Good day for everybody!
My name is Olga & I'm one of ball pythons fans from Russia.
There are hardly 10 people in our country who really breed ball pythons, especially 2-3 gene combos, so we've made a community http://vk.com/regiusbreeders to share info, experience etc.

Will be great if somebody here is eager to answer our questions & give some advice.

So here is some for the beginning

1. We've heard, that about 30% of BP males & females can grow infertile. Is it really so? Is there any chances to prevent it or it's just genetics? How and when to know for sure whether BP is fertile or not?

2. There also an information that buying adult females is throwing money away, cause there is no guarantee, that they will be breeders. The only way to get a good breeding female - to grow her by your own. But there also some secrets in it... Like "don't overfeed her" (I wonder how can that be possible with BP), "don't touch her too often"... Is it true? And if so, what other "secrets" about growing good breeding female should the beginner know?

3. Is it necessary to cold BP before breeding season? Yes/no - why?

4. Should BP breeder worry if his young 150-300 gr males and females refuse to eat more then for a month? How do you cope with hunger-strikes of your baby BP?

5. I have an adult BP female who refuses to eat about 3-4 month. She has lost 70-100 gr for this period actively copulating with male. Over all She is a mice eater. Should I worry about her?

And wanna just to show you my two newcomers from Mike Wilbanks