I was wondering what at what size you guys feel comfortable breeding your female florida kings. I have 20 or so 2012's all ranging from 35 to 42 inches that I was debating on pairing up with my 2012 males which are of similar size. I just was a little uncertain and debating waiting another year. I feel as though Iif the we're living in the wild with a mate available they would breed on their own anyways.
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Breeding Size of Florida Kings
bamaboy
Mar 30, 2014 12:22 AM
Replies (4)
Bluerosy
Mar 30, 2014 01:12 AM
I have consistently bred Female Florida kings at 20-22" Inches. Males even smaller.
As long as the female has sufficient weight (girth) on them they will ovulate.
If a female produces follicles there is no reason why one should withhold the eggs from being fertilized.
You can use Serpwidgets Snake Measurer to measure her:
http://serpwidgets.com/main/measure
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Another oddity, snakes have scent glands, hmmmmmmmmmm what are they for?
FR
Bluerosy
Mar 30, 2014 01:18 AM
As you can see she has one more egg in her. The eggs an babies are big and healthy size.. The females usually go on to lay a second clutch.
What is strange is I get consistently all good fertile eggs from the smaller ones (even though they have less eggs) than a larger female that has a lot more eggs but they are infertile ones along with the fertilized eggs..
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Another oddity, snakes have scent glands, hmmmmmmmmmm what are they for?
FR
Doublehet
Mar 30, 2014 09:43 PM
Thanks for posting those pics.......excellent visual for size comparison to mine. 
FR
Mar 31, 2014 08:57 AM
I am with Bluerosy on this one. As I was often reminded as a young herp breeder, You don't breed them, they breed eachother. Your task is to support what they do.
If you read that it can cause problems, you really should ask why. IT can cause problems if the females are forced to nest in crappy conditions, they hold the eggs and dehydrate, which causes problems. That same poor nesting causes the same thing with larger females, only they have more mass.
Its so easy to provide more suitable nesting that does not cause dehydration. Then its good for small females and better less stressful for larger females. IT can be done in a million ways. Ok, at least 50 or so. Naw, at least a 100 best wishes
