Question about genetics

[WingedWolfPsion]

I want to see that girl!

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

I've never heard them called Volta. I've always known them to be sub Saharan giants. Their heads are quite a bit larger too.

Oh and Josh at Outback reptiles gets them in once in awhile too. I don't see why it wouldn't pass the gene on. They also lay large clutches.


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[joebad976]

I would think the gene gets passed on but you would have to keep the offspring to see. Not something you could physically see like color. If your lucky maybe they grow at a faster rate and could pick them out by growth rate.

Pretty interesting though

[OhhWatALoser]

"Volta" is the locale of a population of large BP. They are also referred to as Sub-Saharan Giants.

Mike Wilbanks ( Constrictors Unlimited) recently posted on his FB page a 10k female. Just because you can't find it on google does not mean they do not exist!

To the OP because the offspring get genes from both patents I would say yes it may contribute to some large offspring. They could also take more after the sire and be " normal" sized. I hope this helps, Good Luck.

not much can hide from google though lol. So did he post a picture anywhere else? Crazy to think of a ball python 4 times the size of the biggest one I have.

[RandyRemington]

Years ago I read a post by someone working with a reported locality line of giant ball pythons (don’t remember the location). Might not be the same region and likely a separate line of import from the ones discussed here. That breeder reported that the line they were working with was difficult to breed. The belief was that any time they were moved it would take years and years for the female to breed again.

Also, a friend of mine went to a BBQ at Tom Crutchfields back maybe 15 years ago when the big show was in Orlando. At that time he reported seeing an 8 ft ball python that ate rabbits. Never heard anything else about that snake or what became of it.

My biggest two each weighed about 4,300 grams before laying clutches of 12 and 14 last year. They are 15 - 16 years old so still with their prime ahead of them. One of them is a very sporadic breeder though having only produced 3 clutches in the 13 years I've had her. Last year was one of her years and it included a November move with a longer than I would have liked cool period so I'm wondering if her ancestors might be from a region that needs more cooling than normal ball pythons. I got her from a lady who got her from Tracy Barker but other than that she was hatched in 96 I don't know her origins (if she was an import and from where or captive bred and from any particular line). Not sure if she will go again this year (if track record is an indication I could be waiting another 3-4 years) but would be nice because two of the males I bred her to are sons of my other big girl (who after taking many years to start breeding is building huge to go her 6th year in a row). So not 10,000 gram giants but I’d love to hang on to a few morph daughters from these two closing on 5,000 gram lines crossed.

[Brandon Osborne]

I have a 5500+ female het pied. I call her Big Bertha. She lays 13-14 eggs typically and babies hatch around 90-95 grams. Her offspring grow quickly and produce large clutches at younger ages.

[WingedWolfPsion]

C'mon guys...can we see photos? Pwetty Pwease?

[King's Royal Pythons]

I have a 5500+ female het pied. I call her Big Bertha. She lays 13-14 eggs typically and babies hatch around 90-95 grams. Her offspring grow quickly and produce large clutches at younger ages.

I've personally seen Big Bertha; kinda scary to see a ball python that large if you ask me lol!! Really she was impressive!

[cfhmac (dustin)]

ive seen big bertha also plus i have one of her sons ( my pied ). their is a video on youtube of a a 10lb spider ball the title is called ( The biggest spider ball python??) she is huge

[Homegrownscales]

My big Betty is 4700 g as of before breeding season. She was a rescue Of mine that weighed in at a sparse 1300g when I got her. She was the same length as of now.

Here she is breeding a 500g sterling.


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