info on breeding

[mr.paintball26]

if i want to breed my ball python withh the other sex female have to be the same size or no becase i am getting a 2 foot ball python and my friend wants to mate his albino ball python which is 3 feet and i want to mate it with it so i could have some baby ball albino ball pythons instead of buying them becase it took my friend 4 years just to save up for one so can this happen or no

[gen]

Um, more with breeding experience should really respond, but I don't think the length of the snake matters, but they need to have reached sexual maturity. Do you have the male or the female? The Ball Python Manual says males should weigh at least about 650 grams, usually at 16-18 months of age. Females should exceed 1,000 grams, usually around 27-31 months of age.

Also, if you have a normal ball python and you mate it with an albino, you will not get any albino babies. You will get het albinos.

I suggest you really read up on breeding if that's what you want to do, it's pretty complicated.

[Smulkin]

I'm shooting for getting our females up in the 1500g range for breeding this season - they CAN breed a bit lighter but theres a much higher rate of efficacy if they are past 1500 - higher birth rate etc. And Gen is right on in that your chances of dropping an albino from that clutch are MIGHTY slim - breed lightweight and the clutch size will further cut into your already slim chances.

Punctuation is your friend . . . or at least everyone else's

[mr.paintball26]

i have a male and do you have a pic of the het albinos mine is alteast 12 months

[Smulkin]

the het will appear as a normal ball python not look any different how much do each of the snakes weigh length doesnt necessarily calculate in as weightily

[gen]

Punctuation is your friend . . . or at least everyone else's

lol!

[gen]

A het looks like a normal, but it carries the trait for albino. So if you got a het, raised it to sexual maturity then mated it with another het or albino, then you would get some albino babies.