To help release stress in he snake breeding process it will really help if you could learn to palp. Females can develope follicles anytime in a given year. I have some that will develope them in the same months every year. they are the easy ones. I know when to start paring her.
You can pair your snakes antime of the year you would like, and as often as you like.... just don't kill your male. most of know that a female can retain sperm for up to a year. But if she never developes folicles she won't have eggs.
I will start to introduce my snakes like most uf us do, in late fall. But before paring i will palp the female and check the male for sperm plugs. If I have a female that doesn't develope folicilies til june on a constant basis, I won't introduce them together until late April..
i have found for me, keepin records of when they develope folicles is the biggest key in my success rate..
When you first start the palpating techinque, you won't know what you feeling. You are feelin all stsges of undigested rodent, poop, organs....But once you feel a string of folicles, there will be no dening what your feeling...It will feel like a pearl necklace at first. as time goes on and they increase in size they will feel like marbles and eventually golf balls...As you slide you fingers down the inside of her belly, you should feel a bump...bump...bump.. for each folicle you run across.
sorry this was a little long...many first and second year breeders just throw their snakes together in Nov,Dec and wonder why they don't have eggs byMarch...
Ralph Davis and some others have some videos on youtube that will walk you through the proce
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