the other was about 4-5 tubs above him

[Lolo76]

Here are my answers, in regards to my now 2 year-old Mojave, Julius... he was a daddy before age 1, so he qualifies as a young stud. Fyi, I also witnessed locks from my pastel around 4-5mo, but nothing resulted from them - so I won't include him in my response.

1.) how old was your male? About 8 months at first copulation, in April 2010.
2.) how much did he weigh? 800-900g (he's a fatty - now around 2000g)
3.) how many females did you attempt to breed him to that season? Two
4.) what were the approximate weights of the girls you bred him with? 2500 & 1900g, approx.
5.) what was the end result with each female you paired him with? One 6-egg clutch from the larger female, nothing from the smaller girl - but he successfully bred her this season!
6.) did you have any problems with the male during or after the breeding rotations? Nope... he was a pig then, and he's still a pig today.
7.) what comments would you like to contribute? Not much more to say, except that early breeding was successful for this particular boy... my other attempts either didn't lock, or didn't produce any eggs.

[Lolo76]

So I have a question about the young breeder males.

Were they housed around just males, mix, or females?(or by themselves)

Mine are pretty mixed, and I've moved them around over the years... so I don't remember who he was near last year, but probably both males & females. I've actually seen Julius fight with another male, when I put them on my floor during a quick cleaning - he was doing most of the "fighting," so I guess he doesn't like having competition!

[Sobolco]

Last season I tryed a couple males that were around 500g to a 2000 g normal and got no results..... just a practice run for them. I believe the female was the reason for no sucess because she had bred multiple times with a pastel adult male........ no eggs, no slugs.. and she even looked like a minor ovulation at one point.