Quote Originally Posted by Python Dreams View Post
I dont know if that is exactly true, but the cool thing about Ball Pythons is that everyone has their own strategy.
Best words spoken or typed I MUST say!!

I don't want steer this away from the original topic but I think all breeders need to stop crying over a up and down market. Just learn to adapt like a camel and weather the drought. Better market yourself, better quality animals, better pricing, and create a working formula for yourself without living out of your means. I mean it really is getting old from big guys to the little guys.

Back on topic>>> these words are via wikipedia using the first line from Tracy & Dan Barker of VPI Libraries of books as well as the EMG himself Kevin McCurly of NERD and all of which I find interesting:

Oviparous, with anywhere from 3-11 rather large, leathery eggs being laid (4-6 being most common).[4] These are incubated by the female under the ground and hatch after 55 to 60 days. Sexual maturity is reached at 6–18 months for males, 12–36 months for females. Age is only one factor in determining sexual maturity and ability to breed – weight is the second factor. Males will breed at 500 grams or less, but in captivity are often not bred until they are 800 grams (1.7 lbs.), and females will breed in the wild at weights as low as 800 grams, though 1200 grams or more is most common--in captivity, breeders generally wait until they are no less than 1500 g (3.3 lbs.). Parental care of the eggs ends once they hatch, and the female leaves the offspring to fend for themselves

So in my eyes apply a little logic, discretion, trial & error, create a strategy and formula that works for you. I recommend following others breeding records like RDR, HeatherHerps, etc... they actually blog with fine details, ages sometimes, almost allowing you to feel like you are in on their projects. Which builids some anticapation for followers.

I'm finished ranting and raving lol.

-The Evil Minion