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i hatched my first clutch this year mostly out of luck since im not sure i exactly knew what i was doing. i seem to know more now but am some what confused as to when the animals should be put together. iwas initially under the impression that the m and f were put together after cool down. but some people say the ovulation occurs then and they should be together before hand-which seems to make sense from studying the wild snakes season pattern. So... when do you guys put them together for breeding. thanks a bunch for clearing this up.
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GOOSEBALLS

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Start cool down in October - Start putting males with females November - Let them breed until you see ovulation.

Ovulation is when the female moves the eggs down into her oviducts to be fertilized by the sperm she has collected during the breeding season, if she hasn't mated then she won't ovulate - or if she did you'd get slugs because they wouldn't be fertile.
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Tosha

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i said ovulation, meant foliculation
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GOOSEBALLS

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... This will be my first attempt at breeding!
Ken
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