Cannibalism

[bait4snake]

Not that this has happened to me, but I was just curious... has anyone ever had a large female eat a smaller male? As I was looking at my 500 gram Albino male locking up a 2000 gram female, I started to have breeder's worry, lol.

[Adam_Wysocki]

Cannibalism has been documented in ball pythons, but if your snakes are breeding there shouldn't be much to worry about.

A 500 gram male on a 2000 gram female is NOTHING.

This pic is from last year ... and she's a lot bigger than 2000 grams ...



Hope this helps.

-adam

[victolotapusgurl]

Hey Adam... thats got to be the biggest female bp I have ever seen.... I dont know alot about them, so I would like to know the lengths of the male and female in that pic please? Or give me something for size comparison.

[JLC]

Adam...how big is that female, anyhow??? She looks amazing!!! (I would love to see Kisasa that big someday! LOL)

[bait4snake]

Talk about more cushion for the pushin'... geez she's a big ol girl. She's so fat she'd jump in the air and get stuck...
So does that ever worry you... seeing a monster of a female with a $25k lil boy? He looks like a snack...

[rabernet]

Adam,


I am so impressed with that girl! How much does she weigh, and how many eggs were in last year's clutch? What does she eat during the year? I may not be remembering correctly, but I thought I remembered that you showed her one time before as a mouser?

[Emilio]

Aren't we supposed to wait for the male to be about 700gram's?That female is huge man what do you call her rack big mama's house.

[bait4snake]

Has it ever happened to anyone? Put two in, only one comes out?

[Adam_Wysocki]

I don't know an exact weight off the top of my head, but I think at the time of that picture she was about 4600 grams??? .... The largest clutch she's done for me is 14 eggs ... if I breed here year after year she's an 11 - 12 egger ... with a year off she'll do more.

I never worry about putting little guys with big girls ... I've been doing this for a while and can tell when things are going to work or when certain pairs just shouldn't be put together.

-adam

[SnakeySnakeSnake]

Aren't we supposed to wait for the male to be about 700gram's?That female is huge man what do you call her rack big mama's house.

I think it depends on the snake, and if it is ready. I've heard of many males hooking up at ~400 grams. I have NO clue the details of how to tell what males can breed younger/smaller but I would imagine age is as or more important as weight, since they need to be producing viable sperm.

I would wonder if the 400-500 gram breeding males who hook up, what percent actually knock the snake up?