Opinions on breeding young / small females

[fishboyUK]

Actually, not so much so. Male ball pythons aren't interested in females that aren't putting out the right pheromone signatures. They won't even bother to court them in most cases.

Ball python males cannot hook up with an uncooperative female. So, females breed in the wild when their bodies feel they are ready to, and not before.

So a smaller female is unlikely to be accepting to a male and become gravid, unless she is ready and putting out the right pheremone signals. Unless your male is particularly rapey, like my enchi