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Just a few random pictures from yesterday.
Thanks for looking,
Justin

Some ball python madness. Pictured is our bumblebee Nacho breeding a normal female in the background, and a nice pastel in the foreground with her nice ovulatory swell who has been bred several times. Hopefully a few clutches of killer bees are on the way.

Another ball python breeding group consisting of a lesser platty male with a female mojave and a female spider, both of which he has locked up with over the breeding season. Hoping for lucies and queen bees.

One of last years mojave bumblebees, our holdback male

Pastel mojave, sibling to the above mojobee.

I know it is the wrong forum, but I had to throw in this holdback jungle girl.

AAR

BEAUTIFUL snakes!!!

That's a beautiful pile of balls!

Am I reading you correctly - are you colony / group breeding the snakes? How's that working out for you? (It just strikes me as being _very_ different from everyone else's routines . . .

~Bruce

Yeah, I usually keep a male with 3-5 females. They stay together pretty much the whole breeding season. I keep an eye out for who is bred and once they are verified gravid, then I will remove them into a separate area. It works great, and I have good success this way. This ensures that cycles are not missed. It also seems like there may also be cycle synchronization going on, as the females seem to cycle close together. I like it and it is fairly minimalist, ie no moving around females back and forth.
Justin

What up Justin and Ben! looks like things are going well over there! I agree with the group breeding advantages, it also helps encourage females that aren't developing follicles to get on track by being around the ones that are.
Good luck guys
Mike
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Mike Jenks-Solar Serpents llc

I'm not knocking your breeding method by any means, so please don't think of this as an attack. I'm curious how that system plays in with the whole balls are solitary animals belief... This system has me pondering.....
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This is courage.. to bear unflinching what heaven sends. -unknown

2.0 chocolate lab (Harley) and basset (Capone)
0.1 leopard gecko (Nacho)
1.0 Normal ball python (Arwen)
1.0 pastel ball python (Merlin)
0.1 Spider ball python (Rogue)
1.4 breeder rats

Oh, I didn't take any negative connotations from your post. No problem in asking questions. That is what the forums are for.
Justin

For obvious reasons strict husbandry skills must be practiced with this method and I don't use this method for all my projects, but some females respond really well to hormonal influence of hanging with the other girls.
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Mike Jenks-Solar Serpents llc

Hey Mike,
I tried to contact Andy to get you paid for those mice, but he never got back in touch with me. I still owe you. Hope your season is going well.
Justin

No worries.. lets see.. 15 mice @ .50 plus 1800% interest... throw me pick of the clutch this year and we'll call it even!!
Take care guys!
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