Bought an 09 het. axanthic. =) I can't wait to get him, but I asked the seller if we can wait a month to ship. Don't want him to die if the delivery man wastes time and gets here after noon.

According to the old owner my pastel is an 08 or 07. The thing is she had gotten him back from a really bad situation about 1-2 weeks before I got him. Granted my scale might be off, but it said he weighed about 100grams. So he was pretty much starved to death before she got him back. He's finally eating on his own, and I'm going to buy a digital scale off amazon so I can keep track of his weight gain. It's hard for me to believe he weighs so little, but then when I'd picked him up he felt hollow.

So even if he's ready this year, I probably won't breed him. Not worth the risk. He's a sweetheart. Granted that could be because he was half dead when I got him.

I read this link though: http://www.ballpython.ca/gallery/breeding.html and I have a female that looked lumpy for a few days, and two of the girls that came with him always stay in perfect coils, and have recently taken to soaking in their water bowls. I'm wondering if maybe he almost bred to death because they kept him with 4 females? I guess I'll know in a few months if I come home to surprise eggs.