Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 504

1 members and 503 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.

» Today's Birthdays

Ziggy31984 (40)

» Stats

Members: 75,014
Threads: 248,474
Posts: 2,568,391
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, DetectiveIcarus
Results 1 to 5 of 5
  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    11-16-2015
    Posts
    2
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Question Breeding tips on pewter ball python

    I hav 2 pet ball pythons. I want to breed my male pewter, he is about 8-9months and is weighing 156g.Is this normal?I think he should be weighing more.Anyway I want to no from you guys, what do u think would be the most interesting/ best morphs for me to try out. I am new to breeding so don't want any morphs that are known to have babies with kinks,health problems etc...

    I would LOVE to breed him with pie but am aware of the price.Do I have more chance of getting pies if the mother is one? If so I'm happy to invest. I would also like to try him with albino,so which is better in your opinion? Christmas is coming up so I can invest in a more expensive species. I know yellow-bellies make nice babies if you are starting a project(I'm not sure about that) but I'm staying simple this time!

    If if I could get any morph in the world, what would you suggest?
    Much appreciated

    🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

  2. #2
    Registered User
    Join Date
    11-16-2015
    Posts
    2
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Oops

    Did I say pies ? LOL! I meant pieds. Or did I? O no, I've confused myself now

  3. #3
    Telling it like it is! Stewart_Reptiles's Avatar
    Join Date
    09-28-2006
    Posts
    24,845
    Thanks
    6,116
    Thanked 20,811 Times in 9,584 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1
    Images: 6

    Re: Breeding tips on pewter ball python

    The problem with Pied is that it will be a longer project if your male is not het pied, by pairing a pewter to a Pied you will not hatch a Pied but you will hatch pewter het pied, cinny het pied, pastel het pied and het pied. You would need to hold back a male pewter het Pied and breed it to a Pied or Het Pied to produce visual Pied combos.

    As for suggestion depends on what you like and what your budget is.
    Deborah Stewart


  4. #4
    BPnet Lifer wolfy-hound's Avatar
    Join Date
    10-10-2005
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    5,505
    Thanks
    2,128
    Thanked 2,221 Times in 1,151 Posts
    Images: 23
    156g for a 8 month old ball python is tiny. How often are you feeding him and what sort of heat and enclosure does he have?

    To get a pied, you would need to get a pied(or at least a het pied), breed your pewter to it, hold back one of the babies to breed back to mom. If it's just a het pied(carries only one pied gene and looks normal), then the babies MIGHT carry the pied gene(and look normal) but there's no way to tell which babies DO carry it and which ones are just normals.
    Theresa Baker
    No Legs and More
    Florida, USA
    "Stop being a wimpy monkey,; bare some teeth, steal some food and fling poo with the alphas. "

  5. #5
    Sometimes It Hurts... PitOnTheProwl's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-21-2010
    Location
    San Antonio, TX
    Posts
    12,050
    Thanks
    6,313
    Thanked 6,985 Times in 4,274 Posts
    Images: 3
    The lightest male I have bred was 500g.
    I was iffy on trying that but he kept eating after being removed from the female without missing a meal.
    Had he not eaten he wouldn't have gotten paired again.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1