Need info on caring for Blood/Ball python eggs.

Ok guys this is going to sound really stupid. I have a borneo blood python.When we had bought the snake we was told that it was a male so much to our surprise it wasnt. We had our friend's ball python in the same cage as it since we was only temp. keeping the ball for them tile they could take the snake back since they wasnt allowed to keep the snake where they was. Both snakes was suppose to be males and they got along really well.I went into the snake's room yesterday to get a box out and I looked over at the cage and my blood python was laying eggs( which I was shocked giving the fact that it was suppose to be a male).I have no clue as to how I'm suppose to care for these eggs especially since I have looked alot of different websites and they give different info on the snakes. I had read that these type of snakes (blood ball's / superball's) grow at a faster rate then other snakes. All the websites that I had found didnt go into much detail on how to care for the eggs.Could anyone give me any advice on this.

Not trying to sound negative. But if you don't have the room to house two snakes in seperate cages then I wonder if you have room for however many eggs your snake laid. You would probably be best served not to incubate them. Just put them in the freezer and then throw them out.

ship them to me and i will hatch them!

if you really want to hatch them, then i would look into getting more info on blood python eggs rather than ball eggs. if you decied to incubate them, then make sure you get a rack or something to keep the babies that hatch in. you need to keep them all seperate including the adults. they may not hatch at all. sometimes hybrid breedings just don't take and you'll get all duds.

you could go all natural too. what is your tank setup like? does it hold humdity/heat well? what are your temps? you could take the male out and let the female naturally incubate the eggs. no matter what you need to seperate the male and female.

We do have the room to house other snakes. I wasnt going to go out and buy a whole setup for a snake that wanst mine. The person that owns the snake didnt have the setup and like I said it was only for a short time. I own 2 other snakes that have their own setups ( bloodtail- female and a olive ball python- female each in different cages) so why would I drop $500 on a setup for a snake that wasnt mine.

Well, congratulations... kinda.

Talk to the people who have bred Super Balls. They are the only ones who can give you real time advice.

But my question to you is this...

Can you house all these Super Balls? What are you planning to do with them if they hatch??

How long did you house them together?

Sounds like whoever you get her from did the same thing, housed snakes together.

You could try and incubate them, 89 degrees.

But like said above, if you dont have the room to house 2 animals seperately, how are you going to house all the babies....

Best of luck

I believe superballs are only fertile from borneo females to a male ball.

How sure are you they're eggs? We need pictures

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Well, congratulations... kinda.

Talk to the people who have bred Super Balls. They are the only ones who can give you real time advice.

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A temporary setup for any snake shouldnt run you any more than like 20 bucks. Sterilite tub and a piece of flexwatt

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We do have the room to house other snakes. I wasnt going to go out and buy a whole setup for a snake that wanst mine. The person that owns the snake didnt have the setup and like I said it was only for a short time. I own 2 other snakes that have their own setups ( bloodtail- female and a olive ball python- female each in different cages) so why would I drop $500 on a setup for a snake that wasnt mine.

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I believe superballs are only fertile from borneo females to a male ball.

How sure are you they're eggs? We need pictures

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The borneo was layin the "eggs"

AHHH missed that part on it being a borneo. How long were they housed together?

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The borneo was layin the "eggs"

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But for someone who hasn't dealt with bloods, a few real big urates could be mistaken for eggs.....maybe

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hahahahahaha

Thank you Lucas. Yes our tank does hold the temp and the humidy great. We have the temp at 80f during the day and 75f at night the humity stays at 60%. Yesterday we took the male out and put him in a cage by hisself. We have the eggs in a plastic container with mosit paper towels in at and the temp is set at 88f but since it isnt in a real setup the temp varies so we have to keep checking on it. But I would like to have the eggs with the mother I had just read that you are suppose to put the eggs in a diff cage. I would preferr the natural way though .

im not sure if she will take them back. i don't have too much experience with eggs yet (well none at all to be honest). when moving them make sure you don't rotate the eggs. 2K dime is one of the blood people on here. ask him about you temps. to me they sound a little low. you could try and put the eggs back with the mom and she if she'll take them back. pictures would greatly help all of this though. this can be exciting but you need to be prepared to care for the babies.

kara from nerd is on here every once and a while. in the mean time check out his care sheet (http://www.newenglandreptile.com/CareBlood.html). it has everything including reproductive info. you should treat them like blood eggs cause thats who they came from.

i hope you aren't planning on make it big with these though. and im not trying to be mean. many people don't like hybrids. they don't sell very well either so be prepared to have them for a while.

Your gonna want the eggs in an incubator at 89 to 90 degrees. Set the eggs up like you would any other python eggs. The way you've got them setup now wont work, and your more than likely going to lose them if you keep them that way.

Putting them back with mom isnt the greatest idea now either. Your temperature variation is too wide and maternal incubation takes better control over temps thn what you've got.

Your best bet is an incubator...

i was hoping you'd chime in!

ok thanks. I was just going to take them to our pet store here and see if they would want them once they hatched since they buy snakes from people that come into the store. Also I will take some pictures of the eggs today on my phone to post here .

Good point on the hybrid part. The eggs should be able to be setup just like ball python eggs though. High humidity buried halfway in your incubation substrate thats been mixed 1 to 1 weight wise with water inside a small container. Incubated for ~60 days at 89f to 90f

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kara from nerd is on here every once and a while. in the mean time check out his care sheet (http://www.newenglandreptile.com/CareBlood.html). it has everything including reproductive info. you should treat them like blood eggs cause thats who they came from.

i hope you aren't planning on make it big with these though. and im not trying to be mean. many people don't like hybrids. they don't sell very well either so be prepared to have them for a while.

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Thanks so much I will do that.

are you going to incubate them? do you know anyone around you with an incubator?

i sent you a PM

Yes that sounds like the best idea and no I dont know anyone with one. I figure I would look around at the store for one. I'm sure I can find one since I live in a huge city. There has to be one around somewheres.

Your not gonna find one....

Try this, and fast....

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...uild+incubator


Id recommend using a hard plastic cooler and a bigger piece of flexwatt inside, but you get the idea.

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heres another easy one..

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...uild+incubator

This is such an old thread but I'm really curious to see if this worked out for the OP.

Long shot I'm sure, but oh well :P