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how do i get my hondos in the mood to breed?

a fine meal, and then put on Miles Davis album kind of blue....

RCampell,
Now that's a great album...tape...douh!...CD

In a Silent Way, also by Miles Davis would do wonders too.

-Dell

I think it was decided last week in the KS forum.
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"Wake me when its April"

Doug L

and hope for a simple answer!
Buncha wise guys!
Feed the female very well and the male as well as possible while he's wearing ruts around his cage.
She'll shed and ovulate, you may feel bulges in the latter 1/3 of her body and she's ready then. Without bulges, pair them off every 5-10 days and if she's receptive, they'll breed. If there's a lot of thrashing after a couple hours of introduction, try another day. They may not actually breed until June or so but I usually start the introductions earlier.
Her fresh shed will amuse the male for several hours but males don't seem to need 'arousing' -- it's the females that dictate the rules of this game.
Your male should refuse to feed for several weeks or take only fuzzy sized mice every couple weeks.
If you think the Barry White music helps, try it, but keep her well fed too.
Good luck! Jeff
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If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see it with representation.

hondo how big are your snakes? not age but size?
Do you have photos?Jeff knows his stuff he helps me with my milks but here is a link that you should read.
http://www.kingsnake.com/colubrid/index.html

Good luck

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"Wake me when its April"

Doug L

Doug, that was a neat timeline!
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Todd Hughes

Hello again Todd and thank you
This is the only one left from that hatch.

I have since build a escape proof room cause those parents escaped.I hope to get a female for him this year,the one I had just died this winter

Female RIP

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"Wake me when its April"

Doug L

My male is about fourteen inches, my female is about 16. I think i saw them mating, I put them in a bare cage to see if they would, and their tails wrapped around each other and their cloacas were together.

ps, ones a tangerine ones just normal and i bought them as a breeder pair.

Oh goodness, she's way too small for a breeding hondo. Breeding sized hondos (3-4 years) are typically in the 4 and 5 foot range.
Can you post a pic or two of the pair? I suspect they're not hondos at all.......
Jeff

>>My male is about fourteen inches, my female is about 16. I think i saw them mating, I put them in a bare cage to see if they would, and their tails wrapped around each other and their cloacas were together.
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>> ps, ones a tangerine ones just normal and i bought them as a breeder pair.
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If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see it with representation.

If you cycled your animals correctly, it's useful to keep in mind that Hondurans often breed later in the year than corn, king and pine snakes. Usually a female needs to shed 2 or 3 times after winter cycling before she'll be receptive to breeding.

Tim

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