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7 year old too old to breed?
Is a 7 year old female virgin too old to breed for the first time?
Will there be possible complications?
Last edited by satomi325; 11-30-2011 at 04:31 PM.
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No, they produce viable eggs their entire lifetime if I remember correctly. I think there is a 40 year old female ball python at a zoo that only recently started breeding...
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No way, she should produce great eggs for you at that age if she's healthy.
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Re: 7 year old too old to breed?
 Originally Posted by LGray23
No, they produce viable eggs their entire lifetime if I remember correctly. I think there is a 40 year old female ball python at a zoo that only recently started breeding...
Thanks for the responses!
I understand that BP females can produce eggs up into their older years, but I wasn't sure how an ''older'' first timer would do. 
Last edited by satomi325; 11-30-2011 at 04:43 PM.
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I'm breeding now for the first time a female that hatched in 2003  . She locked already and I hope for a nice clutch .
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As far as I understand older actually makes it easier. If the female is at a healthy weight (1500 g or more) then a seven years virgin should be golden
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I have a 10 yr old virgin I'm breeding this year
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My female I just breed this past season is now 12. She was an 11 year old virgin. Out of 8 eggs, 2 died right away, and only 1 didn't make it of the last 6.
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7 is a prime age for a ball python. They're not like mice, that have issues if they aren't bred within a certain window.
Humans also don't have a problem with having their first child later in life.
A 7 year old ball python is still a young adult. They can produce eggs right up until the couple few years of their life, from what I understand--perhaps even right to the end. The first clutch on a good-sized animal is no more problematic than the middle, or last.
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Actually, something I'm curious about... what would be the LATEST that anyone would breed a female ball python?
Say, 20 years? 30? When they start having minor issues that you don't want to develop into big issues?
Basic question, when would you retire a female breeder? Or a male breeder, for that matter.
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