Touchy subject that i need some light shined on....

[Adam_Wysocki]

Then why is it that the GREAT majority of breeders keep hatchlings TOGETHER until after the first shed?

Because that's only a period of 7-10 days and mimics behavior in the wild where hatchlings will remain around the egg mass until they shed and the disperse to live life on their own.

Breeders do it because it works ... and the majority of breeders don't house more than one ball python per cage for the entirety of their life because it doesn't work ... go figure.

Blessings,

-adam