They are gorgeous snakes. I just want to wait a bit longer to see if more females start actually growing old enough. How old is this project now? How old are the oldest females? We should either see females finally getting big enough to breed...or start seeing 5, 6, 7, 8, or even 9 year old girls still slugging out..
If they are indeed sterile, like said before, the males are still breedable and the females can be sold as high end pets. Pet price does NOT necessarily mean 25 bucks. I think of it sort of like the high end dog breeders. You will pay quite a lot of money for one of their pure bred dogs. But you will pay QUITE a bit more for a dog that is not fixed. These female deserts, if they are sterile (or almost sterile) probably won't drop as much in price, but definitely won't be worth as much as if they had breeding potential!
We'll see, we'll see.
And some people say the project is still too new. I'm curious--legitimately--How many more years until we should really begin questioning whether or not the females are going to work out? People say not to talk about it while it's so young/when there is no evidence yet... Just curious when it's okay to start really getting suspicious. Next year? Five more years?I really have no idea, I wasn't around during all these other early ball python breeding issues!
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