Breeding tips

Hello every one, I just registered on this web-page a few days ago because i was hoping i could get some real time help with my breeding project.

Anyway, I've been keeping my ball pythons for the last 2 years, and i thought it was about time to get some of them money back i lay out on this hobby. So I've been rotating my male though the females for quite some time now ( I believe i started rotating him at the beginning of November?), I have witnessed lockup on both of my females, and I've palpated them, feeling a few "bumps" in there. But since I'm an unexperienced breeder i fear that i might be fooling myself :P

Is there any way i can tell that the breeding is successful, are there some major stages when i can tell for sure that the female carries egg or is it just an waiting game for me?

//Sam

I'm in the same boat as you are. I have a girl that was paired in November and has 'bumps' as well. This is my first clutch, so I too hope for the best.

I've found this site really helpful to reference which stage of development you're in.
http://www.ballpython.ca/gallery/breeding.html

Good luck

Ok, before i introduced them i looked for "guides" this was one of the page i used, and i still return to it for extra help :P

My females have showed similar steps as the "guide" mentions, i think both have been though the 'Developing Behavior', one of my females lay at the cold side, hanging with half her body from a shelf, the other one decided the take a bath, she just crawled into the water bowl as good as she could and chilled for a while. Still, the female that took a bath on several occasions also went though the 'Glow' phase, at least it looked like she did, brighter than normally... but that was before the cooling phase :P

Best of luck to you to :)

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Originally Posted by satomi325

I'm in the same boat as you are. I have a girl that was paired in November and has 'bumps' as well. This is my first clutch, so I too hope for the best.

I've found this site really helpful to reference which stage of development you're in.
http://www.ballpython.ca/gallery/breeding.html

Good luck

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x2 on Markus Jayne's website. It's very helpful!