Things we learn as we go!
When I first got started I read every thing that I could get my hands on to tell me how to breed ball pythons. Adam Wysocki's web site, Mark Mandic's site. I talked with breeders and learned the things to look for. Laying cold , glowing, laying hot, ovulation then POS and then lay.
Well that's all well and good. But they don't all follow that path. I bred this female to a lesser male this year. She only locked three times with this male, never went off food I mean she even ate last week and even ate 20 minutes after I pulled her off eggs, I never saw her glow, she never laid cold, never saw an ovulation. Low and behold I was feeding and checking on snakes tonight. I opened up this tub and there was this girl sitting on a clutch of eggs 4 good looking eggs.
Just goes to show you that you never stop learning..
So first clutch of 2010 is in the bator and looking good.
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Congrats on the eggs! Bet that was a bit of a surprise! :P
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Congrats! I wish my girls would surprise me like that! :D
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Congrats! Expecting to see some nice hatchlings from you guys this year!
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Thats ball pythons for ya :P
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Congrats!!
They can be frustrating as all get out, but they do provide some pleasant surprises to make up for it.:)
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It's something I never expected. But having eggs in the bator 4 weeks before I thought I would is a good thing no doubt
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Congrats on the clutch Ed! :gj: Best of luck on the odds. http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...erscrossed.gif
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Freakie_frog
She only locked three times with this male, never went off food I mean she even ate last week and even ate 20 minutes after I pulled her off eggs, I never saw her glow, she never laid cold, never saw an ovulation. Low and behold I was feeding and checking on snakes tonight. I opened up this tub and there was this girl sitting on a clutch of eggs 4 good looking eggs.
Don't you just love surprises.....:gj: congrats and good luck
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Action Reptiles
Don't you just love surprises.....:gj: congrats and good luck
I like surprises like hey I got 8 pieds in 6 eggs but I hate being caught with my pants down when it comes to clutches.. Luckly I had vermiculite and hadn't yet broken down the bator to finish the new one..
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Good thing you were prepared! Congrats!
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I like surprises like hey I got 8 pieds in 6 eggs but I hate being caught with my pants down when it comes to clutches.. Luckly I had vermiculite and hadn't yet broken down the bator to finish the new one..
I hear you on that one.. My incubator runs almost year round so I don't have that problem but can see how it would be stressful. Good luck with your season... And wish I could get surprised with 8 pieds in 6 eggs (have yet to get twins... :please:)
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A pleasant surprise 4sure....... Congrats
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Good luck with that clutch Bro. At least you have eggs now, we are still about a month out.
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Congratulations, they have to keep you on your toes I suppose :P.
Cheers,
-Matt
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I'm experiencing something similar this year. Last year my female stopped eating in November and didn't start again until after eggs hatched in July. This year, she hasn't really stopped eating altogether. She ate earlier this month just a few days before I saw her ovulating. Last night I offered her a mouse and she snatched it up before it even hit the floor. It's definitely weird because when I pick her up, I can see the bulges. There's no mistaking she's gravid but everything I've ever read on breeding snakes has said that they will not eat after they ovulate. I'm glad you made this thread. It's reassuring.
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Good thing you were prepared! Congrats!
Well not so much but it didn't take long to get that way..they were in there for a day or two so I figured a few minutes to get everything together wouldn't be that big of an issue
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Action Reptiles
I hear you on that one.. My incubator runs almost year round so I don't have that problem but can see how it would be stressful. Good luck with your season... And wish I could get surprised with 8 pieds in 6 eggs (have yet to get twins... :please:)
:D our bator has been off for a few months. I wasn't expecting to turn it on again for over a month.
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A pleasant surprise 4sure....... Congrats
Yea Kind of calmed me down on how "late" things seem to be going.
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Good luck with that clutch Bro. At least you have eggs now, we are still about a month out.
Well so were we till this little gem decided to throw a wrench in the works.. But I'll take it.
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Congratulations, they have to keep you on your toes I suppose :P.
Cheers,
-Matt
Yea got to love them that way..
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I'm experiencing something similar this year. Last year my female stopped eating in November and didn't start again until after eggs hatched in July. This year, she hasn't really stopped eating altogether. She ate earlier this month just a few days before I saw her ovulating. Last night I offered her a mouse and she snatched it up before it even hit the floor. It's definitely weird because when I pick her up, I can see the bulges. There's no mistaking she's gravid but everything I've ever read on breeding snakes has said that they will not eat after they ovulate. I'm glad you made this thread. It's reassuring.
It was so weird most of the time they take a while to come back on food but she ate no kidding the minute I got her tub cleaned up.
