How did you get into breeding balls?
So, after years of wanting a snake (my mother is terrified of them) I finally have my first ball python. He's an amazing guy, and the more I'm learning about ball pythons the more I'm falling in love with these awesome animals.
So, I was curious - those of you who breed, how did you get into it? I wouldn't say I'm in the right place right now to start breeding, but I have to say I'm definitely looking into it. I've never had an animal quite so awesome as my new ball python!
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Didgie
those of you who breed, how did you get into it?
I saw a bumblebee and a pied and that day I decided that being a owner was no longer the only thing I wanted to be, I wanted to breed and experience hatching those amazing morphs.
And since the first hatchling crawling out of his egg the addiction has been even stronger.
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catawhat75
I got a divorce :D
I think my partner might object to that start-up method. :-P She loves them as much as I do, though! She's the one that convinced me ball pythons were the snake to go with...and I'm so glad she did!
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i was breeding bearded dragons and went to a reptile expo in 07 to see what beardie vendors were there...... i saw a few different morphs and since i have been stuck on bps
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I saw a pied, was naive and asked how much it was and was shocked at the price at the time - $10K and thought - well, I do enjoy "some assembly required", I'll make my own with hets. From there, I fell in love with more morphs, and like Deb, after the first hatchling comes out of the egg, the addiction gets even stronger!
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I wanted a snake so i bought a Male bee the next day I learned even more about morphs and in a month I had 13, and just cant get enough of em
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Ive always wanted a ball python and i wanted a female because theyre bigger. Then I started seeing pieds and BEL's at first then bumblebees recently and I decided I want to get into it.
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I myself have always loved breeding snakes, and I've bred colubrids and a slew of other reptiles. My first breeding of BP's I knew of only a hand full of morphs. Mine were Normal X normal, and not because I couldnt afford any morphs because I could. It was just the enjoyment of breeding reptiles. Its like Christmas for me ^_^ if not better! That was my first time breeding pythons and from there on out it was an addiction!
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I got started by accident actually. I had some boas and knew nothing at all had them together which resulted in babies... Well after that I kept them in different enclosures and someone actually paid me for my accident I was stoked.
After that I got a few BP's as presents actually and I decided I could do it so after a few tries I got eggs from a normal to normal breeding got 6 eggs incubated them with no knowledge on what I was doing and BARELY hatched them.
To this day I still do a few breedings of normal to normal just because I like being able to supply some friends with some normals at no charge or in tades for other normal females to get more out crossing. Plus I love seeing any snake hatch it is beyond a passion or obsession for me anymore it truely is my life no matter what.To this day I still have my first hatchling BP and my first boa born.
There is no feeling like seeing a year or more worth of hard work paying off with those little heads poking out of the egg. For me it is like having children, well the best I could compare it to because I can't have kids. But anyways without being way to long winded... Well no more than I already have been I will close with saying nothing is more rewarding than breeding my beautiful snakes.
Shameless self promotion I do have a thread with a few of my snakes on here go comment please.
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I always really enjoy threads like this.
I wanted snakes every since I was about 6, and I got to watch my brothers friends cornsnake eat a mouse. My mom never let me get one, and when I moved out I started learning about all the different types of reptiles, and was trying to decide between a Tegu, a Cornsnake and a Beardie... I ended up in a free petting zoo and was shown a pastel ball python. That pretty much settled it for me. I bought a normal 6 days later. After that it just keeps picking up pace, now I have 30 of my own, but have bred and managed collections up to 1500 animals of assorted species.
I agree, it is like Christmas everytime a clutch hatches. Especially when you have a clutch hatch and the female you bred your mojave to is a genetic black back. Got a black back mojave, and 3.1 black backs, and a few normals... it was a pretty nice surprise.
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I went to a show in Virginia where Brian Sharp was vending and saw a "Snow Ball Python", haven't looked back yet :). The 2010 season will be my first season breeding/incubating my own eggs :D.
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My daughter convinced me to go to a reptile show and I was facinated. From then it became an addiction and a passion.
Great thread BTW!
