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Sexing Black Throat Monitors

TAOreptiles — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:58:36 GMT

Anyone have any ideas on how to accurately sex black throat monitors? My monitor is about 4 feet long and I am trying to figure out what sex it is. I know that it is difficult, to determine if it is female, and that to be 100% sure it's a male you have to see his hemipenis. I'm just wondering if anyone has any ideas. Thanks.

Un-common lizard breeding

Reptile Maniac — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:42:16 GMT

what kind of lizard or herp other than snakes (my mom hardly let me get my baby corn) that are pretty un-common in the reptile trade that could be easily bred.

Kenyan Sand Boas

Bugman — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:37:10 GMT

I have a pair of female Kenyan Sand Boas (KSB's), one normal and one anerythristic. I just bought a male KSB at the Sacramento Reptile Show this weekend. I would like to breed them when they are adults and was just wondering if anyone out there had tried breeding them before and had any tips for me. Any help would be appreciated.

Cricket Breeding

Crested Man — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:31:17 GMT

I would off course be breeding feeder crickets.

What are the best ball python morphs to be bred?

Liverpoolfan9 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:59:49 GMT

Just wondering what the best morph for a ball python would be for breeding. Such as what is the most popular.

I cant get my leopard geckos to breed...

echojennarazy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:17:18 GMT

i hav a male and a female for sure. my male, echo, has been trying to breed with my female, jenna, but she just keeps running away no matter wat. ive separated them for periods of time wen she looks 2 stressed, but i tried breeding them last year 2... does anyone hav any advice?

What do you breed?

TAOreptiles — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:16:47 GMT

I am just curious, what do you breed now? And what do you plan on breeding in the future? I have been breeding Columbian red tails, Dumeril's boas, blue tongue skinks, crested geckos, and corn snakes. In the past I bred bearded dragons and leopard geckos. I am getting into breeding kingsnakes and milksnakes.

I am just wondering for the animals that you have successfully bred, how did you sell off the young? Personally, I sell most online, and then what ever I have left, I sell to petstores. I just want to see what everyone else is doing.

Ball Python breeding

Reptile_Dude — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:19:54 GMT

Alright. Anything that comes to mind that could be useful...post it here! I'm considering breeding them so any extra info and advice would be helpful. Thanks!

Help! Starting a reptile business?

Liverpoolfan9 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:03:23 GMT

Hi, I was wondering, what is the best way to sell ball pythons. Is it on the internet, at shows or any other. Plus, do you need a permit for selling these?

Thanks.

Ball Python morphs

Moyer78 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:31:48 GMT

I am thinking about breeding BP's to get pieds

If I would breed a het for pied male with a normal female would I get any pieds or would both have to be het for pied

Skunk Geckos or Madagascar Giant Day Geckos

FastFoward5k — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:08:09 GMT

I am trying to decide between a few herps to get (see my signature) and two of them are 1.1 Skunk Geckos (Gekko vittatus) and 1.1 Madagascar Giant Day Geckos (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis) to breed. I am not worried about profit or anything. Just breaking even would be great, this would be just for fun and I know I could find homes for all the babies. I would house the parents in an 18 x 18 x 24 enclosure (either species) and make sure they had great husbandry. I was just wondering which would be better or more fun to breed? I am not worried about money, but I don't want a gecko that every batch of eggs is infertile. And how would I breed and house the hatchlings of each of these species? What do you think?

Day Gecko Breeding

FastFoward5k — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:25:23 GMT

Has anyone here bred Madagacar Giant Day Geckos (Phelsuma madagacariensis grandis), or any day gecko actually, because I want to breed 1.1 P. mad. grandis. I have a few questions:

1. Are they stickers or non-stickers, and if non-stickers what should incubation be like (temps, substrate, etc.)?

2. How many eggs are normally in a clutch, and how often do they lay a clutch?

3. How should you rear hatchlings?

4. What is a good price to sell them for?

Thanks!

Something to breed...

FastFoward5k — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:06:42 GMT

I am looking for something I can breed (it doesn't have to be easy). What would be fun, profitable (for herp breeding terms), exciting, etc. out of these herps: red eyed tree frogs, crested geckos, gargoyle geckos, leopard geckos, emerald tree boas, skunk geckos, or glass frogs? What do you think?

Thermal Hova Bator Incubator(1602-N)

BillApocGreen — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:47:29 GMT

I have some corn snake eggs that where just laid and i'm buying an incubator. One of my buddies has one of these http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/reptile-incubators/-/thermal-hova-bator-incubator1602n/ and he says it works good for him. Anyone else ever use this product or know of some other that you can recommend without breaking the bank? Thanks everyone.

Toad babies?

BlackStego — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:52:45 GMT

I don't know as much about the breeding and care of the tadpoles of fire bellied toads but I think I saw them mating. Marshall was on top of Lilly and there was movement. (If you watch How I Met Your Mother, you may of found that funny, I did.) Anyway I was wondering if anyone here had success with these tadpoles, and if anyone could give me info on

The breeding process. (behavior, water/other environmental conditions)
How long it takes for them to lay the eggs and where they would lay them.
Egg and tadpole care. (remove tadpoles or leave them in, food)
Frogglet care (If it is different than the adults)

Thank you.

Bouncing baby balls.....

Bill Love — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:16:27 GMT

Kathy's baby normal and pastel baby balls are hatching here right now! I've posted the pics taken minutes ago, and will try to drag her over here to comment on them....

3-toed box turtle breeding

the herptile master — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:55:52 GMT

My turtles have been mateing ALOT lately and i am not getting any eggs. Why isnt my female makeing any babies? Its very strange. Also, if i put a shoe box in the tank with moss in it, would she lay in there? Give me some imfo.

Any Advice On Breeding Red-Eared Sliders

Bootz — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:30:55 GMT

I have a male and a female, atm the male has been dancing for the female every night this week. As far as I know, she hasn't accepted his offer yet. Any tips on how to get her to take to him.

Here's a pic of the tank I have them set-up in til I move.

I take them out to get sunlight 3 times a week.

The male she's with is fairly new to the family. So I think that might have something to do with why she isn't accepting him.

She is five years old, and I estimate him to be around four.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

The business is starting

Python4life — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:00:28 GMT

My parents said that I can get a male spotted python if I find 8-10 people to place a deposits for a baby spotted python. If you know how I could find people to make the deposits please reply.

thanx

If you don't know what a spotted python looks like you can just check out my home page.

Trying to start a business

Python4life — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:18:14 GMT

I am trying to start a business breeding spotted pythons. I know I'm not going to get a lot of money because they aren't that popular. If you have any advice that would be wonderful, like how to sell them, on craigs list, or how I should advertise them. Do you think that anyone would buy from a 14 year old.

Any advice would help.

Thanks in advance!!

Anole Breeding Tips

GreenAnole09 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:21:29 GMT

I don't need tips(yet)when it comes to breeding anoles but,you can ask something and a person using this thread shall answer it.This can be used also for House Geckos and Long-tailed lizards sense they are often in the same cage as anoles 'cause they have the same need basicly.

Annoying little flies in home herp collection........

Bill Love — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:21:35 GMT

A type of pesty little fly, also called carrion fly (possibly Megaselia scalaris), has been a nuisance to our snake-farming enterprise for the past decade or more. I don't remember them being a factor in Florida herpetoculture in the 1970s and 1980s, but these flies are definite pests for my wife's corn snake colony now. Specifically, they swarm over anything dead - like thawed mice left in cages as food, and they also are attracted to fresh snake feces. But the worst problem is when they invade hatching snake eggs. They lay their eggs inside the first slits of hatching eggs. The maggots get into the umbilical areas of hatchlings very quickly and kill the slow hatchers by eating holes in their bellies.

I've been on a fact-finding mission about phorid flies lately. Apparently the fact that they actively attack hatching reptile eggs is not widely known, but should be in lieu of a possible factor in declining wild species if the flies are not native. I've wondered if anyone here has any experience or insights on these pests and how to deal with them? We now attach fine screen over ventilation holes in incubation tubs to keep them out, but even one fly slipping in when the lid is opened is enough to let them get started. The adult flies succumb to eating 'Fly Bait' left out in trays, so that helps keep their levels down. Have any of you found other effective ways to control them?

corn genes

Reptile Maniac — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:12:45 GMT

i've been reading my new Corn Snake Manual (great job Bill and Kathy), and i'm interested in breeding Cornsnakes. But, i don't get the 'genes' field to well. i do understand the punett squares, and homo, and het dillys, but i don't get the following: recessive, dominent, co-dominent, and the genes like Hypo, without having to breeding hets. can somebody help?

Starting a business

FastFoward5k — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:08:10 GMT

I want to start a leopard gecko breeding business. I know I won't make a TON of $$$, but it seems like fun. I want to know how you advertise your business and some good tips and advice. Also, do you think anyone would by a leopard gecko from a 14 year old, because that's how old I am. Thanks.

Mealworms BREEDING

FastFoward5k — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:08:29 GMT

Ozo and me want to breed mealworms for our leopard geckos and frogs. We have a few questions: What type of bedding/food do you need? What is the best moisture food for the larvae? How long does it take (usually) for a them to go from mealworms, to pupae, to beetle, to new mealworms?

African Fat Tail Breeding.

Reptile Maniac — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:11:57 GMT

How easy is it to breed AFT's? Could you rate it on scale 1 to 10, 1 being the easiest, 10 being the hardest. also, is this a begginer species to breed?

Getting frisky in the backyard.....

Bill Love — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:03:43 GMT

I adopted a new sulcata tortoise last week that was found wandering in Southwest Florida. A nature center calls us 6 - 10 times per year with unwanted pets, or herps found wandering in town. Most are red-ear sliders, boas, or Burmese pythons, but three times in the last few years the finds were sulcatas. I thought the newest one was a female at first, but it seems to be a male and has taken a real interest in one of my slightly smaller females that I didn't think was large enough to be reproductive. At least now I'm fairly sure that the smallest one is actually a female. I guess the new male can stay as long as he gets the job done and doesn't fight with my bigger, older male, Tortue.

Breeding Leos

FastFoward5k — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:28:45 GMT

I have a female leopard gecko named Oz that is 3. I have a few questions about breeding: Does it shorten the lifespan of the female? Could a leo that is 2 years older than another (as long as they're both mature, 18-24 months) still have babies? Does anyone know what would happen if you bred a heterozygous lavender and a homozygous leucistic? Do you HAVE to feed pinkies, or are wax worms okay for the pregnant female? How many eggs do the females lay on average each year? Can you keep all the babies together in one terrarium? How do you get rid of all the babies, is it better to sell them to a pet store, or to people individually? Where/how can you buy/make an incubator for the eggs? If you know the answers to any of these can you please reply? Thanks.

need some help

repman — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:17:50 GMT

Hi gang, my turtles have started breeding on me and taken me by surprise. I thought it would take much longer than it did. I am not a breeder per-say, but a turtle fan. Unfortunately, I have recently been laid off and all the incubators I see are more than I can handle right now. Food, care, and love are in plentiful supply, but not an incubator. Do any of you know where I can get an incubator either for free or for really cheap? I am afraid the eggs wont have a chance otherwise. I am afraid one of the other turtles will dig them up by accident or on purpose and kill them. I have six turtles in a large outside environment right now. Any help or advice would be appreciated greatly.

Repman

Breeder in distress!!!!

SnakeKing94 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:40:07 GMT

I have a few questions and would love if you could answer any of them.

What rack system do you reccomend and why? ( im looking at animal plastics economy rack)

Heat tape VS heat cable. What heating technique would keep my snakes warm the best, safest, and most innexpensively?

Proportional thermostat. Which so you prefer, and are there any faults?

Thank you all so much and happy herping.

advice on meal worm breeding

lizman02 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:34:04 GMT

I am looking into breeding my own meal worms. any tips?

bearded dragon breeding

beardede dragon — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:44:07 GMT

my bearded dragons wont mate and im shure they are male and female.

Breeding Tips....

Kazman1590 — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:27:35 GMT

Okay.... I am thinking of starting a breeding business but I am not sure what I need to do... Any advice would be great... Thanks!

Snake Breeding

matt94rocks — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:48:16 GMT

As a snake breeder how much money do ou make.

Kingsnake Breeding

matt94rocks — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:06:39 GMT

Is it hard to breed kingsnakes and can you tell me things

six lined race runners

reptiguy — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:00:05 GMT

I am hoping some one out there breeds or has connections to someone who breed six lined race runners. I am willing to pay up to $125.00 for a mated pair. Any info is appreciated.Contact me at otgooscott04@yahoo.com. Thanks.

what are you breeding now

Herpmanjoe — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:30:41 GMT

So I thought I would ask what are people breeding now or what they would like to work with.

At the moment I am breeding leopard geckos, RTBs and milk snakes and Savannah Monitors. In the past I have breed burmese pythons and would like to deal with them some more in the future, as of right now I would like to work with any Asiatic Ratsnakes and uncommon colubrids, I also would like to breed Sailfin dragons and other Varanid species but enclosures are pricey to buy or make.

Thanks for your time
Joseph

How do you breed Tokay Geckos?

Lisa5691 — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:13:54 GMT

I want to get a breeding pair to breed, but Im not sure of the specific requirements for this species. Any help will be greatly apprechiated! Thank you

Cross Breeding Kings?

massalvaje — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:16:14 GMT

I breed Kings on a small scale and would like to know your opinion on a matter. I breed a pair of Albino striped Cal Kings as well as a pair of Mexican Black Kings. Some of you may see where I am going with this but what would the neonates look like if I cross the two pairs?

I know a fair amount about genetics and my whole purpose in crossing would be to introduce the Amel gene into the MBKs which is something I have never seen before.

Has anyone heard of this happening or would it even work? Is there a way to breed everything back out except the Amel gene?

People might jump on my case for producing a hybrid snake but I know that on the edges of their territories they often interbreed and have no problems producing viable offspring but feel free to let me know what you think.

breeding pac-man frogs

fcspike08 — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:15:30 GMT

hey guys,

i was reading an article in my reptile usa magazine about breeding pac-man frogs and i was wondering whats the trick to finding the difference between males and females, i wanted to try breeding them.

any help would be appreciated