Disclaimer: Not looking for any flamers here.... I understand what the majority of the members of this forum believe in regards to keeping multiple ball pythons together. If you can't look past that, please do not bother to reply to this thread. I am not a newbee keeper, and these are healthy, thriving snakes. This is a BREEDING subject.... Not a HUSBANDRY subject.

I have RBI CB70 racks. I am keeping my grow out females (future breeders) two per tub. All of these females were over a year old when they started being kept together. All of them are strong feeders and have continued to stay on feed just fine after being housed together. And yes, of course they are separated for their weekly meal. They have been kept like this for many months now without issue.

Now here is the topic.... These females are approaching breeding age and weight... Some of them have already reached a breeding age and weight. When it comes time to breed them, do they have to be separated? Have any of you breeders out there ever introduced a male to two females at once for breeding purposes? What did you observe? what were the results? Did both females go? Did you observe locks with both of the females or did the male end up having a favorite?

I figure it would be good because common sense would tell me that the male would be fine with it. All joking aside, I would imagine he would be even more excited and more focused on the task at hand. Watching the videos from africa... when they guys pull the BP's out of their holes or termite mounds, there is always more then one in the hole.... just like when they pull the clutches of eggs out, there are multiple clutches. So multiple females living together and reproducing seems to be the norm as far as mother nature is concerned.

I figure it may not work so good because what if he is for whatever reason more attracted to one then the other? What if he only lets her have it... then the less attractive one never has a chance to get pregnant?

Any info you can give on this subject without the flames would be greatly appreciated!