Just some cool statistics for those as Anal as me!

[muddoc]

I promised myself at the beginning of this season that I would post the results of our breeding season for all of the great members on this board once we were done hatching. Since our last ball python hatched this morning, I have put all of the numbers together, and here they are.
These numbers are based on the 06/07 breeding season:

Total females in our breeding program: 40

Total females that copulated at least once: 35

Total females to lay eggs: 21

Total Slugs: 4

Total infertile eggs: 4

Total eggs that went bad during incubation: 12

Total good eggs that went full term: 118

Total hatchlings: 119 (1 set of twins born this year)

Total hatchlings that died: 1 (hatched from boob egg at light weight, and was a hard belly. She ate one meal and died)

Final Sex Ratio: 55.64

Lightest Hatchling: 23.0 grams (one of the twins)

Heaviest Hatchling: 87.6 gram ( a Het Albino from a girl that always lays big eggs)

Total Hatchling Weight: 6911.3 grams (we hatched 15.36 pounds of snakes)

Average Hatchling Weight: 60.1 grams

Just thought this might be some fun numbers for everyone to look at.

Thanks for looking, and I hope this may help someone's curiosity,

[stangs13]

Now you need to past pictures of all the hatchlings, and get ready to pair your snakes once more in months to come! thanks for that! You had really gfood luck this years, here is to next year also!

[Icatsme]

Wow! Those are some pretty comprehensive statistics.

Very interesting indeed!

[muddoc]

Wow! Those are some pretty comprehensive statistics.

Very interesting indeed!

Thanks, it took a little bit of time to compile it all in one place, but it was neat to look at myself. Also, it takes a good bit of record keeping to be able to do it accurately. Fortunately, I have always been anal when it comes to numbers.

[Sputnik]

Tim, those are some valuable stats.... it gives people an idea of what to expect if all goes well.... I hear some people (Not people on this forum) talk about all these things they are going to produce as though all copulations will result in eggs and perfect hatchlings.

In a round about way (Based on your stats alone) it's safe to say 2 out of 3 will become gravid.

My personal goal this year is a 50% success rate on those that are observed breeding.... if that happens.... I'll be happy!

For a bp breeding novice like myself, those are great stats to look that. Thank you for the info

[muddoc]

Tim, those are some valuable stats.... it gives people an idea of what to expect if all goes well.... I hear some people (Not people on this forum) talk about all these things they are going to produce as though all copulations will result in eggs and perfect hatchlings.

In a round about way (Based on your stats alone) it's safe to say 2 out of 3 will become gravid.

My personal goal this year is a 50% success rate on those that are observed breeding.... if that happens.... I'll be happy!

For a bp breeding novice like myself, those are great stats to look that. Thank you for the info

Scott, thanks for the thanks (if that makes sense).
I personally go for a %50 percent clutch rate. That is what I am basing next years results on. I fthey go higher, that is great, but if they follow the statistics, I can't complain. I am glad I was able to help at least one person.

[frankykeno]

Excellent stats Tim. I love that kind of stuff and it's a great breeding overview for you to have and us to learn from. Thanks!

[recycling goddess]

i had absolutely no idea... thank you so much for that!!! i just raised my IQ at least 10 points...

you rock!

[Petboy15]

15 lbs of snake, thats pretty cool! Nice stats!

[lord jackel]

Thanks for sharing these...I never knew the ratio of breed to actually laying. I am shocked it is only around half. This really helps understand why certain morphs stay so expensive...not only are you dealing with the genetic odds but also the odds that the pairing will even take. Makes you go hmmmm.