Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
If you're open to constructive critiques - there's a lot about this step that I don't agree with:



Females ideally should not be moved. They should be bred in their own tubs, with the males introduced to them once or twice a month, not ever 2-4 days.

Many breeders will tell you that more often than that is really over-kill.

Also, you'll hear from many breeders who have had to physically move their facility, and had significant decrease in successful breedings, even if the move was several months before breeding, because the girls just take a lot longer to adapt to being moved, even if they are placed back in their original tubs at the new location.

It's also why some folks get anxious to buy breeder girls at the beginning of the season, and then get frustrated when those girls don't go for them that first season.

So moving them into a "breeding tub" makes little sense to me, and I don't personally believe that it's more likely to put a female OFF of breeding than on.

Hope that helps!
Yup had this issue myself this year, in November i moved all pythons into new building but same rack and tubs, i think at most I've got 2 out of 7 females ovy, 4 absorbed follicles and the other still might go if im lucky. The move really threw them all off.

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