On this page you can follow my breeding plans and see how things are going each season. I'm using this section of the website as a blog of sorts for my records and for anyone that wants to follow along. My breeding season begins in November/December, when pairings start, and end when the clutches are laid, usually June/July.
September 24th
I
usually don't start pairing till early November, but this pastel female
looked like she was ready to go, she's already glowing! So, needless to
say I threw this male in to see if she was interested in breeding yet. She's a virgin, and he will breed anything without legs, perfect match if I don't say so myself!
First week of October
This
mojave male still doesn't seem interested in breeding. This is his
second season breeding and I REALLY hope he's going to cooperate this
year, that mojave female really needs him!
Either he has no swag...or he's just not into girls :(
This girl looks like a monster next to the pastel male! She hasn't been interested in breeding yet, but I threw them together for the heck of it. She was one of the girls that was 'surrendered' to the pet store. She has put on a lot of weight, but could still use a few more grams.
November 18th
Not much to report, nothing fun or exciting happening other than trying to get the boys and girls locked up.
I feel like I can't post an update without a picture so here is a picture of an '09 het albino girl I picked up at the Iowa show. I'm going to pair her with my double het albino male and hope she proves out!
November 25th
Moved the boys around tonight, trying to get some more locks. So far it has been pretty boring. I'm having troubles getting my virgin mojos to breed. I'm not sure whose fault it is and I'm trying a lot of different advice. I decided to throw in this male pastel, who is a breeding machine, to see if she was part of the problem. He has been wrestling her and trying to get her in the right position. Hopefully he'll get her talked into breeding!
Cinny in with a normal girl. I think he may be too fat to breed. I've thrown him in with a couple girls and he really doesn't show any interest. I'm cutting back his food to see if that helps, he's 1,600 grams, a little big for a breeding male in my opinion.
The pastel girl is getting lumpy, definitely a good sign!
January 10th
Pinstripe
x Pastel, not the breeding I was planning on, but I'll take lemon
blasts. I really wanted jigsaws, but the mojave isn't interested in
breeding yet. Three years now...he better get his act together!
The mojave getting ever so close...
January 24th
I threw
the little spotnose in with her to see if he was interested in
breeding. He didn't seem interested, but he's still young so I can't
blame him. I was hoping he would breed this season, but there's not much time left for him to try!
Mojave female with mojave male and lesser
male. The little lesser male actually looks like he might give it a go this year. I'm going to throw him in with her a couple more times and see if he gets any closer. The Mojave male still hasn't locked with anyone as far as I have seen. He doesn't always like to eat so I'm thinking that may have something to do with it.
And
finally, the Orange Thing with his mom. He hasn't shown much interest,
but I've been throwing him in with her every couple weeks.
February 2nd
I went down to check on the snakes and
realized my "male" cinny was ovulating... Awfully peculiar for a male right? I picked him up from the Tinley show in October as an unproven breeder male. I wasn't sure about buying him since he had never sired a clutch, but my husband told me to take the deal. So glad I did! I tried every trick in the book to get him to breed, including putting "him" in with a female and another male. Guess it worked! Should have eggs from "him" in roughly 44 days!
I'm really excited to see babies out of this girl. I'm hoping her pattern is strong enough to get through the pastel's really busy pattern. She's really light so hopefully the babies will be nice and light/bright as well.
Here's another picture of the girl above, I think she will make some nice babies!
February 7th
Got some more breeding going on! I'm crossing my fingers for some awesome lemon blasts!!!
February 17th
This picture is from a couple days ago, but "he" is right on schedule!!! She's in the blue phase of her pre-lay shed now! I should see eggs in about 30 days!
March 22nd
The cinny (I bought as a male in October) laid eggs! These are the first eggs of the season!
And the mojave ovulated today! Either it's still beginning or it's just a really small ovy but you can hardly tell from the top down. The dark smug is just a shadow.
May 9th
The egg with the window, pretty cool! This is from the Cinny X Pastel clutch. I'm going to guess that it will be a pastel :( But I'm going to cross my fingers for some pewters!
Another egg, not sure what to think on this one either!
I'm really hoping I get a pewter or at least a cinny or two!
And the Cinnny X Pastel clutch all together
