First Attempt At Breeding Underway!

[Aedryan Methyus]

Once you've seen them lock and then separate, you can remove the male. I usually reintroduce the male once a month until ovulation.

Thanks!

Good luck with this new endeavor!!

Seems like yesterday when I decided to finally breed my Balls. And now I have 12 hatchlings in the rack and another 4 eggs in the incubator.
It was quite the ride

When your animals are ready, they will do the deed. Just keep trying every so often. I find the females get quite excited when they are ready and willing and you introduce the male into the enclosure. My females would cruise while wagging their tail (more like banging it around) and what male can say no to that...LOL

Thanks, Zina! I'm very happy to see that you are having lots of success with breeding! I will have babies starting to pop out left and right over the next couple of years. I am excited to finally have my first pair breeding, but honestly, i'm a little concerned about this female. She has been on a hunger strike for over 3 months and she has dropped from 1,800 grams down to 1,200 grams. I have had a couple breeders tell me that I should go ahead and breed her and that breeding can trigger females to start eating again sometimes, so I decided to go ahead and give it a shot. Do any of you have any thoughts you would like to share about that? On feeding days she has been very active lately when I try to feed her (literally trying to get out of her tub), but she doesn't want anything to do with the rats. I have been putting her boyfriend in with her for 3 days at a time then removing him for about 14 days then putting him back in and I have been leaving his recent shed in the tub with her...

I know snakes are pretty phreaky, but myself, i'm very weary of girls, who go banging their tails around! LOL!