Murphy's Laws of Snake Breeding
Murphy's Laws of Snake Breeding
This is not meant to discourage anyone, but is to give you an idea of what it took to get that correctly sexed pair of snakes sitting in deli cups at a reptile show to the point where they are available for you to buy. It all looks so easy from the other side of the table, doesn't it? You want to know how to tell the breeders that have been in this the longest? Look for prematurely graying hair or rapidly thinning hair. These are sure signs. |
That is quite an insight into "the other side of the fence".
I'm jut glad their are breeders like you, with the differant morphs and new morphs cropping up sometimes, i know i couldn't breed the amount you do Rich. Thanks for the insight. |
I give this post an A+!! Great idea putting it all down in writing Rich.
D80 |
don't I know it...
I know it, and it's a good kick in the butt for me to remind me the way it really is when it comes to breeding snakes! If I recall correctly, you posted this before, or at least something along the same lines! Cause it's all SO true! I tell myself, gee, kind of a crummy year for breeding so far, yet really, it's a normal year...if there is such a thing! :grin01:
Anyhow, this post should be printed up by all breeders who go to shows and put on the front of the table somehow for all to read! Anyhow, thanks for the reminder Rich, that I just need to expect all those little bumps, and sometimes big bumps in this ride we breeders are on! LOL! But the rewards, not financial rewards that's for sure! But the rewards of seeing new babies come out, new stuff, that makes it all worthwhile for me! Russell |
Yeah, I've posted it here and there over the years. Made this up one year after a really sucky breeding season, I think. This is a lot like playing Russian Roulette, and I keep waiting for the year that my number comes up in the cylinder. :blowhead:
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I've been waiting on pins and needles for Murphy to catch up to me, and I think it's starting! :shrugs: D80 |
Heck, I have a couple of "females" right now with question marks on them. When I put males in with them they both went ballistic, heading towards opposite ends of the cage, or one trying to dominate the other. Normally a SURE sign you put two males together. Haven't had time to probe them, and eyeballing is not conclusive.
Truth of the matter is that the only 100 percent certain way to tell if a snake is female is when she lays eggs. Everything else is based on trying to prove the animal is NOT a male, and lacking that evidence it defaults to being a female. In effect, lacking any evidence to the contrary, THIS animal is a female. Perhaps the evidence just hasn't shown up yet........ :) |
On that note Rich, I have a snow I bought as a female, probed a year later as a male and then this season he didn't perform at all -not even much of a chase..well just a little but as soon as she said no he was too much of a gentleman about it!. I know I didn't perforate a female and have a 'false male' result because I did it twice on both sides and there was no resistance right down the hemipene...so I'm labeling him as a 'non-performing-probable-male'!!!
How's that one for another murphy...Female snake turns male and then won't breed! |
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Quite a few years ago I picked up a pair of amels ... loved my male... well to make a long story short... both females have given me eggs for quite a few years... My male turned into a beautiful female we have named female lol
Angel |
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