First eggs of the year, can small females breed?

[greghall]

males are ok at that weight,im waiting till at least 900g,for mine.

[MarkS]

so the two rescues i have that are healthy weight, and atleast '05's... they are around 650-700 grams...

does this mean that it would be ok to breed them? i dont plan on it. but i am just curious

i have had these two sense january '07, and they were rescues that the zoo was adopting out... they started with me at 3 foot and 300g and now they are about 3.5' ish and as said 650-700 grams...

If they truly are at least three years old I don't see why not. Either they'll produce eggs or they won't. In my experience it shouldn't cause them any harm either way.

Mark

[ChicaPiton519]

well, from my knowledge, they were extreamly under weight, but 3 foot long when the zoo got them [they were part of the animal crulety case in milton florida august '06]
so i know that they are atleast '05 based on the care they got... they couldnt get that size [atleast not with the care they had] being '06 hatchlings...
they are perfectly healthy now, but stickin with the 650-700 range in weight...

Deff something new, i always wondered about in the wild what would happen... =]

[MarkS]

They almost look like cinnies, with the black backs and patterning on the backs, and the overall darkness. There are also some dark edging in the brown areas around the black spots, like what you sometimes see on black pastels, although blushing and flames and faded eye marks are missing...they all look alike, and different from mom--looks like you might have something!

Yeah, I was kind of surprised that the babies has such an interesting look to them. The father is a wild caught somewhat axanthic looking animal that was imported as an adult. I figured that the babies would look completely normal and that I'd have to breed him back to his daughters in a few years to see if his look is reproducible. I didn't expect black backs and such a dark color. They actually do have some decent flames on them too but they still have their shiny baby skin on them and I can't get decent pics. Maybe after they've shed.

Mark

[darkbloodwyvern]

I have heard that eggbound corn females die after a year or so of being eggbound. Does this happen with Balls?
Also if anyone knows about corns, could this trend be because an owner may not realize the female is eggbound until it has damaged her badly?

[SecurityStacey]

Yeah, I was kind of surprised that the babies has such an interesting look to them. The father is a wild caught somewhat axanthic looking animal that was imported as an adult.

Could we see a pic of him? I'm really interested now after seeing those babes pop out.

[MarkS]

Could we see a pic of him? I'm really interested now after seeing those babes pop out.

I actually posted a whole other thread on him and his offspring right here...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=71654

It'll still be a few years before I know if I actually have something or not, but it's special projects like this I find to be really fun.

[SecurityStacey]

I actually posted a whole other thread on him and his offspring right here...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=71654

It'll still be a few years before I know if I actually have something or not, but it's special projects like this I find to be really fun.

Oh, ah ha. Wow... certainly something.