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Atlas511
06-09-2010, 07:19 AM
at what age and weight is it good to think about breeeding (plains)
guidofatherof5
06-09-2010, 09:01 AM
I go by age as a rule, since most of my breeders are captive bred. Males get active around a year. Active may not mean potent though.
My females have started breeding successfully at 18 months, not all but some. I usually let them breed in year two.
Atlas511
06-09-2010, 09:12 AM
COOL! what is the genreal weight of the breeders at that age?
guidofatherof5
06-09-2010, 10:00 AM
Right around 100-120g for my radixes females. The males are around 50g.
Atlas511
06-09-2010, 10:05 AM
WOW that small...? i have not done any garter breeding so this is all new to me. Im use to retics being 15ft+ and 80lbs before they breed lol! My female is 85g on empty when I got her in. Im buying a male albino (Nebraska) and im going to raise him and cross them!
infernalis
06-09-2010, 10:18 AM
First off, are you sure the female is a plains (radix) ?? it was hard to tell by your pics.

second, did you know it will take a couple generations of breeding to get Nebraska albino babies??

you will get a whole litter of normal looking snakes with a percentage of them being hets.

Here is some information on the Punnett Square.

http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/punexam.html
Atlas511
06-09-2010, 10:29 AM
I have not taken good pics of her yet... from what i was told than she is a Radix. In person she looks just like this one , a bit darker but not much

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Atlas511/Pythons/scan00019.jpg

here is a bad pic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Atlas511/Pythons/IMG_0277.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Atlas511/Pythons/IMG_0272.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Atlas511/Pythons/IMG_0271.jpg


as far as breeding, Im well up to speed on that. I have been keeping and breeding retics and many other pythons for the last 8 years. I plan to hold back some female hets.
infernalis
06-09-2010, 10:34 AM
Ok that is a radix....

Woot!

Scott sells triple hets fairly inexpensively, so if you want faster results, order a female triple het.
guidofatherof5
06-09-2010, 10:38 AM
Nice looking dark phase radix.
Atlas511
06-09-2010, 10:53 AM
these guys are turning into a "pet project" i feal like I have been taken back to my childhood when i found this female. Im more of a simple person when it comes to breeding. I like the Nebraska albinos and that ALL i want to keep or breed ( for now heheheh) . Im having a blast with the girl I have now. Handles well and like I said. She has eaten twice for me off tongs already! only musked me one so far as well. I looking into some actual Nebraska albinos and im going to out cross the with this female. Looks like im here to stay!! thanks for all the input! and help!
infernalis
06-09-2010, 10:55 AM
Glad you decided to be a regular member of this ever growing family!
ConcinusMan
06-17-2010, 12:40 AM
That's one very dark phase radix. Why don't you buy a female that is about the same age or a year younger than your nebraska male? I mean you can get one that looks normal but is het for albino for fairly cheap. That way as soon as they are ready to breed you have a chance to produce albinos the first breeding.
mustang
06-18-2010, 01:40 PM
nice dark phase!
Atlas511
06-21-2010, 07:28 AM
That's one very dark phase radix. Why don't you buy a female that is about the same age or a year younger than your nebraska male? I mean you can get one that looks normal but is het for albino for fairly cheap. That way as soon as they are ready to breed you have a chance to produce albinos the first breeding.


I was looking into an older female Nebraska and a male Nebraska that was younger. The female I have at home is SLAMMIN f/t fuzzys now and gettin plump....