Vet bills from breeding

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Do tell? How does one "avoid" or discourage a double clutch? My goofy FL rat snake ladies do that every year...neither has ever bred...I have yet to find the "off-switch". (they're about 12 years old now)

At least with corns I have seen mention their breeding cycles are very in tune with feedings. If their bodies sense food is plentiful then they may double.

Last year was was my first year breeding. My first clutch after she laid I went back to feeding her once every 5-7 days to help get the weight back on her. She doubled.

My 2nd clutch last year and the 7 I've had this year I changed the post lay feedings and have yet to have a double. Now I do a small fuzzy post laying just to get a small meal in her. Then I let her go blue and shed. Once she has shed I do roughly a 10 day feed cycle with a small mouse for the next two months. After that is when I will start bulking for brumation.

Though some animals may double no matter what you do.