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I have my very proven female and her Snow looking son. He is from last year but is a good 3 foot long already. I have his dad who is usually as horny as a cactus but I am thinking of trying the young one first. What would you do????
I am curious to try my Axanthic looking male on this female but that won't happen this year and it also goes against my regular practices of keeping females on specific males...
What would you try?
Tom Stevens
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I would say size is more important, give the young man a shot at the title.

daveb

Hey Tom,
I always give my males a two year minimum. Thats not to say the little bugger couldn't do the job though! The only think that I could think of would be a lower fertility or sperm count just due to age? Then again he could be just like his daddy and be the best breeder ever. Hard to say. Did you cool him? I think I've seen pics of this guy your talking about before. How about a new pic? Good luck and take care!

Jeremy

But the benifits of a sexy, older male are obvious to discerning, young....

Ooops-we're talking about snakes here, aren't we....Well, in that case I've had some yearling males do an excellent job. In fact, right now a yearling male opal corn is hooked up with a female three times his size!
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Brad Chambers
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The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

you still have a sense of NY humor...

So - if my little WC 14" pac gopher puts on enough size between now and november, he couls possibly stud my female next season?

That would be cool.

I'm guessing I have to wait to 2010 but I guess I'll find out.
Either way he brumates next winter.
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