A ball and a carpet

If I set up a 1 male an 1 female for breeding would that work for a bp and a carpet python? I was thinking let half the litter grow to large extra large and feed those to the cp and feed the small to medium size too my bp. Repeat breeding as needed. Would that work or does it just work on my head?

That would probably supplement your feeding program. With only two snakes it might be more trouble than its worth. You might end up with a bunch of rats all the wrong size to feed off.plus while your waiting the female will still be pumping out kids. Unless your snakes will eat multiple smaller rats or you plan to kill and freeze. My one asf colony constantly pumps out 20 to 30 at a time. And one of my normal rats just had a litter of 18. I don't want to sound discouraging but I don't want you to end up with a bunch of rats you have to deal with and can't use. Just my opinion.

Once they reach size for my bp I'll be freezing them off, an once a rat reaches size for my cp (large and Xl) aren't they done growing? Least that's what I'm hoping cuz wanted turn out four l/xls a month for her an if they stop growing at that size id just have to keep the sexes in different bins for the feeders. If I have surplus that's ok with me the rescue I got my cp from can always use frozen mice.

it depends how you feed them... males will reach extra large on a strict staple of adult protien requirement HT...females will stay smaller but you really cant tell.

K once they reach Xl that's there stopping point right? And what I figured was in a 12 baby litter grow them until they fit my bp then freeze 8 and let four grow out. I'm hoping that at that stage I'll be able to sex them easily enough so I can hold the males for the cp. is a month enough time to get that size? Sorry for all the questions trying to figure out how to approach this and do it correctly 😝

No, they will not grow up to large in a month.

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Uhm, the avarage time they are considered fully adults is around 5-6 months, but if you want them to grow faster you can supplement them with pasta and some meat. You can sex them real early. at around five to six weeks they need to be separated or they will breed and often the males will get worked up and can injure eachother. Testicles are well visible, and you can also avert the penis.

Hmm k that's why I ask questions I'll rethink this until I get a solution, I realize its probably more of a pain then needed at the moment but when you have the free time and the money why not see what can be done. Might have to just set aside more space then was thinking

just get more snakes!:P

Haha I wanna I gotta wait till I'm done with this coarse so I can work full time again then I'm sure more will come. So I know one day I will be in need of a small colony so figured might as well start sooner just to get my feet wet you know. Seeing as I'm gonna have to keep four from each litter for five months for my big girl i guess I'll look into making a seven rack set up

I mean, raising one litter is really simple, as long as you separate the sexes things won't get out of hand.

I'm gonna go price them at the pet store today an see what wood I have laying around for a fast build up an give it a try in next couple weeks. I think if I get a litter a month ill be able to grow four of them out to cp size and feed the rest off to my bp and freezing the rest to give to friends. my main goal is being able to provide one extralarge rat a week to my carpet

sounds good! good luck

Wow so lame I've called every pet store in my area and none of them sell female rats😡 one guy kept trying to offer me hamsters when I clearly state rats so I gave up on him. Looks like a road block has formed

Find a reptile store that sells live feeders. They will most likely have some females. If you are hoping to not have to buy feeders again, then you'll need a bigger setup than just 1 female. Idk exact numbers. If you are just trying to lower your feeder bill a little bit then I guess what ever setup you do would work.

Ya I'm thinking of doing a 1:2 so I can switch up which female is breeding every month. But for some reason around my town no one sells female rats only males, there's a store an hr north by my parents that will sell me two females so gonna probably take a trip up there. It's more of a way to constantly have a large rat for my carpet and ill freeze off bp sized rats to use for my one I have now. Once my bp collection grows ill add a few more rats but for now I'm thinking three will give me a happy ratio of what's needed and what I can provide for, cuz way I see it their pets until their feeders so gotta keep them happy