just joking..........


There is no set body wt. to determine breeding size..... wait until your snakes are 3 or 4 years of age, given that they have had fairly regular feedings. You will with experience begin to recognize when your female snakes "look mature". Where you will get into trouble is pushing them too fast and breeding them too young. This is generally an artifact of breeders wanting to turn around their "investment" and loosing site of the animals' well being.

When in doubt.... wait it out!

I have had 20 month old Pituophis breed no problems (I do not encourage this), and I have had established 5 year old females encounter complications such as retention of all or part of a clutch.....

Also, you should cycle both members of a pair to ensure better breeding success.

The group that I always have trouble with are the P. c. pumilus. They are so small in adulthood and it really takes some getting used to breeding a 2 foot pituophis!!!

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