Ball Python Breeding Help

[reptidude1]

Sorry i also forgot to add that using the male in quarintene will be a little hard because he just began his 3 month quarantine

[reptidude1]

2 things

Do you have another male? If you do and you are able to get a little sperm out of him without hurting him, wipe that on the back of the female and then put in the male you want to breed.

How would i get the sperm
Also this is really weird. They haven't bred from when i made this thread, or at least they didn't lock. The weird thing is that they did get 2 locks in it was when my helix was in for repairs and they were running off a dimmer switch, so they temps were REALLY off.

[rabernet]

How old is your male? If it's his first season breeding, he may be still trying to figure things out. I've found that males that have bred before (seasons before) tend to not waste much time in locking, and you're probably seeing more mature males.

Here are tricks that I've employed - save a shed from any other snake (another female will do) and put it in with the couple.

Wait for a weather system to roll in - and pair them - barometric changes tend to put them in the mood.

Put them together when he's in shed. Put them together when she's in shed.

Heavily mist them both when you put them together.

For what it's worth, I don't drop temps on my heat tape either.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

I dont drop temps really at all. Maybe a few degrees but the snake room is kept so warm & humid that all i need to do is turn my house heat down a couple degrees. The temps naturally fall at night. The barometric pressure naturally drops. I just spray them more often to simulate the rainy season and I have 3 females now that are so swollen they look like they swallowed a baloon. (ovulating)

So the temp drop is not completely needed. Its whatever works for each person. Try removing the water bowl for a few days and spraying them down the next time you put them together..

Some snakes are just naturally late season breeders. You may need to seperate them for awhile and try again in a month or 2.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

How old is your male? If it's his first season breeding, he may be still trying to figure things out. I've found that males that have bred before (seasons before) tend to not waste much time in locking, and you're probably seeing more mature males.

Here are tricks that I've employed - save a shed from any other snake (another female will do) and put it in with the couple.

Wait for a weather system to roll in - and pair them - barometric changes tend to put them in the mood.

Put them together when he's in shed. Put them together when she's in shed.

Heavily mist them both when you put them together.

For what it's worth, I don't drop temps on my heat tape either.

Well darn.. Im a slow typer! You beat me to it.

[reptidude1]

Hey guys (the last couple that replied) what sub straight do you keep your balls on?

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Normally shredded aspen with a thin layer of newspaper under it, but to raise the humidity for winter and breeding season I have switched the breeders to cyprus mulch. I also have boas and borneos so I keep that on hand for the ones that need higher humidity anyway.

The cyprus mulch is better because it cuts way down on misting and it resists mold and fungus. Unlike the aspen which will get moldy right away.

Alot of people use newspaper exclusivly because it is cheap (or free) and can be wetted down for humidity, breeding, shedding etc.. and then changed out easily. I change depending on season and age of snakes. Babies are kept on newspaper or paper towles for most of the first year of their life.