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Hello,

If a 5 year old female, around 2000gms who was cycled properly and had a male put in her cage several times during the past season and didn't produce follicles or ovulate, not that I saw at least, are there "dud" females that are not "cut out" for breeding for some reason?

I had other females and males that were cycled at the same time on the same rack and I have fertile eggs incubating from them right now. The one female I'm talking about isn't a 5 foot long shoestring either, nice proportions, something I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for any info.......

I had a female that bred for me last year...had 5 perfect eggs....this year she was bigger and bred over 15 times and she produced nothing for me. It happens....the females just won't go if they don't feel like it I guess....
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Luke Martin
Bronze Serpent Reptiles

They don't go every year. It is common and much more the rule than the exception. I doubt that anyone in this forum had 100% success this year except for those that only bred one female. I cycled 4 females using the exact same schedule. Used the same male and kept rotating him through the boxes. I kept rotating him through until I saw an ovulation. 3 out of 4 produced. Why not 4 out of 4? Same cycling, same feeding, same weight, condition, temps, etc. I observed the male boinking all of them multiple times. Usually he was breeding them within minutes of being placed in their box. I would rotate him into a new box during the evening, just before lights out for the night. Several times he was still hooked up the next morning at 5 a.m.
So why no eggs from the one female?
I would have to say that as breeders there is one little thing that we are doing different or that we are not providing and that specific female needs that stimuli to cycle.
Be thankful for what you did produce and keep trying. I am very thankful for this year and hopeful that next year will be better.
John Q