Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Just wanted to gather some thoughts on this... what age size does everyone breed for young females? How long have you been doing it that way?
Thanks in advance

Here are some pics...

Nice gophers!

The standard answer seems to be three years of age and at least three feet long. What sub species would matter; i.e. whether your snake is a bull or a Sonoran or a Pacific, and so forth, as they all max out at different sizes.

My female bull laid her first clutch at age two and a little over three feet and produced 5 nice babies. That was a surprise clutch, as I didn't think they would mate at such a young age. Teenagers! LOL! This year she's considerably bigger, over four feet in length, and again gravid.
-----
Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

They are Sonoran... They are over 3 feet. They are the same size as my male cal kings, adults. The male has gone off feed. I know he has been stressed, new cage build.. This could be due to wanting to breed as well. My only concern is that I don't think they have been brumated. I don't want to put the female in danger for a dummie clutch.

Well, you could always wait until next year, and in the meantime feed them up and give them a proper brumation. Getting adult snakes with a possibly unknown history is chancy. I've had all but one of my snakes from neonate stage or hatched here. The one exception is a young adult San Diego male, which was a gift.
-----
Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

That was the plan... just made me scratch my head when the male stopped eating. It will be worth the wait, I can't find any others out there like them.