A buddy of mine has a huge male speck he acquired, along with a smaller pair of juvies. Are there any issues involved with pairing a really large male with a small female as long as she is mature enough to breed/lay? He is concerned about the size difference, but may be concerned unnecessarily. I breed corns currently, and the only kings I bred previously were alternas. I have used male corns and alternas larger than the females, but this male holbrooki is well over four feet IMO, and could potentially be paired with a virgin 32 inch female. I am not familiar with the ways of getula with regards to breeding at all.
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Big Male and Small Female?
KevinM
Aug 11, 2010 08:54 AM
Replies (3)
DMong
Aug 11, 2010 10:41 AM
Kevin,....
In my experience, when you place them together and the smaller female doesn't seem to panic and constantly bolt up the cage walls from the male, it is generally a good sign that they will settle down and breed. But every now and then, some smaller snakes can be very afraid of a larger mate too.
It's sort of one of those "not always 100% guaranteed" things, as is a lot of other things about snake keeping..LOL!
Good luck with it bro!
~Doug
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basssnatcher34
Aug 12, 2010 07:48 AM
This year I bred a large male intergraded to a small apalachicola king female. It was a success to say the least. The male is pushing 6feet and the female is in the 3.5 to 4feet range. She had 13 eggs first clutch with 4 turning into slugs. Her second clutch, yeah that is right she double clutched, she had 6 with 2 slugs. The first clutch is hatching as we speak. Found 3 pipping this morning. You have to be careful with kings snakes because of them being natural snake eaters....lol I would watch them mate and as soon as she was trying to get away from the male and not really showing interest, I would take her out. Give her acouple days seperation try to feed them both and re-introduce them (with a size difference always keep an eye on them).
thomas davis
Aug 12, 2010 12:35 PM
for the most part male kings are just bigger than females, of course size isnt an issue if you allow your snakes to bond you wont have any problems. i have many pairs that live together year 'round with no problems,,,,,,,,, thomas davis
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