I was just curious what the success rates are for people when breeding their ball pythons. I'd like to know the following sucess rates:
1) For ALL females that were sufficiently bred to a male, with copulation confirmed on multiple occasions, how many became gravid?
2) For newly acquired females, how many became gravid the first year after they were acquired? The 2nd year? More than 2 years? Were these captive bred or wild caught?
3) For 18 month females 1500g and up, how many became gravid?

Currently, I have 1 female of sufficient size, and 2 females that will definitely be of sufficient size although fairly young (early 2003) that I am planning to try this season. I'm hoping to get lucky, although I'm not expecting any eggs this year, as I will only have had these females for a few months when I try them. I hear that generally they need a year to cycle into your program?