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cleaning cages today, and sitting in my 06 het hypo males water bowl were sperm plugs. What does this actually mean? does sperm plugs = he ready for the girls or??
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Dave

10.14 brbs

Exactly!!!!

But, is there a ready and willing female is the real question....
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

well guess calling them hemipenal sheds would be more correct.
yes i have 2 girls that i could match him two, the girls in pictures before.
BUT, i havent cooled them, i dont really want to be producing 50% poss hypo hets
and i think the females would eat him He approx 1000grams (ok havent weighed lately, but thats my guess)
ahh i dont know, we will see
girls below


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Dave

10.14 brbs

weighed the het hypo male last night, and he on 870 grams.
what is the minimum size weight to attempt breeding with a male?
also, are these hemipenal sheds, shown all year around, or just at this time of the
year, when its getting darker etc etc?
what the youngest you have seen aswell producing these sheds?

either way, i doubt i will breed him for at least a year, maybe 2. Want to weight till his girlfriend big enough

cheers
dave
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Dave

10.14 brbs

Dave,
....I have had males that small produce them. They do it mostly at this time of year through spring. I think they are analogous to "wet dreams". The little guy may be thinking alot about sex but he may or may not be producing viable sperm. The youngest male I have heard of producing viable sperm was 18 months old. I have never had a BRB breed at that age and only know of one occurence. My males mostly seem to be mature at 30 months though some of them not until a year later. 870 grams is probably just big enough though age is probably more important than size. Some other subspecies do mature earlier and of course at a much smaller size.
Jeff

>>weighed the het hypo male last night, and he on 870 grams.
>>what is the minimum size weight to attempt breeding with a male?
>>also, are these hemipenal sheds, shown all year around, or just at this time of the
>>year, when its getting darker etc etc?
>>what the youngest you have seen aswell producing these sheds?
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>>either way, i doubt i will breed him for at least a year, maybe 2. Want to weight till his girlfriend big enough
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>>cheers
>>dave
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>>Dave
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>>10.14 brbs

cheers for your comments jeff.
what im seeing into the bowl though, is it essentially sperm, or an actually shed? it look like a shed to me, but what confused me aswell was there was two rabbit eared looking pieces (best way to describe it), why is it not 2 strands, instead of essentially 4?
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Dave

10.14 brbs

I have wondered the same exact thing. Only thought I have (based on nothing) is .....

How many testicles does a snake have? Would it make sense to think four? Two testicles per hemipene? Then I could see those as internal "sloughed off" linings (maybe with sperm?)
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

what is a sperm plug?
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1.0 of Me
0.1 girlfriend man is she a pretty one
1.2 Brazilian rainbow Boa Adults
0.1 Brazilian rainbow Boa Young Adults
2.1 Baby Brazilian rainbow boas (held back)
0.1 Australian blue Heeler puppy 1 year old.
TOO.MANY hours of school and work a week
NOT.ENOUGH money in the bank

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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>>Thanks,
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>>Dave Colling
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>>www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
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>>0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
>>0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
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>>LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
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>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts

They were off him and in the water bowl?! LOL.
As far as I know, you can tell when a male is ready in many snakes when he develops sperm plugs and starts producing sperm.
Good luck!

>>cleaning cages today, and sitting in my 06 het hypo males water bowl were sperm plugs. What does this actually mean? does sperm plugs = he ready for the girls or??
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>>Dave
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>>10.14 brbs
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Thanks, Matt