I used to do the whole seperate container thing. The results were quite drastic as i knew my groups and previous years prodcution. I got higher fertility and even some unexpected triple clutches.



One thing i noticed that is weird with the Floridana group of kingsnakes. My larger older females (4-5 years) throw more infertile eggs than younger females. My smaller younger females (2-3 yrs) always seem to throw 99% fertile eggs and larger eggs. The larger females throw lots of small eggs and some are always not fertilized. I would guess 75% fertile egg masses.



I don't know if this means anything significant as larger females just need better sperm to get to all the eggs in time. So it could be that i match up young males to older females. usually breeding son back to mother.



So i guess my question is to Tony is, are you using the smae females you have for a number of years? Are you doing any back breeding from smaller males to older females??
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