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New male breeding question?

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I have a male lesser that was an early 10' and he was a slow starter so he's just over 500 grams. I placed him with my butter and therte was no interest, so I removed him again. My question is, I plan to breed him to another female as well, should I alternate him to the 2 females until he shows interest, or should I keep giving him time off and pairing with the same female? I really want BEL's so was gonna pair those 2 together excusively until I get results, but thought I'd ask for some advice from some of you more experienced people. Thanks
 
I'm not one to cool my pythons, but I think this year I'm going to give it a shot for my stubborn males to see if it helps kick them into gear. I would still give him a break in between pairings just for the sake of stress. Good luck!
 
I would alternate...that way if one female is more receptive than the other he still has a shot at figuring it out.
 
Have you checked if he is even producing plugs yet? If he's only a '10, there may be a chance he isn't even there yet..
 
My males have been locking with females for the last few weeks but I've cooled them for the last 4 weeks.I noticed my Mojave male wouldn't make a move on my one normal female so after 3 days of no action I moved him in with another female and they locked within an hour.I think the other female just wasn't ready.Maybe rotate him around between the 2 you want to breed him to until he finds one that's ready,lol.
 
Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Just for clarification I planned to give him breaks regardless, 3 on 2 off and only pair him with 2 to minimize stress his first time breeding. Yes on the plugs, albeit small plugs but full formed plugs none the less. I guess I ffailed to correctly articulate my original question of should I continue to only pair him with one female time after time until interest develops, or alternate? As Shelly pointed out better the variety, I know I've had a woman or two who taught me a thing or two.
 
Haha, I would alternate. One female might not be receptive if he's ready, making it appear as if it's his fault.
 
Thanks again, just realized he is ready to turn blue so gonna give him a rest till he sheds and see from there.
 
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