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Male Breeding Limits

cguarino30

cguarino30

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I just picked up a new breeder male that I'm really excited about (Ultramel Stripe proven het anery/caramel) and in a perfect world, I have about 5 females that I would like to mate him with next year. Is that too much? I've never attempted to have a single male mate with more than three females before in the same season, and I wanted to know if anyone out there has done more, and how much, and if there are any issues to watch out for with overbreeding a male.

My other thought was that I might try to stagger bringing these females out of brumation by a couple of weeks, giving the male more time to get the job done. Does anyone have any experience doing something like that? Thanks all.
 
I've never bred that many females to one male before, but I have staggered the male by breeding one female, and then the other two days later, and then the first one, till the females quit.
 
Thanks, Nanci. I'm thinking that since it's usually the girls who quit first, I might be able to extend my season (and also, make the hatchling care a little less all-at-once) if I try to bring the girls out of brumation at different times, say a couple of weeks apart. That way, they should hit ovulation at different times, which puts less time pressure on the male. I'm just worried about health problems for the male. Have you ever heard of any health complications for males as a result of over-breeding? I wouldn't want to chance it if there was a possibility of him getting sick/injured/over exhausted. As long as it's safe for him, mt feeling is that the worst case scenario is just that some of the girls won't take, which I can live with.
 
It's not like it's that much work ;-)

Actually, they sometimes do put a lot of effort into convincing the female, but think of how much time they spend pacing around if they aren't having conjugal visits. I think, if the male was too tired, he'd just not participate.

I have my clutches spread out this year, and it is _so_ much nicer.
 
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