I was just curious how many people were breeding 07 females this season? If so do you have a weight on them?

Go ahead Jas the floor is yours... :lol:

Oh yea and what's your pairing with them?

Well this 07' girl will definitely be bred... wether she likes it or not! LOL!

We're going to try to get the black pastel het pied male to show some interest in her but ether way my proven breeder pastel male will definitely get his... He'll breed a stick if you put it in with him... Kinda funny but he makes me proud that he never gives up or stops tryin! :lmao:

I won't be breeding any 07 females. I'd rather wait till next season and get them bigger and more mature. I'd much rather wait till next season than risk a female having complications from breeding too young. I know people do it, and are successful at it, it's just my preference to wait till they've got the age and the weight.

I won't be breeding any 07 females. I'd rather wait till next season and get them bigger and more mature. I'd much rather wait till next season than risk a female having complications from breeding too young. I know people do it, and are successful at it, it's just my preference to wait till they've got the age and the weight.

Same situation here. My clown is at 1300g but I'd rather her pack on the extra weight and give me a big healthy clutch next yr over risking it this year for 3-4 eggs.

I have two 07 females I'll consider breeding later in the season...A Mojave and a sweet ass Orange Hypo...I'd probably put a Lesser or Lesser Bee to the Mojo and if the Champagne goes - He'd go with her...But to be honest - I'll probably give them another year - Well the Mojave anyway - The Hypo girl is a beast...:yessir:

I have 4 '07 pastel females that I will give a shot this year. They are at 1800, 1500, 1500, 1000 grams. The 1000 gram girl is iffy, but I generally don't start breeding until January so she still has time. Plus I don't change the temp on my heat tape and I feed them through the breeding season. If they are ready they will go, if not then try again next year.

Here is my 1800 gram '07 Pastel holdback
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/arbogastpythons/pastel/P1295827.jpg

This is my buddies Fire male that will be visiting with my girls this year. He is one of the most banded Fires I have seen.
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/arbogastpythons/snakepics003.jpg

I have 4 '07 pastel females that I will give a shot this year. They are at 1800, 1500, 1500, 1000 grams. The 1000 gram girl is iffy, but I generally don't start breeding until January so she still has time. Plus I don't change the temp on my heat tape and I feed them through the breeding season. If they are ready they will go, if not then try again next year.

Here is my 1800 gram '07 Pastel holdback
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/arbogastpythons/pastel/P1295827.jpg

This is my buddies Fire male that will be visiting with my girls this year. He is one of the most banded Fires I have seen.
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/arbogastpythons/snakepics003.jpg

Dude that holdback Pastel is freakin hot...The Fire ain't too shabby either...Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes...

They should make some sweet babies! Good luck.....

Well this 07' girl will definitely be bred... wether she likes it or not! LOL!

There was suppose to be a pic of a spider here but must have forgot to post the IMG link... oh well she's posted in the pic forum

We're going to try to get the black pastel het pied male to show some interest in her but ether way my proven breeder pastel male will definitely get his... He'll breed a stick if you put it in with him... Kinda funny but he makes me proud that he never gives up or stops tryin! :lmao:


See red caption....

yo brotha that is a sweet pastel girl 'ya got there.
i'll be lookin' for some fly action...
good luck !
ck

I have a spider female who is 1300g and a het pied girl that is 1250 grams. There both 07's I just don't know what to do. They both are off feed. If they continue to eat I may try around January.

Dude that holdback Pastel is freakin hot...The Fire ain't too shabby either...Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes...

They should make some sweet babies! Good luck.....

yo brotha that is a sweet pastel girl 'ya got there.
i'll be lookin' for some fly action...
good luck !
ck

Thanks guys I am pretty stoked on that pastel. She has refused food at the last two feedings so I might have to pick up that fire male a little sooner than I planned.:rockon:

I will keep you guys updated. I think with 5 to 6 pastel females in the mix we should have a good shot at some Fireflys.

Firefly's definitely rock but some Banded Firefly's would really kick ass! :)

that pastel is smoking... I have a 07 girl right at 900 grams... maybe sometime next early sping she'll go... we will see...

Kevin that's a killer Pastel!

No '07s breeding here... just an '06 and some older girls.

I have two female pastels that was born 5/7/07. The are around 1600 grams.
They locked up a few weeks ago and still have not miseed a meal.

My spider too one
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n14/Conan247/102908Spiderandpastel2.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n14/Conan247/Pastelfemale52408-1.jpg

My pastel too the other

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n14/Conan247/102908Pasteltopastel1.jpg

I have a blk pastel female thats about 1600g. I'm going to be putting my lesser with her to try for the black platinum.. I also have a woma female thats 1500g. So yeah I'll be breeding a couple 07's this season.

Alan

Question for those who have bred young females that were up to weight. I've been told - though I don't know how accurate this information is - that the "risk" with breeding younger females is that they "commit" to smaller clutches for the rest of their productive years.

Does anyone have any experience of a younger female giving say - four eggs in their first clutch and never giving much more than six eggs after that?

IF that theory is true, that's reason enough for me to wait for my females to not only be up to weight, but be more mature.

Question for those who have bred young females that were up to weight. I've been told - though I don't know how accurate this information is - that the "risk" with breeding younger females is that they "commit" to smaller clutches for the rest of their productive years.

Does anyone have any experience of a younger female giving say - four eggs in their first clutch and never giving much more than six eggs after that?

IF that theory is true, that's reason enough for me to wait for my females to not only be up to weight, but be more mature.

Awesome point would love to hear opinions on this.....

Looks as if the one with my pastel male has Hit the big Ovulation looking at her just now. I sure hope so.

All my 18month old girls all laid pretty decent clutches 6-7 eggs so I can't say whether they hold true to the smaller clutches.

This year I have a couple 07' 50% het lavenders females that have the weight, I'll monitor them for development, if they start to development I'll breed them, if they don't show signs, I won't.

Question for those who have bred young females that were up to weight. I've been told - though I don't know how accurate this information is - that the "risk" with breeding younger females is that they "commit" to smaller clutches for the rest of their productive years.

Does anyone have any experience of a younger female giving say - four eggs in their first clutch and never giving much more than six eggs after that?

IF that theory is true, that's reason enough for me to wait for my females to not only be up to weight, but be more mature.

While this may be true as far as small older females(that never grow) It is false with younger females. They tend to have 1-2 more each year as far as I see it here.

While this may be true as far as small older females(that never grow) It is false with younger females. They tend to have 1-2 more each year as far as I see it here.

i agree. they may not lay large clutches at first being young but they don't tend to stay small as they get larger. I believe for the most part clutch sizes are always a combo of female size,maturity and amount of breedings. I may be wrong though I am no expert.

my first time breeding BPs the female had never bred before and was 6 years old and huge. she laid 7 perfect eggs

I have a question. When breeding these females at 18 months do you find more 1-3 eggs or 4-6 small eggs? I have heard that they will lay smaller eggs resulting in small hatchlings?

While this may be true as far as small older females(that never grow) It is false with younger females. They tend to have 1-2 more each year as far as I see it here.

Great info!! I thought I had heard you say this before. Thanks for chiming in.

Alan

I have a question. When breeding these females at 18 months do you find more 1-3 eggs or 4-6 small eggs? I have heard that they will lay smaller eggs resulting in small hatchlings?

Thats also false.. any clutch wether its from a 3500g female or a 900g female can give you small or big eggs.

Great info!! I thought I had heard you say this before. Thanks for chiming in.

Alan

np bro!:rockon:

Thats also false.. any clutch wether its from a 3500g female or a 900g female can give you small or big eggs.

Cool Jas you the man.... :yourock:

I have a question. When breeding these females at 18 months do you find more 1-3 eggs or 4-6 small eggs? I have heard that they will lay smaller eggs resulting in small hatchlings?

We had a female that was 18mo's or less of age and about 1100g's breed for us... She was about 980+ g's just before she laid and gave us 4 good eggs and 1 slug...

We allowed her to maternally incubate All 4 in a cb70 and they all hatched and were 100% healthy... Mom ate 4 sm. rats on her first attempt and is looking back to her normal self now!

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Breeding/AAA017.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Breeding/AAA052.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Breeding/AAA038.jpg

We had a female that was 18mo's or less of age and about 1100g's breed for us... She was about 980+ g's just before she laid and gave us 4 good eggs and 1 slug...

We allowed her to maternally incubate All 4 in a cb70 and they all hatched and were 100% healthy... Mom ate 4 sm. rats on her first attempt and is looking back to her normal self now!

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Breeding/AAA017.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Breeding/AAA052.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Breeding/AAA038.jpg

Steve, You actually fed her when she was on the eggs right? How was her feeding responce?

I have always wanted to see someone maternally incubate and see how it worked for them. nice job

Not a one here!

I'm going to give my 07' female Granite Mojave a go if she gets up to size by early spring. She's still pounding food, so I think she'll get there... and by that time she'll be 20 months old or so...she's on the same track my lemon pastel girl was this last season.

Gotta give it a go for a BEL! :rockon:

I am hoping that my 07 Het Pied female goes for me. would be nice to hit some pieds. :D

No 07 females (I don’t have any) but last season I bred three 06 females (all 18 months at the time of the pairings) one was 1400 and gave me 4 eggs the other were 2000 grams and gave me 7 eggs each.