Bob,

...I think that there are many times where a male snake will get a whiff of the females pheromones and mate even though he has not been properly cycled and is not carrying mature ready sperm cells. This seems to be most common with Boa constrictor imperator, the recreational sex leaders of all the snakes. I think Frank is on the right track with his ideas about chronobiology. I have many females that have laid their babies within a day or two of the same delivery date one or two years earlier. I am very very reluctant to buy snakes more than 2 years old. Why would someone want to get rid of a potential breeder they have invested so much time and effort into?

Jeff



>>Hey Frank does your rant pretty much include both sexes or more preferrably females? The reason why I ask is that most male species are horny by nature and if they have a willing female then bam right. Cuz it is always up to the females right since the guys are down with anything (j/k ladies) but more importantly don't the female start putting off those irresistable pheromones and then the guys go along or is it more complex than that you think? I know good husbandry skills are in ? also and maybe sometimes they couldn't get them to breed but does that mean they won't breed at all cuz I read on Brasher Reptiles that he couldn't get his male to breed until he was like 7 or something which sounds like a long time and I have also read Jeff Ronne on an occassion or two that couldn't get a couple to breed for awhile maybe 5 years old but that's the breeding process though I understand and if it was easy then everyone would be doing but this got long fast so I'll stop here and if you don't answer every ? then the hell with you I'll find a new buddy

>>Bob

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