yeah. People will try to pair for other reasons as well. Someone who just really wants eggs, a breeder who really needs his banana male to reproduce lol, or someone who really wants to prove a female out! This is just impatience. Again, it's upto the snakeOriginally Posted by Coleslaw007
In my rant I was predominately talking about the few idiots who take decent care of their snakes but at the same time are so much more concerned with the money than the animals health that they will breed a weak or too small normal female if they think they can eggs from her again even if it does risk her life unnecessarily, as she's "cheap and expendable," which is actual advice I've heard from a couple of people. "Well if you can get eggs from her again its worth it for what you can get for the babies." That to me is sick. I've seen posts of folks with "underweight" ball pythons become gravid because they house a pair together, and the tiny female only lays 3 eggs
. I don't really know the cold hard facts behind waiting til your animal is 1500 grams before attempting, but that's what the "how to breed" docs say, and if I want to be successful, I'll try to follow the book
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