Reptile & Amphibian Forums

I have a 66% het. albino female that I have bred this year and last. She is an "03" who put on weight exceptionally fast and was around 1600 grams in Oct. of "04" before trying her on an early year. During the 04-05 season, she bred with my "03" het. albino male (700 grams) "many" times but never produced. This year, I bred her again "many" times to an "03" het. pied male (900 grams). Still no ovulation or noticeable feeling of eggs after cooling and breeding them since November.
Do any of you have females that just never lay even though everything seems right? Thank you much for your replies!
Glenn

i have one female that bred last year with no eggs. she has bred again this year many many times and no eggs yet, but none of my females have dropped yet, heck only one has ovulated. Keep putting the male in with her until he no longer does anything. Some females are more sensitive and require longer, colder, shorter or warmer winters, sometimes you have to tweak your set-up. I know this year will not be a great year for me. I'm working full time, and i'm a full time college student. There were days when it was everything I could do to clean snake and rat cages but those had to be done. I may have missed follicles or may not have cooled low enough or heck probably have late girls as it's south florida, there's always breeding going on here, lol
-----
Josh Hutto
JKReptiles

2.3 het pied (RDR, alan bosch x 2, BHB x 2)
1.0 Spider Ball python (Ballroom pythons south)
0.1 High Contrast Albino (Gulf Coast)
1.1 het albino (ben siegel, Gulf Coast)
1.2 het citrus ghost(Gulf Coast line)
1.0 citrus ghost (Gulf Coast line)
1.1 graz pastel female
1.6 05 normal bp's
0.6 04 normal bp's
2.5 adult normal bp's (some need breeding to see if norm)
4 various corns
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (alan bosch)
1.0 american pit bull terrior
1.1 taco dogs (ankle biters)
1.0 grey cat
0.1 bearded dragons

a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrior as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

Hey Josh,
Thanks for the reply! Any others?

I have one female that I bred 3 years in a row - nothing at all. I was beginning to think I had a dud. Well, last season she delivers 8 beautiful eggs. All died but one. But he's very interesting looking so who knows.
-----
Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

I hoped to see some eggs from her this year, but I guess it's just another example of the ball python "patience" game. We'll see if she has a late clutch!
Glenn