Should I?

[NormalBallPythons]

My friend has a female ball python ready for breeding. He said he wants to use my male. He said they have to stay in the same tank from nov to march. This correct? He said he will give me half the babies.

Need your thoughts here.

I have two females & want to breed them but I'm not educated enough. My friend has breeded bp before.

[bigmike]

Pretty sure they don't need to stay together that long. I only have one breeding season in the books but I only had mine together from November to Jan 3 days together then 2 off to eat for the male. But like I said I'm not an expert.

[Skittles1101]

No, most breeders put the male in for 3 days then give a 3 day break apart. I think it would be stressful to make them live together for all those months.

[Subdriven]

Defenetly wouldn't just leave them in the same tank for that long. He may not ever eat and work him self to death.

Then you have the quarantine time before and after. ( which some say 1-3 months)

There are a lot of ifs on lending out your own to someone. It could go really well though. how well do you trust your friend to make sure your BP stays healthy and in good hands?

[NormalBallPythons]

100% trust. I just wanted to get information.

[Kinra]

If your friend thinks they need to be housed together for 5 months to breed then I wouldn't trust them. They didn't do enough research. I have never heard of a breeder leaving ball pythons together that long for breeding. Males will breed themselves to death. There needs to be a break in there for the male and the female and they need to be offered food.

This site can explain the basics of breeding to you:http://ballpython.ca/gallery/breeding.html

[Strick]

100% trust. I just wanted to get information.

That's good and can turn out well for both of you. On the other hand it may not. So many things can happen. Just say this one thing happens. You only end up with 1 of a kind, who gets it? There is thread around somewhere with some other things. Even though it's a good friend just make sure of the details...

[NormalBallPythons]

I took a quick look at the link. So if they lock up that's it for those two right? He only will have my male. There needs to be breaks until they lock up. So both snakes can eat. I'm not going to learn everything here right now but want to know the basics.

[Kinra]

Most people continue pairing until the female ovulates, so they tend to lock multiple times. Put them together for 3 days and then separate them for 3 days. You won't always see a lock and food should be offered when they are apart.

[snakesRkewl]

This statement "He said they have to stay in the same tank from nov. to march." says everything one needs to know, he hasn't a clue how to properly care for or breed ball pythons.