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KevinM
at Sat Mar 13 20:32:48 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by KevinM ]
Pyromaniac, there is no hard and fast formula for breeding size of female snakes of any species. Breeding ability is mainly a matter of size and weight. The females of any respective species needs to have the necessary mass to produce viable eggs and pass them through the cloaca. So, you can have a snake with sufficient mass at 18 months, or close enought to put in brumation and breed her that spring. Most say wait until at least their third year of life, basically hibernating them when they are 2.5 and breeding them the spring before they turn three that summer. Growth is an individual matter with each snake, and within their species. The question you should be asking is what is the minimum size and weight necessary to breed the species you are interested in breeding. For corns, I wait til the females are at least 32 inches, preferably closer to 36 inches and probably 1.5 in diameter. Males can go around 30 inches. Due to pits being larger in general, I am sure there minimum size and weight will be greater pending on the pit species. I would suspect a gopher species can breed at a smaller size than a bull or pine species.
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RE: Premature Breeding of Female Pits? - KevinM, Sat Mar 13 20:32:48 2010