breeding problems

[ladizzle]

okay so i have my ball python collection, i have been trying to breed 4 of of my females that are all over 2,000grams. i have been putting my males with them for the last two years and nothing, i dont get eggs, i dont get anything. what am i doing wrong?

i have them in a rack from animal plastics and i have the temps set at 90 during the day and 86 at night.

can someone please help me out, my dad is freaking out because we have spent well over 20k on all the snakes i have and i havent been able to get 1 clutch out of them.

the females im trying to breed now are

0.1 normal over 4,000g to a desert male thats about 600-700g
0.1 normal a little over 3,000g to the same desert male
0.1 piebald 3,000g to a male piebald about 1000 grams
0.1 woma about 2,000 grams to the same desert male above.

since i am using the desert for many projects i do give him breaks when switching tubs. 3 days on and 6 days off and then he goes to a different female.

please help me out, ive had these snakes for over 5 years and im freaking out because i havent gotten any eggs.

[TerrieL]

Are you sure they are sexed correctly?

[ladizzle]

they are deff sex correctly. my really good friend work in a reptile shop which i have bought most of my snakes from and he sexed them for me years ago.

[dr del]

Hi,

Do you get any signs of breeding at all? Like tracks on the substrate or locks or tailwagging or building?

Have the snakes re-sexed anyway. It never hurts.

Did you cool any of the snakes down?

Do you know about the breeding problems with desert females which may affect the price you can sell them at?


dr del

[ladizzle]

Hi,

Do you get any signs of breeding at all? Like tracks on the substrate or locks or tailwagging or building?

Have the snakes re-sexed anyway. It never hurts.

Did you cool any of the snakes down?

Do you know about the breeding problems with desert females which may affect the price you can sell them at?


dr del

no i dont see any signs of that especially that i only go into their tubs once a week to give fresh water and fresh newspaper.

ive had them sexed a dozen times lol.

i havent done that, my friend who has been breeding ball pythons for at least 20 years told me not to do that so they dont get resp.

yes i do know about the infertile desert females. i have a desert male that im trying to breed to a normal female.

[satomi325]

I don't know about the pied, but is your male desert producing sperm plugs? If he's not sexually mature, he won't breed.

How are you sexing your snakes? Pop each one of them to see if you can get hemipenes.

Have you seen visual locks at all?

[ladizzle]

I don't know about the pied, but is your male desert producing sperm plugs? If he's not sexually mature, he won't breed.

How are you sexing your snakes? Pop each one of them to see if you can get hemipenes.

Have you seen visual locks at all?

yeah he has sperm plugs already.

my friend probes and pops them.

i havent seen any locks.

[Joshua Jasper]

yeah he has sperm plugs already.

my friend probes and pops them.

i havent seen any locks.

Worries me you haven't seen any locks at all. DO you have any other males you can use to see which side the problem is? I am leaning towards a sexually immature male and not 4 different big sized females. I know you have some money in the male, but do you have another male you can rotate through to get locks and confirm the male is not ready? Are you females tail wagging and marking at all?

I would try a different male.

[satomi325]

When you put any of your snakes together, do they fight or wrestle?

[ladizzle]

Worries me you haven't seen any locks at all. DO you have any other males you can use to see which side the problem is? I am leaning towards a sexually immature male and not 4 different big sized females. I know you have some money in the male, but do you have another male you can rotate through to get locks and confirm the male is not ready? Are you females tail wagging and marking at all?

I would try a different male.

no i havent seen any wagging or marking.