Breeding Q

[blacknite30]

Hello i am new to all this but i am giveing it a try i have read a lot about breeding and have every thing i think i need but now i have a Q i have my two bps in a big cage i made for them thay have benn liveing togther for about 5 months but now i am trying to see if i can get them to breed can i leaf them in there cage or do i have to put them in a smaler cage? any info would be nice thank you Tom

[Freakie_frog]

Hello i am new to all this but i am giveing it a try i have read a lot about breeding and have every thing i think i need but now i have a Q i have my two bps in a big cage i made for them thay have benn liveing togther for about 5 months but now i am trying to see if i can get them to breed can i leaf them in there cage or do i have to put them in a smaller cage? any info would be nice thank you Tom

First your setup tells me that this isn't true

i have read a lot about breeding and have every thing i think i need

You made the right move coming here, however housing together is not the way to breed. Introducing for periods of a few days in order to allow breeding however is.

Are both of the animals of breeding weight and age?
Are both properly sexed as male and female?
Do you have housing for baby's when or if they come?
Do you have an incubator ready to go?
Can you feed 4-10 new snakes for weeks even months.
Can you properly house them for weeks or months.

All things you'll need to look into before even thinking about breeding.

I'd suggest you check out http://8ballpythons.com/journal.htm the breeding section..

Get them individual setups and read up some more..

[blacknite30]

hello to anser your Q.

1. thay are both of breeding weight and age.
2. I just had the sexed last week and the vet sad thay both look great and i could breed them if i wanted.
3.i have a rack for them all redy
4.i got a KR20 JURAGON Reptile Incubator pro
5.i can feed them for months
6. like i sad i have a rack for them to live in for months.

[Jay_Bunny]

1) What are their specific weights?

2) What size cage do you have them in?

3) Are they in together constantly or do you separate them for short periods?

4) What size rack do you have and how many tubs does it have?

[blacknite30]

hello the girls is 3.5 to 4 lb and the male is 3.5lb thing that is 1600g.
i made them a custm cage it is 5'X2'x2' out of oak.
i have a six tub set up with the heat tape and everything.

[Jay_Bunny]

You might need more than six tubs. While most ball pythons lay around 5-7 eggs (sometimes less), ball pythons CAN lay up to 12 eggs. What size are the tubs in the rack.

We are asking a lot of questions because breeding just isn't something you decide to do one day. It involves a lot of research, planning, preparation, and patience. You need to make sure you have everything ready for your hatchlings when they arrive.

Do you have an incubator? Do you know what temperature to incubate at? Do you have vermiculite or now how to prepare it?

What happens if your female becomes egg bound? Do you have the money to take her to the vet?

[blacknite30]

hello yes i have a i got a KR20 JURAGON Reptile Incubator pro
and it is at 88.9
and i have vermiculite and have read up on how to get it prepard right
and i have a great snake vet that i can talk to any time and yea i have money saved up if anything shoud happin.
and the tubs are 6 Qt Sterilite.

[Jay_Bunny]

Well it sounds like you're ready to go, but I would put your male and female on a schedule. A few days together, a few days apart. On the days you have them apart (I do a week on, a week off) attempt to feed. (I don't bother offering to the female unless she's acting hungry) Keeping them together constantly will stress them both out.

[blacknite30]

hello ok thank you for all your help hope everything works out for me i will keep you all up dated