ratio

[Hoodrat]

When everyone decided they wanted to start breeding pythons was there a specific ratio male to female that everyone thinks is better or is it just based off of the morph and basic genetics that you are looking for?

[C2tcardin]

I'm new to this too and thankfully read the blog Justin Kobylka did on this very question and his advice was to start with good females that will fit into your breeding program (i.e. what you would like to raise) and get them first as it will take several years to get them up to breeding size. Males can breed, from what I've read here, at around 800 to 1000g and they can get up to that size in under a year so get them later and save a bit on feeding and husbandry costs. On that note you'll see from my signature that I haven't followed it to the letter but I do have more females than males.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

While males can breed many female I like to keep a ratio of 1.3 to 1.5 per projects.


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[darkranger69]

depends on the breeding hunger of the male, but i plan 1.4 per project and start breeding with a special male who lock every females and feed well during the breeding season if the small male doesn t have the same ability.

[AjBalls]

Varies based on the male. Sometimes you have a male that just won't lock with a certain female. I've placed one of my males with four or five females and he has breed with only two, possibly three. While I have another male that is breeding hard with six females. Both are proven breeders