Breeding Season Timing : Dilemma

So, the northeast has been experiencing unseasonably cool temperatures for the last four or five weeks, and my balls seem to have noticed. With breeding season right around the corner (we start temp dropping in late october), most of our males have been off of food uncharacteristically for about four weeks now and some of our breeder sized females are starting to show waning appetites.

My question is, do I push on with breeding season as scheduled, even though it seems the kids are gearing up a little early, or do I follow their lead (which I may be misreading. I mean they may be doing this to drive me insane. They are ball pythons after all) and start breeding season a month earlier.

What do you guys think?:confusd:

I have been wrestling with the same question as you. I'm up in pa too and have noticed the same thing with my collection. almost all of my adults either haven't eaten or have hardly eaten since the cold weather started the end of july. I don't have an answer for you so i'm gonna tag along.

If they're proper size, there's no real "season". You can breed ball pythons year long.

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Originally Posted by Bobbafett

If they're proper size, there's no real "season". You can breed ball pythons year long.

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Agreed. As long as they gained their weight back from the previous season, if not more, you're ok. I've had girls only wanting 9 months between seasons. All gained their weight back plus a few hundred grams.

There is no such thing as a "breeding season," they will breed year round

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mine did this also i started paring a month ago that cool july got them going early once you pair them the femalse usually go on a feeding frenzey

I breed year round, as do several other breeder friends of mine. I've got a girl who is due to lay in a month.

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You don't have to do the whole hibernation thing??

I live in DE, and we started pairing three of our girls two weeks ago...we got locks from all three pairs. :D Believe me....they will do it when they wanna ;)

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

You don't have to do the whole hibernation thing??

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No. Ball pythons don't hibernate.
Hibernation/brumation is more of a evolutionary adaptation for species to survive winter in areas that have a significant winters.
Africa stays relatively warm year round.