Going to try a Ball Python x Woma Python hybrid cross...

[cchardwick]

Has anyone here tried to cross a ball python with an Australian Woma python? I've seen them on the internet infrequently, they are called 'Wall Pythons', kind of a cute name! Do you know if the genetics from the ball python will carry over to the hybrid offspring? I'm going to try a five year old 'Jungle Woma Spider' female ball python with my 5 year old male Woma python, I'm hoping the Jungle Woma gene will reduce the Aus. Woma pattern and intensify the colors since the Jungle Woma is an enhancing gene. Maybe I'll get normal hybrids, spider hybrids, Jungle Woma hybrids, and Jungle Woma Spider hybrids? Should be an interesting project. I've seen quite a few people interested in buying hybrid babies as pets so I think I should be able to unload them pretty fast, probably not a good project for breeding the hybrids, but should make for some interesting and very unique pet snakes! I've also heard that a percentage of the young may be infertile, and not sure how many years it will take to get them to actually breed and lay fertile eggs... Not many people work with the Jungle Woma gene, these hybrids will be a worlds first for sure!

[redshepherd]

Hey, from the pictures, they look really neat!! I'm not for or against hybrids in particular, but they would definitely make neat pets! When are you planning on trying the breeding?

[cchardwick]

I actually get the female next week, will probably wait a week to let her settle in and then try to put them together. I'm planning on putting the male and female together Mon - Friday and giving a break on Saturday, feeding on Sunday, then putting back together the next Monday (on and on until the female is really gravid). The female is about 2500 grams so I should get a good number of eggs. I'm guessing I'll have some babies next spring.

Here's what a hybrid looks like, I'm hoping some of my ball python genes will reduce and intensify the pattern:

[TurkeyPython]

I absolutely love hybrids, especially walls. I was originally going to get a woma python to go with my butter ball because I just love walls and I think butter would be the perfect compliment to it

[embrit345]

Will you not quarantine the female first? The hybrid looks quite funky shall look forward to updates x


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[piedlover79]

One week of quarantine sounds like a bad idea for a few reasons. First general quarantine is very important, can be hard to tell if a snake has mites in a week, if there are any eggs on the snake they could hatch. Second I would want any female I'm going to be breeding to be well established with me for eating and comfortable in her environment before throwing a male in.

The hybrid looks cool though, for anyone looking for a unique pet. I haven't seen many for sale.

[bcr229]

One week of quarantine...

isn't quarantine at all. Ninety days is the minimum and honestly with adult critters that have had been exposed to a lot more critters than neonates, I would push it out to six months.

[Ax01]

i agree w/ everyone on QT. u might be super excited b/c u got animals up to age/size, but u don't wanna risk your animals (or investments). how would u feel if u your animals got sick or if u had to pay a ton of vet bills? what would it be like if u lost an animal? i think that would suck.

hybrids are an interesting project. i'm sure it won't be easy. besides fertility issues with the offsprings, are there other defects associated with Wall Pythons or other hybrids? also why stop at Wall Pythons? go big and make ReticuBALLated Pythons.

anyway make the right choices with your projects. good luck.

[dylan815]

this threads like a year old now, did you have any luck with this project??

[cchardwick]

I actually decided to sell my woma and focus on ball pythons, decided not to do the hybrid thing LOL.