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Is there any advantage one way or another of keeping your breeding pairs together versus separating and reintroducing them? I know people do it both ways.

I put Fender and Sarobi together they bred for a day - then I waited a day and separated them - fed Fender and reintroduced them a couple days later - they went right back at it again - but this time I've left them together and tho they curl up together - they haven't hooked up again. Not that I expect them to be continuously going at it - but thought since they aren't they might be more comfortable separated.

Thoughts?
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

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1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

If I wanted a male to breed multiple females, I wouldn't keep reintroducing them. When they're done, they're done.

If it was his only female, I'd keep them together - she might feel more comfortable with daddy around. LOL

Don't know if this helped too much...
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Ryan Farris

I usually just keep them together for the entire breeding and only seperate them during feeding. This year I am planning on mating the male with more then one female so I have to see how that goes.

Thanks,
Mohamed

P.S.
Good job on the week in review!

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Trust me keep doing what you are doing alot of males need that seperation and reinterduction to keep it going. I have noticed that a male who is left together with the female will start to get cage lazy and wont show a hole lot of interest after a few breedings. I like to introduce a male into the females cage and leave him with her for two-three days and then remove him and give him a two-three day rest. This helps to give him time to sorta build up a good (load) before hooking back up with the female. And also you will see that the few days rest inbetween females will go a long way with your males. They wont burnout too quickly which does happen alot more with the young males. With this method you should have no problem running 5 females per male. Good luck Paul at STEEL CITY EXOTICS

Tosha, you're married. You KNOW that a break is needed LOL. I put males in for a few days, then rest for a few days. The cycle is not set in stone. Sometimes when it's time to remove the male, he decides to "hook-up". In this case, I leave them together.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

Thanks Jay - Yeah - I think because Fender is still eating that I can do 4 days together 3 days seperate as I am having to take him out for feeding anyway. So I'll just give him time to digest and recoup - then put them together again until the next feeding day - then separate them for digestion and recouperation. Since I'm not using him with anyone else at the moment this will work fine.

Thanks again!
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer