The animals that are being sold Gravid are Wild Caught individuals that have a bit more difficulty adjusting to captivity here in the United States.
If you have the time and the patience, (and experience with BPs in general) to treat a Wild Caught animal inside and out, and feed them African Soft Furred Rats (or not have them feed at all for a while), I would say go for it.
I personally have yet to do it.
01-12-2008, 09:57 PM
Repti-Rob
Re: Female with eggs
You can find gravid females on Fauna !BUT! If you have never had to clean and care for a WC gravid female(I have) it involves a LOT! and then you have to treat the babies for ticks and mites and then....well hopefully that is enough to give you a glimpse of what's in store for you:) Just my 2Cents IMHO- I would go with a CB female that's breeder size and then a male morph:)
01-12-2008, 11:21 PM
janeothejungle
Re: Female with eggs
I'll throw my hat in the circle and admit that I am really against gravid WC importing. I won't even buy from a breeder I know participates in it. Call me a snob but it just goes against my moral code. To each his own.
Kat
01-12-2008, 11:35 PM
AndrewGeibel
Re: Female with eggs
I know if you check on Kingsnake you can find some people selling gravid females. I would recommend breeding your own. Much safer.
01-12-2008, 11:53 PM
littleindiangirl
Re: Female with eggs
There are people that still import animals, especially gravid females. They will buy a large number, and have several people come and take their pick of the bunch.
In my experience with WC (which is limited, but I do have one) it's a b***** to get them to eat regular rats, but they will. A lot has to do with hudsbandry, and also they are wild animals. Some settle better than others.
It's usually a good rule of thumb to get your feet wet with CB animals, and work your way up from there. WC aren't for everyone, but the very patient and observent and those that will work their butts off for this one snake.
01-13-2008, 01:24 AM
joepythons
Re: Female with eggs
Quote:
Originally Posted by scubaboy
Is their a site or breeder that may sell a female ball full of eggs??? Just to get a jump start on breeding... Thanks
Please take my words as good advice here.If you try to get a "jump start" on breeding majority of the time you will fail.If your in it just for the money then also majority of the time you will fail.Why not buy some nice CBB and go from thier.If you dont have the love for the animals themselves then you are missing alot of the fun in having them.;)
01-13-2008, 10:37 AM
JAMills
Re: Female with eggs
Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyOhh
The animals that are being sold Gravid are Wild Caught individuals that have a bit more difficulty adjusting to captivity here in the United States.
If you have the time and the patience, (and experience with BPs in general) to treat a Wild Caught animal inside and out, and feed them African Soft Furred Rats (or not have them feed at all for a while), I would say go for it.
I personally have yet to do it.
I made the mistake of buying 2 WC Gravids Jan'07 gorgeous animals that threw some very interesting babies.
I will never recommend doing that to anyone after my experience with acclimating them.
They both laid great no slugs and I actually got 100% hatch but.
THE PROBLEMS STARTED AFTER THAT. I have finally gotten them both to take a meal last month. That is almost a YEAR, and I cant tell you how good they will feed in the future or how many years it will take to get them back up to size and WILLING to breed so basically I have adopted 2 headaches but I cant give up on them or pass them on to someone else that is just not right.
You Live You Learn.
