first time breeding

[soulmeetsbody]

Hello - I have three females that we have been mating and I believe they will become gravid soon. Because it is my first time breeding and many of the ball python sites seem to say different things, I'd just like to ask all of you exactly what supplies I need and what process I need to go through. This includes:
-caring for the gravid females
-the best incubator for a more reasonable price and the best use of it
-supplies that i will need for the babies once they hatch, including racks/heating/bedding, etc.
-caring for the babies

As I said I'm a newbie so I just want to make sure I do everything right and keep my balls happy and healthy. Thanks!

[soulmeetsbody]

Also, my male is a het-albino and one of my girls is a Cinnamon.. just wondering what morphs are possible if at all?

[Bigfish1975]

If you are breeding that male to all your females, the offspring will be, at best, possible het for albino. The cinny girl can produce normals and more cinnies. You would have to prove out that male though in order to know if he truly is a het albino, if you're looking to sell these offspring, you would probably have to sell them as normals. But that a different question entirely.
There are a number of different things you'll need. Last year was my first year breeding, so forums like this, youtube videos and other sites were very helpful in breeding, husbandry, building an incubator etc. Considering finance and space etc, I think you should get things ready in the order you'll need them. When I first had the idea of breeding, the first thing that I did was figure out where I'm going to get rid of some of these babies...you can't keep them all. I made contacts with a few different reptile and pet shop owners. After that I got the rack set up for adults and really researched husbandry and BP care. Once breeding started my next project was an incubator that I made out of an old full sized freezer. It will fit up to 20 clutches (I was thinking ahead). I got tubs, vermiculite, and egg crate for the incubation boxes. Remember you have about 50+ days while eggs are incubating to get the baby rack set up. You should be able to find specifics about all these things, sorry I don't have sites to reference. But its not too hard, people here and in general seem to be pretty helpful. Good luck and remember you can never ask too many questions.

[soulmeetsbody]

Figured I would get more of a response, especially during this time of year

[John1982]

-caring for the gravid females

Nothing needs to change as far as care, they may or may not refuse food.

-the best incubator for a more reasonable price and the best use of it

The best incubator and by far the most reasonably priced would be one you make yourself. There are many and then some DIY write ups for incubators.

-supplies that i will need for the babies once they hatch, including racks/heating/bedding, etc.
-caring for the babies

This depends on how many babies you hatch out. You'll need independent quarters for each of them by the time they shed out at the latest. The care for babies is the same as for adults, just offer appropriately sized food.

Also, my male is a het-albino and one of my girls is a Cinnamon.. just wondering what morphs are possible if at all?

Your cinnamon female will produce cinnamon and/or normal babies. If the male is het albino the babies from all his clutches carry the possibility of being het for albino. There's no way to know which are the hets until you raise them up and breed them to other hets or albinos. If selling them is your intention you'll probably only be able to sell them as normals and cinnamons like Bigfish said.