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I brought my Hondos up around the first week of February, the Pyros around the end of March. All of my Pyros are gravid and after 3 sheds I still have no action from the Hondos. Out of 6 females only 2 are breeding. 1 after her second shed and the other after her third. Anyone else having a slow start with the Hondos?

Hi,
don`t think so - in the past years my Albino and Hypo hondurans went gravid in the same time window - this year the Hypos starting copulating until the Albino have laid their eggs...
I hope that this is not a mark of desaster as in 1997 - in this el nino year most of the morelia viridis clutches were going bad. Also the rosy have many slugs - and there was also a great differenz to the years befor.
Part of the 2007 eggs:
Honduran vs. Agalma

I brought my hondos up in the second week of February... I have 4 females I am breeding this year and all have copulated multiple times now. I am starting to notice some swelling in a few as well. These females have only had 2 sheds. I am expecting eggs in the end of May
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My hondos are right on time, but some of my sinaloans are almost a month behind what they were the past 2 years. Since I am in the northeast I am blaming the crazy winter.

Vinny
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John,
I have females all over the place time wise.I didn't have any breed after the first shed this year and usually I do have one particular one that always goes first right after her first shed.
She just had her second shed and now is excepting the male.I have many many that have gone now after there second shed and I even have a couple that showed zero intrest until they just had there third and now they are kicking it in gear.
I always say they will go when "there" clock is ready.I try them after every shed and a few days later etc....sooner or later they will give in.LOL...
p.s. I also brought mine up on feb 15th and I already have clutches on the ground from other snakes.

Shannon

We have been pretty fortunate this year. We had three more clutches drop today. We included a pic of one of them with the father above it. We still have a few that are going to be paired up again as soon as they shed. We also had a female turn out to be a male, so then we probed everything that was not gravid to be sure. We really like that Striped that you got from Mark.

Good luck with your stuff this year.

Joe Exposito
Thoroughbred Exotics, LLC