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Next season im planning to breed my female Amel with a male im hoping to get from a show in a couple of weeks. I know females should be 1.5 - 2 years and 300 grams before breeding, so my question is what age and weight should a male be before breeding?
This will be my frist attemp at breeding so any advice or helpful tips would be greatly appreciated :]

Males usually can be smaller than females but I wouldn't try less than 1.5 years (IE to breed in '08 you want an '06 or older)

I don't know about grams - I think a well fed corn 30 inches long should be fine - whatever it translates to into grams. Properly fed for the length I think is more important, a 300g snake can be underfed and possibly not advisable to breed if it is long.

My '06 hatched in August and is already about 27 inches.

Also - I think some localities (IE Miami) are naturally smaller and breed smaller.
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6.8 L. getula californiae - 11 eggs (Cal. King)
1.2 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
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>>Males usually can be smaller than females but I wouldn't try less than 1.5 years (IE to breed in '08 you want an '06 or older)
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That's what I was going to say too...a well fed male will almost always be breedable at 18 months.
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Thank you so much those were very helpful responses :]
Im going to be looking for a charcoal male to breed with my amel
to possibly get some blizzards, who knows what'll happen :]
im not very fluid on genetics

A year and a half for a female is extremely young. It goes in three's! 3 years old, 3', and 300 grams. Males can be less.
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-David Harrison-
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1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
.1 Ball Python "Rocky Ballboa" (Didn't name her!)

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