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first season breeding. needs help.

hollywood_balls Mar 20, 2011 01:46 PM

this is my first breeding season and i am a little confused in what to look for in breeding females. i started pairing my 2500 gram normal female to 3 males starting in december. Just recently, my males seemed to stop showing a lot of interest towards the females. i mean i see a lock here and there but not as frequently as before. what does that mean?

another thing i'm curious about is my 2500 gram female has shed every month since january(has shed twice since january) and her belly is pink once again going into shed this month. she seems to also be hungry all the time with a feeding response like no other(super aggressive feeding response). just curious to what is going on with her because i know at that size, ball pythons do not shed that often. my small snakes average a shed per month or even evry 2 months and those are constantly growing with a tight feeding schedule.

any insight would help. thanks.

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Replies (2)

JYohe Mar 20, 2011 02:16 PM

it means....
she is hungry if she wants to eat all the time...
feed her...
it means they are done breeding for the year if they stop breeding for the year....keep throwing together...but don't worry if they stopped...
it means...she may or may not lay...
it may or may not happen in 30 days past this next shed...or the next...or the next actually after that......if she wnats...well...if her ovarlies and body want to...

bottom line..feed her and don't sweat it...she pays she pays...and they usually do....

..good luck...

(I have 0 eggs and 0 females blowing up in the butt so far....there's still alot of time ...I'll get eggs into August I bet....)
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........JY

hollywood_balls Mar 20, 2011 04:21 PM

thanks for the response.

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