This is my first year trying to breed ball pythons. I have 4 females that are old enough and up to size, a Pied, Het Pied, Spinner and Normal. I had planned to breed my Banana male to all 4 females but he has only locked with the Pied female once in late January and hasnt locked with any other females. I started cool down late October and started putting the Banana with the females mid November. He's just over a year old and close to 800g, he EATS !! lol. I know some males take longer than others to start breeding so my question is when should I pull him out of rotation ( mainly with the pied ) and throw in my back up males ?

I've already starting pairing a Vanilla Pastel male with the Spinner and a Reduced pattern Clown male witht the Het Pied. They both lock up within a day of being placed with the female. I was really hoping to get a Banana Het Pied but I dont think the Banana male is gonna get it done this year. Whats the lastest I should give the Banana to get things going before I pull him out of rotation and put in the Clown male ?

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions