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02-Jun-04, 12:01 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Sunshine coast, Qld, Australia Age: 19 | | | | i want to know this do u have to take the eggs asoon as they r out or can u let the mother incubate them for u
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02-Jun-04, 12:02 AM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | thanks bob i intend to whole heartedly. what is the usual time olives breed? i know there are exceptions. also what temps are best to drop to during cooling period?? thanks bob
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02-Jun-04, 12:27 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Gosford | | | Ricko,
Olives normally breed in July. As to their night time temps, I just checked my main room and all my cages are at 14c at the present time. My day time temps are set at 22c. All my snakes are desperately waiting for the sunrise at the moment so they can warm their butts  |
02-Jun-04, 01:08 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Townsville Age: 36 | | | | slatey i bred a female olive last [unintentionally]who was under 4kg and 3years old.14 good eggs,so have a bit more faith,you never know.if you have access to another male olive this will most certainly increase your chances,a bit of combat or just swap the males around when the time comes.the smell of another male is enough to get my males going.
i have bhp's going at it at the moment spotties and jungles go together mid july.
i do nothing with temps or lights,just turn em off when it starts to cool and watch for the first male movement after wintering and turn em back on,they wake up when they are ready.soon as they do in the males go regardless of whether the females are moving or not.it's easy to do it up in the far north with fairly constant temps.i don't envy you guys down south, alot more work and knowledge needed by you guys to be successful.
obee
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02-Jun-04, 10:15 AM
|  | Old Administrator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney south, NSW Age/Gender: 54  | | | | Thanks obee I will keep trying. My temperatures are 24 day and 20 night. Mabe I have the temperature to high. |
02-Jun-04, 06:43 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Townsville Age: 36 | | | | slatey when i bred my small female olive i was building and moving around animals well before pairing up.i put her in with a male for 6 days,3 weeks before pairing up.i thought she was way to small.so didn't place her with a male come breeding time.i planned to breed a female that is 11 feet and over 15 kgs.i used 2 males got countless couplings but the big female didn't go.the little 3 kg one did after 6 days with a male,go figure,you do everything right and they don't go for ya.there a funny one olives at times.
obee
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02-Jun-04, 06:58 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Gosford | | | | Obee,
Couldn't agree more. Olives can be very funny to breed at times. As you said you can do everything correct and still fail. I would say they are just as hard as BHP's to breed. The other species are easy compared to these 2.
Just one tip to any future Olive breeders. If you do have a sucsessful mating, never change the compatable pair that you succeded with
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02-Jun-04, 07:06 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Townsville Age: 36 | | | | i like that last point you made biguy and i think that would make sense for most species.if you have had success with pairings then stick to em.i feel a little funny splitting up some of my older jungles some years and placing them with new animals.it's like breaking up a marriage...lol
obee
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02-Jun-04, 07:19 PM
| | Old Administrator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney south, NSW Age/Gender: 54 | | | | Looks like olives ar bit like swans.
Looks like you guys agree on one thing. Lot of luck is involved on top of all right care. |
02-Jun-04, 07:45 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Townsville Age: 36 | | | | luck most definately plays a part slatey.i have bred bhp's but have not had great success. this year will go hard with my animals i have quite a lot of bhp's[7] to pair up.i have them all in tip top condition a couple of 4 year old females never bred before so i am hoping to have a win.good to here the likes of bob saying they are a difficult one to get to go,i was starting to get a complex.i know a guy who is a fool,keeps 3 huge bhp's together all year,cages are always dirty hygiene is crap,animals are not looked after but they have produced 2 clutches for him year in year out for 6 years now.once someone visiting pointed out one of his females was coiled around a cluch in the middle of the enclosure in the open,he didn't even know.said he thought she was sick because she hadn't moved for a month. maybe i mother my bhp's to much...lol don't matter if they don't always breed for me at least i have happy heathy animals.
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