So, I have a nice female ball python that was approximately 1100 grams when she ovulated just under two years of age. She did not get bred and laid me a pile of slugs. Of course this was accompanied by a big fasting period and a weight loss of over 400 grams after the slugs were laid. That was a few months back, and she looks healthy now and is eating well. She is gaining her weight back and is over 800 grams currently.

I have been breeding corn snakes for many years and seen multiple cases where a virgin corn will lay a clutch of slugs at age two and then go on to grow well and produce a healthy, fertile clutches the next season and after that. I can't imagine it is any different with ball pythons, is it?

There's no way I would want to breed the ball python in question until she puts on a lot more weight. She is a good eater and should able to do that. But what I'm wondering is if anyone else has ever had a female lay slugs young like that and had any problems with future breeding?