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Ok my buddy has an adult Female Snow Brooksi. he's tried breeding her 2yrs in a row and she's refused both his males (Lavender and het Axanthic)...

have any of u guys ever owned a female that's NEVER bred?

could something be going wrong (brumation, missing the window, etc?)

** he has successfully bred Brooksi before**

Thanx

~ZF

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If it were mine I'd double check to make sure it is a female, and then offer her as many mice as she wants to eat. Maybe she wants to be a bit bloated before taking the male on. Works over here sometimes, a non receptive female suddenly lets the male on her after she is stuffed with food Tom Stevens
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that is azacly what my cal kings are doing.

You should understand, a female must develop eggs before breeding. Eggs/ovum are easy to feel/palpate.

If a female does not develop ovum, she has no reason to breed.

Your task is to see if she has ever developed ovum/eggs. Heck, with a little experience, you can see it, without problem. They get a "look".

This part may be way off, but no wonder some of you fellas "depend" on brumation and such to tell what a snake is doing. You must not know the basic biological mechanics.

The mechanics are so simple, once you learn them, you do not have to guess.

You should consider, brumation is the suspension of development, thru adverse conditions. Its not a benefitual period. If you have strong healthy snakes, burmation does not harm(if done correctly).

Once suitable temps are allowed, then the snake picks up where it left off. It will restart development.

I guess the that gives some an idea of when cycling could occur. But its only a guess. Cheers

I'll assume (and its a big assumption) that conditions are good enough, and he has enough experience where breeding should be expected. I'll also assume that its definetely a female. You didn't mention age. If its only a three year old its possible that she is just not ready yet. Late bloomers. ha! If it was purchased as an adult the age could easily have been misrepresented and its possible that she is passed her breeding prime. Has she ever bred before? There are occasionaly snakes that are truely infertile for a wide variety of reasons but it is pretty rare.

I would say just keep feeding the hell out of her especially in spring, maybe use a vit/calcium supplement.

I got no clue how old she is but he raised her from a hatchling, so she's not a retired breeder.

the males are "attacking" her as though she's really a female so i guess she is (but i have heard of males trying to breed males)

the snake has never bred, she's pretty healthy so i know she's not too small.

infertility is a possibility... but i really hope not, cuz that snake will be a part of my collection pretty soon.

Thanx

~ZF
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