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Hello! So, this is my first year trying to breed balls' and I only have 2 snakes. A lice looking spider male (500 grams) and 1 normal female (1500 grams) and I have yet to see my male tie up to her. I tried cooling them for 1 month and cycled them in and out of the tubs together and nothing! I haven't seen her swell up or anything.

I have heard talk of "forced mating" is that a real thing? And if so, how do you do it? And is it dangerous to either snake?

Thanks!
 
Try to rub another males sperm on him or get the shed from another male.

Also, the male seems a little on the light side. Not to light to breed, but the odds are slimmer and he might not be ready. Pop him and look for plugs if you know how (still not a sign that he knows what to do but a start).

I've never heard of force mating but I assume it would be artificial insemination and personally, I wouldn't shove anything into my female without being 1000% sure I knew what I was doing. Matt has it right though, it all boils down to patience which I am running out of this season :D
 
I hear you there! I have 55 bearded dragon eggs I'm sitting on right now that should have started hatching already and I just found out my incubator's temp read out is about 4-6 degrees cooler than what it says on the readout so I know those wont be out for a while! lol

I would love to get a big male to stud her but I really want to breed this spider this season because of the wierd head markings and side bands this one has. I wonder if he's het for something?
 
I am the same here. I have 2500 gram het pied female I bought few days ago. I started to cool her last night. I will introduce my male pied to her in 10 days. Wish me luck !!! I hope both of us can hit something. Also this is the only 2 snakes that are ready to breed for me. My male is 600 gram.
 
mc5guy said:
I am the same here. I have 2500 gram het pied female I bought few days ago. I started to cool her last night. I will introduce my male pied to her in 10 days. Wish me luck !!! I hope both of us can hit something. Also this is the only 2 snakes that are ready to breed for me. My male is 600 gram.
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Good luck! Not only that the breeding is a success, but that you don't get your pied sick. Breeding before quarantine is very risky. It's your business how you handle your animals, but I'm pointing this out, as I knew nothing of quarantine when I first got into snakes.
 
mc5guy said:
I am the same here. I have 2500 gram het pied female I bought few days ago. I started to cool her last night. I will introduce my male pied to her in 10 days. Wish me luck !!! I hope both of us can hit something. Also this is the only 2 snakes that are ready to breed for me. My male is 600 gram.
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So quarantine is down to less than 2 weeks now :shrug01:
 
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