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I have been breeding my normal famale (aprox. 2400 grams) and pastel female (aprox. 1400 grams) to a male pastel since November and still haven't seen an ovulation. Is it still early or did I do something wrong? Is any one else having this problem?

Keep at it. I've been breeding since the last week of September and I have females that are just starting to get their glow and some who haven't shown anything yet.
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Snakes:
1.1 gray banded kingsnake
1.1 california kingsnake
1.1 kenyan sand boa
1.1 western hognose snake
0.1 albino checkered garter
1.0 florida blue garter
1.1 het anery red sided garter
1.1 reverse oketee corn snake
1.1 blood red corn snake
0.1 amel striped corn
1.0 amel 66% het striped corn
1.1 het albino ball python
1.1 het ghost ball python
0.1 spider ball python
1.0 pastel ball python
1.1 mojave ball python
1.0 butter ball python
0.1 ringer ball python
1.0 African dinker ball python
0.3 normal ball python
1.0 piebald ball python
0.1 het piebald ball python
0.1 Genetic Stripe Ball Python
1.0 Het Genetic Stripe Ball Python
0.1 Mystic Ball Python

Turtles
1-eastern box turtle
2-spotted turtle
2-eastern/midland painted turtle intergrade
1.0-common musk turtle
1-Pink bellied sideneck
6-Northern red belly

Invertebrates
0.1 southern black widow
1-Tanzanian Giant Tailless whipscorpion

Amphibians
0.1 Ornate Horned Frog

Birds:
1.1 red avadavit
2-blue breasted cordon blue
1.1-black cheeked waxbill
0.1-star finch
1.0-Java rice sparrow
2.0-owl finch
1.0-hybrid munia
0.1-White bellied caique

Fish
2-corydoras cats
1-African upside down cat

normal stuff
0.1 black lab

It's still early. I started breeding introductions Nov 1st and just got my first ovulation on the 21st of Feb. The rest are just starting to seek the cooler end. Good Luck!! Chris

What does it mean when they seek the cool end of the tank? We have a female who has been in a dish on the cool end and upon adding moss to it she pushed it out and made a depression in the substrate behind it. We are certain that she is a female, but are unsure of the other one being male. We removed it from the enclosure to give her space. Do we need to reintroduce him to her? We are really inexperienced with this situation. Any help?
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1.0 100% het albino columbian
1.0 pastel columbian
0.1 hypo columbian
0.1 guyana
0.2 jcp
1.0 irian jaya
2.1 normal balls
1.0 granite al burm
0.1 granite het al burm
0.1 albino burm
1.0 sunfire retic
0.2 tiger retics

When they are of breeding size and have been bred they will seek the cool end, do a bowl wrap, or submerge the front part of their body in the water bowl. Check out this link to Markus Jayne. It has excellent info and pictorial of the breeding process. Good Luck! Chris
http://www.ballpython.ca/gallery/breeding.html