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Okay, after owning my pastel for 6 months I was putting alot of though and research into breeding him this season, however, with a move, a car accident, the holidays I'm a little short on cash right now to buy his mate. So I am wondering what is the latest I'd be able to start breeding him and still have a reasonable shot on getting a clutch this year? Or is my whole season shot?
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1.0 Pastel, soon to be more. *fingers crossed*

The season is very early, I starting breeding last october through march and hatched my last clutch 11-29-07 .

Sweet, thats what I like to hear. Would I be better of (when I do get my next snake) to try and cool her off a little bit before I start to get them breading? Or just see if they go at it? lol
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1.0 Pastel, soon to be more. *fingers crossed*

Obviously, get her settled in first for a couple weeks at least before attempting to breed. If she was eating before she was shipped, try and get her to eat at least twice before trying to breed her. Then you'll know she's at least settled in and going to be fine before you put her in a stressful situation with a strange snake in a strange place and on an empty tummy.

I might just be paranoid, but that's what I'd do (will do when I get a new female in another month or two) before breeding a new female. In a perfect world, you'd quarantine her in a separate room for at least a month or two prior to any attempt at breeding anyway.

As far as cooldown/breeding - I'd toss them in together first to see if they go at it, and if they don't, then try cooling down and other techniques to see if that does the trick.

Good luck!

~jenny
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"Polysyllabism in no way insures that what you're saying is actually worth being heard." - Blake (an e-friend of mine)

"I have never made but one prayer to god, a very short one: "O lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And he granted it." - Voltaire

True, thanks,
I'm planning on keeping them in different rooms to start out with yes, my small aprt is going to get interesting with the adition of two or three more snake cages though,
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1.0 Pastel, soon to be more. *fingers crossed*

*addition*
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1.0 Pastel, soon to be more. *fingers crossed*

Don't complain! I still live at home while I'm going to college, and my bedroom is packed with four different rat cages (I have a rat breeding project inbetween the snake projects), eight ball python cages, a kingsnake display cage, a fishtank, AND a rabbit cage.

And I'm really working on finding a way to fit an Argentine black and white tegu in here somehow. There's a really cute one at work that I've got tamed down enough to take pinkies calmly out of my hand...

Lol!

~jenny
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"Polysyllabism in no way insures that what you're saying is actually worth being heard." - Blake (an e-friend of mine)

"I have never made but one prayer to god, a very short one: "O lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And he granted it." - Voltaire

trust me I'm not complaining, I think it's wonderful. Hell I almost broke my back moving our 150 gal salt water aquar. when we moved last and I love still that thing!
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1.0 Pastel, soon to be more. *fingers crossed*