Ready to breed?

Ya, thats what i'm thinkin...Feeding the crap out of it. without them getting obese though. I want my snakes to be AS HEALTHY as possible. Once again though I do want to get it weighed. It doesn't look underweight but I am of course curiouse.

Anyways, on the scale question again... Does anybody here recommend a particular scale for weighing their snakes? Maybe something
wal-mart or target would carry?

Any Info would help. I need one now and I will later on once i do hatch babies so i can monitor the weight...

WalMart does carry a limited range of digital scales...check the kitchen supply aisles.

For our females we are going with this rule of thumb....minimum 1,500 grams with that being at least 500 grams per linear foot....so a 4 foot female would actually need to be at minimum 2,000 grams before we would put her with our male. We're really being very cautious with our precious females and feel that an extra year of growth on a potential breeder female is never a wasted effort over the long term.

We have 3 females this year ready for breeding going by the above and one that is just on the edge, so she'll likely be passed this year rather than chance her wellbeing.

How much should I expect to pay for the scale?

thank you for the information.

Now say my female is at 1500g's and i was to attempt the breeding. Just drop the temp's at the recommended temp's for breeding wait a few weeks and then put him in with her? and should i leave him with her for how long ? until they start lockin up? week or two at a time? just curiouse...

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Originally Posted by djslurp1200

Now say my female is at 1500g's and i was to attempt the breeding. Just drop the temp's at the recommended temp's for breeding wait a few weeks and then put him in with her? and should i leave him with her for how long ? until they start lockin up? week or two at a time? just curiouse...

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If you're really going to be serious about this, my personal suggestion would be to pick up a good book or video on ball python breeding ... it will answer all of your questions and provide you with information that you don't yet have the experience to inquire about ...

Here are some books that I like ...

http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Python-Ma...e=UTF8&s=books

http://www.newenglandreptile.com/book.html

http://www.vpi.com/KeeperShop/Python...fTheWorld2.htm

And some videos ...

http://www.vpi.com/KeeperShop/BallVi...allVideoAd.htm

http://www.ballpython.com/page.php?topic=bpbreeding

Hope this helps.

-adam

Thank you VERY MUCH adam. I appreciate your response.