First Lock Ever!

[Kaorte]

I've been waiting to breed my ball pythons until I had a proper incubator for them. Well, earlier this week I picked up a wine cooler to convert into an incubator so I thought, why not! I paired my pinstripe male and my normal female for what I call my "practice clutch". I know most people stick to the normal breeding season, cooling in the fall, pairing, and getting eggs in the spring, but I kind of want a little more experience before then. That and my other two females won't be ready until fall.

I will admit I didn't expect them to lock, but lo and behold! A lock!

They didn't seem to happy with me poking my head in to snap some pics, but I just had to get a pic.

Now I am curious to see if my mojave male will take to breeding as easily as my pinstripe. Perhaps my first clutch will be a "whose your daddy" clutch??

Since I have never bred before, I will probably bombard you all with questions as they come along. Oh here is one! What is the quickest one of your females has ovulated after being paired?

I don't expect it to be anytime soon, but it would be nice to have kind of an idea so I know when to watch for it.

I wrap up this post with an unrelated picture of my cat in a basket: