okay so i have my ball python collection, i have been trying to breed 4 of of my females that are all over 2,000grams. i have been putting my males with them for the last two years and nothing, i dont get eggs, i dont get anything. what am i doing wrong?
i have them in a rack from animal plastics and i have the temps set at 90 during the day and 86 at night.
can someone please help me out, my dad is freaking out because we have spent well over 20k on all the snakes i have and i havent been able to get 1 clutch out of them.
the females im trying to breed now are
0.1 normal over 4,000g to a desert male thats about 600-700g
0.1 normal a little over 3,000g to the same desert male
0.1 piebald 3,000g to a male piebald about 1000 grams
0.1 woma about 2,000 grams to the same desert male above.
since i am using the desert for many projects i do give him breaks when switching tubs. 3 days on and 6 days off and then he goes to a different female.
please help me out, ive had these snakes for over 5 years and im freaking out because i havent gotten any eggs.
Okay I am still confused about a couple things so…..
-I know you said that the temps in your living room don’t affect the tub temps but what is the temp f the room the rack is located (on average)? Open or enclosed AP rack system?
-what are you using to read the temps in the cage? Temp gun, thermometer etc… do you know if you have a cool side and hot side inside the tub(24 hours a day, AKA a temp gradient)?
-Do you have a certain time of year that you START putting the mails with the females? Or have you been rotating the male through the females year round the last two years.
Usually when pics are requested they mean pics of your setup and snake to see if there is something that you forgot to mention in your question….and we like to see pics of snakes in general.
Some people drop temps in the winter to stimulate the pythons to breed, but it is not necessary. Basically if your hotspot is set for 90 during the spring and summer then in fall (say Oct) you would drop the hotspot a couple degrees(say 87) ambient(air temp) can stay the same or lower as your room temp drops with the weather. Coming out of winter (say Dec or Jan) you would start putting you snakes together.
pieds are known to be kind of lazy breeders. Hang in there you’ll figure this out.
