Hello,

My big girl het albino had 8 follicles back around February. I was cycling her around November last year. I never saw a copulation and she never became gravid. The follicles went away around March or so. I asked a few people with extensive experience if a female could have follicles more than once a year. They were not a 100 percent and told me that it was usually only once a year. So this morning I went down to clean and check things and she was laying on the cold side which she never does. I checked her for follicles and sure enough she has a bunch. I put a male in with her and we will see. I am afraid about putting the male back with her because it could mess up her feed schedule and the males. I was not planning on any more breeding until next season. The male was producing descent sperm back in November but he was producing. He weighs about 900 grams now and weighed around 550 grams last November. Any thoughts or direction. I have done everything in my power to get these two snakes to breed. I know they will breed when they are ready, but at what point do I start thinking about my male being a dud. He is really nice looking and I would never part with him but I am wondering if he has it in him to breed.

Thanks for any help,
Bill

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