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How many females can successfully be breed by one male?
It never worked for me to bred even 2 females by one male.
I will try this again this season, hope it works.

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If I could get an average of one litter for each male that I tried to breed, I'd be ecstatic! That's a challenge in and of itself. That being said, I have had many males that have fathered two litters in a single season, but I never count on it. In 1989 I had one male sire four litters! He was an unbelievable animal. He was courting nearly 8 months that year. From September into April. One of those females he bred, ovulated in one week which really helped. Every year I have some females that never see a male because the males I have are either still working their respective females over, or they have run out of steam. I always wish I had more males than females.
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I use only 1 male per female and have had 100% success rate every season.
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Richard Ceniceros
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Hi..I know its been asked before..but it does not make sense to just try one male to a single female and have all hopes fail,I feel let him try many females, who am I to say which one is ready,I spoke to PK and ask him the same question..with colony breeding and he has done it and a male will breed many females...maybe its a way for breeders to keep you in stock of many males by saying one only..lol.
hey what do I know.. I feel its all speculation and there are many ways...but you need both sexs thats a given..I'm still trying.

I meant 1 to 1 ratio, but that doesnt mean if a male and female pair dont hit off its all over. You can switch them around as another female might be ready then the male will start to go to work.
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Richard Ceniceros
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My thoughts on mass breeding in nature (that would be standard operating procedure in the wild) is that when there is sexual dimorphism with females being much larger than males. Group breeding with multiple males is the norm in the wild. Two examples that come to mind would be Anacondas and Garter Snakes. Coincidentally, both are live bearing (viviparous). I believe some pit vipers behave in the same manner.
I've done colonial (mass male) breeding with Elaphe bimaculata years ago and had good results.
jsc
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