female breeders

[BallPython17]

Would something happen to a female ball python that breeds and her weight is less than 1000 grams or would something happen to the eggs? Oh and when the ball pythons are not locked is it ok to move the female out of her enclosure to clean it?

[Inferno]

a female of under 1000g may have problems laying the eggs or could get eggbound.

if they arnt locked then they are fine to move

[Gloryhound]

I wouldn't want to risk a female under 1000 grams regardless. For the health of the female we decided 1500 grams is the minimum weight for breeding females unless they are 4+ years old and they are just slightly under at like 1300 to 1500 in which case it will be handled on a case by case basis. Males are a little harder to set hard fast rules for and we are still researching it!

As far as removing her I would say if they are not locked and you don't get bit it was OK!