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How to tell if your male is too old

4riscorn

4riscorn

ACR#774 NevaeH Reptiles
I have a 2004 Male that has been bred twice by me and unknown amount of times by the previous owner. For the last two years he has not wasted any time starting the courtship ritual. I have bred him with 3 different females and this past year was very excited by the outcome. He is hypo and I proved out him being het for motley, amel and anery. This year I am trying to breed him with a new female to prove out hets and so far he won't even go near her. He curls up under or in his water bowl. I did a light brumation since our ambient temps can't go below 70 due to the other snakes in the room. I have had two pair lock up so far but he just won't do anything. I tried the female from last year to see if maybe it was just the other snake. But still no interest. I know it's early in the season but was just wondering if maybe he was getting too old to breed. How do you tell if that is the case?
 
A 9 year old male is definitely not too old to breed. He may simply not be ready yet, or he's feeling under the weather. "Light" brumations are generally not recommended because it doesn't slow down the metabolism enough. If you didn't feed him while he was still relatively warm, he could be too hungry to want to breed. One of my males also refuses to breed while he's in blue.
 
We turned off the rack heat completely and kept the room at 68-70 for most of the winter. Couldn't go any lower because of our ball pythons and my house temp couldn't go any lower because I have my terminal cancer striken dad living with me. I do this type of brumation every year. Next winter if my Dad has passed (he wasn't supposed to still be here so u never know) his room will be the brumation room and will be cut off from heat. We stopped feeding in Nov and started again the week before Valentines Day. He has only eaten twice and has been refusing food. He just went into blue today. Maybe that is why he wasn't interested. I'll keep trying him but just didn't want to push him if he was too old. Glad to know he isn't since he makes some hot looking babies!
 
One of my males JUST started showing interest and finally locked with the female he had previously been snubbing. It could be just too early for him yet or, as you noted, he was just feeling lousy due to being blue. Good luck with him!
 
My male Double Zee (normal zigzag het snow) is about 14 years old and still going. I already have had the clutch of eggs fathered by him incubating for almost a month now. Didn't do any bruminating and still offered food (hasn't eaten in about a month). The female Snowflake the (snow zigzag) wasn't bruminated either and gave me 13 eggs (three were duds, not bad for a first timer). She ate like a pig all the way up until she was noticeably gravid. Ate the day after laying roo, VERY strong feeder.
 
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