Should I?

[mpkeelee]

tell him no thanks, he obviously has no idea what he's doing. the breeding part is easy, its the babies that are going to be the handful. do either of u know how to care for hatchlings?

[SlitherinSisters]

I have to agree, that if he thinks they stay in the same tank for that long he's not very well versed in ball python breeding. I suggest you both start doing some research on breeding. Bad things can happen to both the male and the female if things aren't done right.

[NormalBallPythons]

Well my friend picked up my bp. I misunderstood him. He said it's off & on. So hopefully this turns out good.

[snakesRkewl]

I took a quick look at the link. So if they lock up that's it for those two right? He only will have my male. There needs to be breaks until they lock up. So both snakes can eat. I'm not going to learn everything here right now but want to know the basics.

If it was that easy the world would be overloaded with ball pythons

Most of my pairings last season took from November to March and some went on until May before I got an ovulation.

We've had a virgin 1 yr old male lock up 2 different girls multiple times already but don't expect any follicle growth until Feb-March.

Good luck, hopefully all goes well and you get some babies out of it, what are the snakes involved? Morph male?

[NormalBallPythons]

Normal bp

[NormalBallPythons]

I just got home from my friends. The snakes just checked each other out. I ended up taking my male home. I know I don't know enough to breed & honestly my friend needs to learn more. I'm taking the advice from here & doing more research. Don't want to hurt my snake. Thanks

[Skittles1101]

I just got home from my friends. The snakes just checked each other out. I ended up taking my male home. I know I don't know enough to breed & honestly my friend needs to learn more. I'm taking the advice from here & doing more research. Don't want to hurt my snake. Thanks

Good call

[snake lab]

Start your research in reverse. First learn and understand how to incubate eggs safely. Then reasearch the breeding part. Breeding is the easy part. Keeping viable is where most newcomers go wrong. Ball pythons are built by mother nature to live long and reproduce their entire life. If a male does not get breaks or small meals he can breed himself to death. All my males go in for 3 days and then get a break. I offer small meals ever 10 days or so. If the male doesnt eat for a awhile he gets an extended break. Also if your breeding in tanks rather then tubs your husbandry has to be spot on. Tanks are harder to keep the temps regular so you need to know what your doing. Heres a prime example of my point. A friend of mine bought some gravid imports last year. With no experience in what to do with the eggs and him refusing to let me incubate them in my walk in incubator for him he tried to do it himself. Guess what? Not one egg hatched. Not a single one. Turns out he was using ambient room temps to try and incubate. Chalk that up to lack of knowledge.

[Subdriven]

Curiuos. Are you breeding morphs or normals?

[snakesRkewl]

Curiuos. Are you breeding morphs or normals?

The OP says Normals

Good call on bringing your male home. Breeding is fun, exciting and full of surprises, do it right the first time and you'll be hooked, learn wrong and rush things and you may never want to do it again.