Cannibalism

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.

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 ...

http://www.8ballpythons.com/images/lesser-breeding.jpg

Hope this helps.

-adam

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.

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

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...

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?

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.

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

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

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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?