breeding scrub pythons?

[PunkMonkey11]

Hey there I have a pair of these and am interested in breeding them but I have been unable to find any information about it, like do I cool them down? for how ong? should they be separated? and etc. any information anyone has about these guys would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx

Jeremy

[Jeff_Favelle]

Depends on what type of scrubs you are breeding, but there is a TON of information on the Net. I'm not sure where you were looking, but I found no less than 12 pages with breeding info on scrubs. Just takes a minute amount of effort.

http://www.pythons.net/australia/amethystine/

[PunkMonkey11]

yeah I've been to that site and a couple others but none really offer much detail in breeding techniques. Oh and they're southern scrubs by the way.

Thanx

Jeremy

[Jeff_Favelle]

Ummmm...I'm not sure what these "techniques" you speak of are, but that site alone gave the exact temperatures to cycle them at, for how long, and when to introduce the pairs. It also gave egg incubation temps and times!! Other than someone coming over to your house and breeding them for you, I don't understand how that couldn't be clearer!

Is there something else you need explained? Because with snake breeding, that's about all there is to know.

Best of luck!

[PunkMonkey11]

yeah but it doesn't really say when they should be introduced to each other, or if they should be separated after breeding. It doens't mention if they should be cooled down before hand or if they should be fed less or anything like that.

Jeremy

[Jezabel]

try to e-mail Yasser from http://www.spitfirereptiles.com/main.html

[Jeff_Favelle]

separated after breeding

?????

1) Well, the males don't incubate the eggs, and hopfeully you're keeping one snake per cage sooo......yes, remove the male after successful copulation (good luck finding out when that is though).

fed less or anything like that

2) I wouldn't feed any snake that's being cooled down. But is that how scrubs are cycled? I think they have warm days and cold night like every other python. I still wouldn't feed the males (obvious) and skinny female may need food, but why would you breed a skinny female?

It doens't mention if they should be cooled down before hand

3) Cooled down before what? Breeding? Yes. The act of cycling will cause the males to actually want to mate and produce sperm. Having said that, that doesn't mean they go into the female's cage at the end of cycling. They can be put together after a few weeks and all the way until a month or so after cycling has stopped.

Scrubs are not unlike other pythons (esp. Carpets) so maybe a smaller, more commonly bred python would be a better choice for a first time breeding.

If not, good luck. It would be something else to see scrub babies in Canada.

Also, Corey Woods has some scrubs. Ask him. He's usually willing to share tips that have helped him.

[Corey Woods]

I've never bred scrubs before and this is my first attept at doing so. I have a trio of Tannimbar Scrub pythons (M. Nauta). There is not a lot of info out there on them and I am cooling them like most of my other pythons. 90F hot spot during the day and no heat at night. I do that for everything but the burms. So, we shall see what happens. I placed the scrubs together for the first time 2 weeks ago and both were not impressed at all. Both were biting each other when they were introduced and separated. However, they were fine over the 4 days together. They were curled up together for a good part of the time together so I'm unsure if copulation happend or not. I guess I'll know if I get eggs. Hopefully they calm down when we get farther into the breeding season. The female was not ready to breed just yet.

Sorry I could not be of more help. Your best bet for scrub python info would be to either contact Nick Mutton of Inland Empire Reptile breeders (http://inlandreptile.com/) where I purchased my 1.1 CB Tannimbars from or Yasser and Cheyanne from Spit Fire Reptiles (http://www.spitfirereptiles.com/).

Corey

[PunkMonkey11]

okay sounds good, but how big of an enclosure do you have them in? Mine used to be a closet so it is fairly large and I'm wondering if one basking spot is warm enough, its high up in the cage focused on a perch. I did like you said and set the basking spot for 90 but I'm sure it must be cooler down on the ground, the basking spot is about 5 feet above there. does this matter? also my pair doens't seem to be paying attetnion to each other at all? I know they're a pair, whats goin on? The female is always up high in the cage and the male is always on the bottom somewhere.
Thanx for the help guys.

Jeremy