breeding the youngsters!!

[JASBALLS]

How do you get '07's large enough to breed without powerfeeding? If you are powerfeeding them, is powerfeeding now OK and an acceptable thing to do?

LMAO! I have close to 500 ball pythons. Some MAYBE 3-4 will get up to breeding weight in 8-9 months. The others are just as Tiny as Yours are.. Here is the deal, If they eat Feed Them!! I feed Small Rats to all of my breeders. Some eat one a week some eat two a week some eat four.. Pay less attention to the forums and more toward your snakes, And you'll figure it all out..

[jknudson]

LMAO! I have close to 500 ball pythons. Some MAYBE 3-4 will get up to breeding weight in 8-9 months. The others are just as Tiny as Yours are.. Here is the deal, If they eat Feed Them!! I feed Small Rats to all of my breeders. Some eat one a week some eat two a week some eat four.. Pay less attention to the forums and more toward your snakes, And you'll figure it all out..

Couldn't have said it better...

[bigballs]

wow 500 bps.

even within my small collection i have noticed different rates of growth between balls on the same feeding schedule. some are more agressive feeders than others and some just grow faster than others. i feed a small rat to my bps every 7 days and i have noticed that it is very possible to get a female to breeding weight within one year with that schedule. obviously not all of them will make make weight within a year but for me there is no rush and if they do make it by then then why not try them out?

[Petboy15]

Jeez Jas, I didnt know you had numbers like that. Im working on what you told me, I'm getting better at talking to them. I still have a long way to go. But it sure is more fun already

[Ginevive]

Pay less attention to the forums and more toward your snakes, And you'll figure it all out..

Rad advice. I have snakes to feed!

[Ginevive]

Thats a nice post Mark...but from im sittin im not seeing any of open minded tolerance thing your talking about...

i got asked to come over and get active on this board by some friends..and Ive never seen such a militant bunch on any forum before.....

Who are you talking about? People here are generally open-minded to ideas that do not threaten the animals' health and well-being. If you're, say, advocating something that's glaringly wrong for many reasons, such as the houseing together of multiple BPs of varying sexes and ages, sure most of the forum would slam ya. But I think that this thread in particular shows how openminded people are here. Jas isn't being slammed and hated for his style.

[MeMe]

I love you Jas!!! One day, I wanna meet up with you and pick your brain, dude. 07 girls breeding...

Congrats man

I would watch it...picking a brain like Jas' could be dangerous!




Rock On Jas!

[JASBALLS]

I would watch it...picking a brain like Jas' could be dangerous!




Rock On Jas!

Na, It wouldnt take that much picking lol! I'm a dimwit remember??

[Patrick Long]

Na, It wouldnt take that much picking lol! I'm a dimwit remember??

Only a dimwit to the untrained eye, upon further inspection, EUREKA!!!!

[JASBALLS]

Only a dimwit to the untrained eye, upon further inspection, EUREKA!!!!

Great! Now I'm a friggin Vacuum...