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This is my first try at breeding.The female shed on Monday and I put the male in with her but she went crazy trying to get away.I put the male in with her tonight and they hooked up within minutes.Here is a few pics.The male is the black and white king.

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1.0 aberrant cal. king
0.1 reverse spotted cal. king
1.1 mbk's
1.1 florida kings
1.1 anery brooks
1.0 hypo brooks
0.1 albino brooks
1.0 leucistic texas rat

Congrats on your first lock up and good luck this season!

~ Mike Russo

Thanks.I'm also waiting for my female mbk to shed.It's pretty exciting for the first try.Hope everyones has a good breeding year.
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1.0 aberrant cal. king
0.1 reverse spotted cal. king
1.1 mbk's
1.1 florida kings
1.1 anery brooks
1.0 hypo brooks
0.1 albino brooks
1.0 leucistic texas rat

Man I wish my female would shed so I could put her in with the male.

Congrats.

Mike
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1.1 Cal. Kings
1.0 Ball Python
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
0.0.2 African House Snakes
0.0.1 Oketee Corn Snake
0.1 Salmon Boa Constrictor
0.0.1 Marbled Salamander
0.0.1 Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt
0.2 Labs

Why cant you put her in with the male?
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"Wake me when its April"

Doug L

Well first off he is about to shed. And he isn't so friendly turning his times. Also my understanding is that the females are most fertile 1-3 days after their "spring shed". Is that true?

Mike
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1.1 Cal. Kings
1.0 Ball Python
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
0.0.2 African House Snakes
0.0.1 Oketee Corn Snake
0.1 Salmon Boa Constrictor
0.0.1 Marbled Salamander
0.0.1 Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt
0.2 Labs

Although these shed dates don't apply to every specimen, there seems to be a trend toward this occurrence. The first shed gives the keeper an idea as to how close the females are to full follicle (unfertilized egg) development. Females appear to reach maximum reproductive receptivity from 3-14 days after this first shed. The easiest way to determine if a female is reproductively active is to introduce her into the male's cage. If, upon body contact with the male, the female violently flips her tail, bunches up her body, or constantly tries to stay away from the male, she probably is not ready. Under these circumstances, the male may try to overpower the female or rapidly lose interest. However, if the female responds by slowly crawling around the cage stretched out, allowing the male to crawl on her back, and lifting her tail to expose the cloaca, she is ready. To insure a viable mating to a female that responds positively, it is best to reintroduce a male at least 2 more times, several days apart. At some point in early egg development, the gravid female will begin to show the negative response to the presence of the courting male.
Steven T. Osborne
Here is the link
http://www.kingsnake.com/colubrid/2.html

My point is since snakes dont read the book or the care sheets why not put them together before the first shed and after it.You cant do any harm and dont forget that if you miss the cycle then you dont get a gravid snake.

here is the whole link from the start
http://www.kingsnake.com/colubrid/index.html

Good Luck
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"Wake me when its April"

Doug L

I guess that's a good point. I have that caresheet too. As soon as the male sheds I'll introduce them to eachother.

Thanks
Mike
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1.1 Cal. Kings
1.0 Ball Python
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
0.0.2 African House Snakes
0.0.1 Oketee Corn Snake
0.1 Salmon Boa Constrictor
0.0.1 Marbled Salamander
0.0.1 Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt
0.2 Labs

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Cheesemonkey

Congrats,The fun part of keeping snakes is breeding them and getting the eggs to hatch then trying to get them to eat.
Put them together a few more times just to make sure all went well.
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"Wake me when its April"

Doug L

How long should you leave them together?They have been hooked up about two hours now.Thanks
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1.0 aberrant cal. king
0.1 reverse spotted cal. king
1.1 mbk's
1.1 florida kings
1.1 anery brooks
1.0 hypo brooks
0.1 albino brooks
1.0 leucistic texas rat

I really like how that female looks on her sides.......white scales with black skin make it look very mosaic-like.
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1.0.0 Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
0.1.0 Lampropeltis getula californae
0.0.1 Lampropeltis getula nigra
1.0.0 Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri
2.3.0 Eublapharis macularius macularius
0.0.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus
0.1.0 Gerrhosaurus major major

Thanks she's a reverse spotted I bought from renegade reptiles in 2007.
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1.0 aberrant cal. king
0.1 reverse spotted cal. king
1.1 mbk's
1.1 florida kings
1.1 anery brooks
1.0 hypo brooks
0.1 albino brooks
1.0 leucistic texas rat