First Snake

[nikkij]

Im getting my first snake and im not planning on breeding or anything, is there a difference in care between male and female? which one would be easier to handle? do males have more personality?
Thanks!

[mainbutter]

Nope ball pythons don't have any difference in care between male and female, and they have the same personalities as far as I can tell.

Females get a bit bigger on average though.

[Anakiyas dad]

I have a Female Ball and she is great! Always eats regularly and has a great temprament. Either or is a great score!

[DutchHerp]

The only difference in care I can think of is cage size; females need slightly larger than males

[Slim]

Can't really go wrong either way. I prefer males, but I have no plans to breed, so I can stick to a single gender.

Some folks say that females will go off feed during breeding season, and some say males go off feed during breeding season, but I think that's more about the individual BP and it's environment than anything having to do with gender.

If you look, you'll find beautiful examples of Normals and morphs in both genders. As was mentioned, the girls get a little longer and put on more girth than the boys. I happen to like the athletic look in a BP, so I stick with males.

[Bruce Whitehead]

BPs and not sexually dimorphic, so they are what they are. Sweet and cute.

The only differences you are likely to see are behavioural and occur during breeding season (even that is not that extreme - if at all). If you keep your snakes constant year round you should *likely* not see any of it.

As noted the males can stay a bit leaner.

Bruce