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How many females can 1 male breed with?
- Thread starter wstphal
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AshleyShadows
It piss me so bad.
I've read accounts of one male mating with 5 different females in one breeding season. I'm sure more has been done. I certainly wouldn't push past 3, especially when most people breed pairs multiple times (with proper break lengths in between).
Camby
He will join us or die
Males can certainly and succesfully breed as many as 5 females in a given season, BUT the breedings must be monitored closely.
To use 1 male on multipple females you need to monitor the breedeings very closely. You can't leave him in with her for long periods. PLace the male in and immediately after they seperate, remove him from her cage (or her from his, which ever). If you leave them unsuppervised they will likely copulate several times. You can possibly get more than 5 bred, but the succes rate will decrease with the increase of breedings. So, pick the best 5 girls first, then concentrate on the others. Another item to watch when attempting multiple breedings is the temps. Make sure there are no high temperature spikes that will kill the sperm and make multiple attempts unsuccesful.
dc
I've has one male successfully breed 6 females and reckon that one could probably breed 7 (or even more). It's important to understand that a heck of a lot depends on the male (I've had males not show much interest in one female, yet still breed successfully with her) and how "enthusiastic" he is.
It also depends on the females. There is often a window of time when females are receptive to breeding. If you have too many females, that window of time can close before a male can breed them all.
I think breeding a male to 2 or three females will give the best results in terms of fertility.
It also depends on the females. There is often a window of time when females are receptive to breeding. If you have too many females, that window of time can close before a male can breed them all.
I think breeding a male to 2 or three females will give the best results in terms of fertility.
SnakemanRob
New member
Can one female breed with 2 different male's?
Shiari
Blutterer
Absolutely. The problem is that unless you have a very firm grasp of genetics AND make sure that the males would result in very different visual outcomes, you'll have no idea which male was the sire and thus cannot correctly label the genetics of the offspring.