Jay from the reptile zoo/ prehistoric pets states that his large retic twinkie died at an early age possibly due to never breeding her early on. He claims in the breeding season she would go off food, swell, etc. and would go back to normal. Also that when her swell would come down her follicles possibly would not go back to normal size and kept growing each year causing problems in the long run and premature death. I was wondering your takes on it and if true, could this carry over in theory to all pythons in the pet trade? would you think everyones "pet" ball python would suffer a shorter lifespan?
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