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whats your method for spring breeding, i know some people do it certain ways, and some people say it realy dont matter and throw whatever into whatevers cage
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0.0.1 Dusky pygmy rattlesnake
1.0 Amelanistic greatplains ratsnake
0.1 Greatplains ratsnake
0.1 Amelanistic Cornsnake
1.1 Everglades Ratsnake
0.1 Greenish ratsnake
1.1 Speckled kingsnake
1.1 stripeless gartersnake
1.0 onestriped northwestern garter
0.1 Oregon Red sided gartersnake
1.1 anoles
0.0.1 tokay gecko
0.1 graceful chamelion
1.0 green iguana
and a bangin @ss drumset

I usualy flick the male in the side to simulate combat or throw another male in there for some real combat when female is introduced. Seems to do the trick.

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

so u say u flick the male on his side to induce activity ? how well does that work , were at should u flick him ?
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0.0.1 Dusky pygmy rattlesnake
1.0 Amelanistic greatplains ratsnake
0.1 Greatplains ratsnake
0.1 Amelanistic Cornsnake
1.1 Everglades Ratsnake
0.1 Greenish ratsnake
1.1 Speckled kingsnake
1.1 stripeless gartersnake
1.0 onestriped northwestern garter
0.1 Oregon Red sided gartersnake
1.1 anoles
0.0.1 tokay gecko
0.1 graceful chamelion
1.0 green iguana
and a bangin @ss drumset

I usualy flick them a few times mid body and sometimes on the totop of the head, weird but I have bred everything I have tried to.
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

Well, it will many times work either way, but I usually put the male in with the female, so he can "catch a whiff" of all the pheromone scent in her cage. And sometimes I'll also leave her post-brumation shed in the cage for some extra scent.
Also, in nature it's usually the male that prowls and finds the female, that's why the vast majority of snakes found in the wild during spring, are males. So I just usually go right on with that "theme".
Doug

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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

catches my eye ever time I see it. First ratsnake I ever had when I was a kid was a yellow. Memories hehe.
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Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

Thanks!,.....glad you like him.

Those were some of the earliest species I had as a kid too, I remember walking home with a huge 7 footer I just bought from a kid around the corner when I was about 10 or so(1970). this thing was a real "handful" for me back then!,...anyway this thing latched onto my neck as I was walking home, and I gotta' tell ya, it hurt a bit!LOL
I had some awesome indigos,brooksi,Miami corns,Yellow rats, Scarlet Kings, Banded Watersnakes, etc....from about age 7 on
Those were great times!

best regards, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"