Quote Originally Posted by aSnakeLovinBabe View Post
A male can go after a female and breed with her, but if she hasn't been properly cooled and seasoned... and she is never actually receptive... there will be no babies! No eggs for the sperm to fetilize... no babies.

possibly that is why your checkered had such a small litter?

jsut some food for though
As far as her litter size goes; she's incredibly small. She's a two year old measuring in at only a little over 22": For that body size I'd say she had a large litter.
Also, I do recall reading on numerous sites (and book references as well) that cooling isn't entirely necessary for reproduction.

The only thing negative I can think of about not cooling would be... Well, I guess the males would "rape" an unreceptive female, not too sure on how the psyche of that would effect her. lol