Finding male for female, what weights/ages?

[soranotori]

Hello,
I have a 7-8 month old female ball, she weighs around 300-350grams (just switched from mice to rats, expecting her to grow a bit faster as of now). I read that females must be larger than the males when breeding, so I was wondering, when would be the right time to get a male hatchling? I wanted to have both snakes from the moment they were small, and now my female has a head start, but I don't know when I should purchase the male (I want to get him as a hatchling).
Thanks in advance!

PS This was my first post, I hope I posted it right.

[rlditmars]

Many people agree the minimum weight to start breeding a female is about 1500 grams but that has a few variables attached to it. That is presuming the female is at least 18 to 24 months old minimum and hasn't been overfed. Some people have bred females that were smaller, but often that is when a female is a problem eater and/or not growing as quickly as most. So if you have a 4 or 5 year old female and she is still only 1200 to 1300 grams, some people will go ahead and pair her since she is sexually mature, and sometimes running their first clutch through them may jump start their eating and they will get up to an average size.

As far as when to get your male, you could wait until your female is about 800 to 1000 grams before you get a male hatchling and by the time the female is ready, the male will likely be close enough. Males can be bred at about 7 months old and as small as 400 grams but most people will try to make sure they are nearer a 1000 so that if they go off feed due to breeding, they don't loose to much weight and start to spiral downward. If you see a male that is perfect for your plans and is so nice you just can't live without, then don't wait and pick him up. He'll still be ready whenever the female is.

[Jt balls]

Get him as soon as poss! To get the weight on him and get him breeding. The more they do it the better more successful they r! Point to note it doesn't matter if the male is bigger than the female. Just as long as the female is bigger that 1500g. But you tend not to c it because heavy males tent to be more slugish (lazy) when it comes to breeding)


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[soranotori]

Thanks for the replies! I'll keep an eye out for young males, then, and I'll post a pic when I get one

[soranotori]

Hey! I bought a 1.0 2014 pastave! I'm not very familiar with this website, don't know how to insert pics, but I posted two of him and my other ball in my gallery if you want to see . I received those pics from the owner, the snake will be delivered by him in two weeks.

[rlditmars]

You have to post your pictures on a host imaging site like photobucket and then copy the link and insert it. The new Pastave is gorgeous.