This year's breeding outlook

So I was wondering how every one is doing this season compared to last. It seems that a lot of breeding last year did not turn out so great for a lot of people.

Last year I only had 2 seen locks on 4 different times, on 2 sets. And I only had 4 slugs from one.

This year I have more lock pairs. I am hoping the outcome is much better then last year.

So, how is your season gong compared to last?

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This year for me is an off season for all my snakes. We may be moving around July, so I don’t want to have to worry about dealing with that. I usually started my pairings in November and would have snakes by April/may.

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This was me last year. Only did 2 clutches, which I think worked out based on the reduced demand we’re seeing now.

This year I’m going again for my normal breeding size of 7 per year. 6 girls are locking consistently and showing building behavior so feeling confident I’ll get 6.

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I know where you are coming from. We should be moving in a couple months, so I have time before any of them lay. Worst case scenario, I have to crank the heat up in the car for the drive and have to have a temp incubator setup.

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That sounds good. Hope you hit it this year. Most ofine are constantly locking so it is looking better then before.

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I produced 6 clutches last season, paired 10 girls this season, got several locks on most of them…. and so far at least 4 have been building follicles from what I can feel via palpating, and 2 of those 4 are starting to show a build so they’ll likely be ovulating soon.

I’m pretty excited either way!

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2 of my 8 females did not produce after locks last year, but they locked up again very soon after and are looking good for an early 2023 clutch. .
All the others have now started locking.
I don’t think to much about seasons, if there are of good body weight for the size I will let them mate. They will choose to mate or not and to go to term or not. Obviously if they are not interested, I leave her alone for a while.
Just my way, i might be wrong.

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