This is my first breeding season and from what I understand ovulation is pretty hard to miss (but I'm sure I'm going to miss itOriginally Posted by Xotik
Hello All!
I'm new here, and new to breeding snakes. For the last year or so, I've been reading up on BP breeding, incubation, hatchlings and the whole nine yards. With as much as I have read, I still don't feel like I know what I should to try and breed my snakes.
I've only been here since yesterday, but I've read the threads with the most helpful looking titles. I've seen a lot on who to breed to who, ages, weights, morphs...All that I understand. I don't quite understand how some members seem to know when their females are ovulating, when an actual breeding has occurred, if you don't see it personally.
Does anyone know of some specific threads/books/web pages that could help me at all? I'm new to breeding reptiles, but have bred mammals in the past (big difference, I know).
Thank you in advance!).
As for how you know if they've bred and you don't see, there is no sure fire way to tell that I know of. If you keep them on paper you might some times see marks on the paper after they've locked. You just want to keep track of who you paired with who and when you paired them. I've only seen one lock from my male spotnose so far, but he doesn't lock for long so it's possible I missed the others.
Reply With Quote