breedability

[Arbor05]

quick question. i seem to get alot of different answers when i ask what is the best size to have a female retic at to start breeding. i know my female is way to small at a whopping 4ft lol but she is ounding large rats and putting on size rapidly. thanx for the imput!

[AjBalls]

Minimum of 3 years old before you breed a female. And needs to be over 12'.

I had a good list of all the requirements a female would need to meet. But I guess I lost it.

[8b8ll]

For me I would say 2-3 years.

Some people may disagree with me but thats just my personal preference.

Females 11+ feet. Good health, weight ect.

I am going to be breeding my coastals and my male tic and am going to wait a few years.

No sense in pushing an animal into breeding that is not ready to.

I would rather wait another year than have a bad breeding season because I couldn't wait.


Mike

[Ben_Renick]

Typically minimum is 3+ yrs, 12'+... Breeding a female small could have some problems, so it doesn't hurt to wait. Most females under 3 probably wouldn't breed well anyways. Males are typically 18 months before they kick on.

Good luck!

[pythonboy123]

you can breed them at 18 months of age, but the female needs to be at least 10ft.

[8b8ll]

18 months....come on thats really to young to be breeding.

I see a lot of problems with people A. Power feeding to get them up to size fast. and B. Breeding to young.

Better to wait.


Mike

[MPenn]

you can breed them at 18 months of age, but the female needs to be at least 10ft.

Really now.

The youngest a female retic will breed is 34 months.

[pythonboy123]

im tryin to think of the name of that book,
it stays there breedable at 18 months.
if there the right size and weight, and i never said i would breed them that young. I said you could breed them that young.

[MPenn]

im tryin to think of the name of that book,
it stays there breedable at 18 months.
if there the right size and weight, and i never said i would breed them that young. I said you could breed them that young.

I would really like to know your source for this info. All the retic breeders I have talked to, Bob Clark included, said 34 months is the earliest.

[pythonboy123]

well im talking about burms, im not sure about retics