That's really up to you. Different people do it different ways.Originally Posted by xbikez
For me personally (and part of this may harken back to my pet breeding days), I keep males and females separate until I want to breed the females, then I'll leave them together for 1-2 weeks before separating again. I don't leave the males and females together all the time, and I don't leave multiple females and litters together. I currently have 9 breeding or potential breeding females, and 4 males. With these numbers, what I've been doing is simply rotating different males (which ever one I feel like pairing for whatever reason...) with 2 females at a time. By the time I have one or two litters born, I already have the male with another female. I start breeding the girls at 250 grams (or so). I wait to rebreed each girl until every other female has been bred first, giving each girl a couple months in between litters. Since I only have 8 snakes who eat f/t, this provides me with plenty of babies without being completely overrun. I have pretty much had a litter at all times, but at different ages or stages (gives me good variety in size for the different snakes I have... and technically I have 10 snakes to feed if I include my two rosy boas and knock off a couple babies while they are still small enough for them). This has worked very well for me. Other breeders will do things differently though, so see what others have to say, think about and consider the different methods, your situation, and your needs, and pick one to try out. If it doesn't work, experiment and try something different. You'll quickly figure out what works best for you and your animals.
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