COMPLETE breeding walk through

[BrandiR]

This might help you put what you're asking for into perspective. There is a very popular (human) pregnancy book called 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'. It's 351 pages long and it doesn't cover how the baby actually got in there.

You are essentially asking for someone to write you a 300-??? page book on a forum. A lot of the people here are pretty helpful but everyone has limits!

[Bigfish1975]

BP breeding can't be written out like a text book. There is no one set way or method. Just because person A does it one way doesn't mean person B or C does it the same way. Everyone does it differently to reach the same results.

For example, some people cool their snakes prior to breeding. I personally don't cool. Some people leave a hot spot while others have no hot spot, but have a higher ambient. Some people leave their males in with their females every other 4 days while some just put their males in once a month. Etc etc. There is no one set way.

The point is, one person is going to write up a novel about breeding for you, but not everyone is going to agree or do that.

Just read the threads and the stickies, watch YouTube videos, and talk to different breeders. Research and observe how other people do it to come up with something that will work for you and your animals.



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This is very well put. I started out a few years ago and found a lot of information on this site, youtube, World of ball pythons, and through talking too and picking the brains of a number of very helpful breeders at the shows. Its a relatively small community with some very helpful people. I just had a great 3rd breeding season and produced some really nice animals.

The old saying of "There's more than one way to skin a cat" definitely applies. You'll find, maybe over the course of a few seasons, what works for you and what doesn't. Just because a big name breeder does something one way in their temperature controlled warehouse with a full-time staff, doesn't necessarily mean that you have to do it the same way. I suggest taking a look at WOBP to see what you like and/or would like to make. Always try to plan ahead with caging (you'll always need more space) and breeding plans. Try and make some contacts with local reptile/pet stores so that you can have a place to sell or trade the offspring. Then start applying the information gathered. Warning... you'll get hooked the first time you see little heads poking out of eggs. Most important piece of advice is to have think of the animals not the dollars and always have fun.... Good luck.

[stickyalvinroll]

Easy bro, take your male into a female cage starting November. After you see sex, you can take him out. You do this once a week with every female. Stop when you see bumps on your female. Buy incubator make temps to be about 89 degrees

[sasT]

wish I had a COMPLETE breeding guide when I started hahahaha .. there is no such thing though, because every breeder uses some variations of the "common breeding techniques", we all have our own way of doing things .. good luck on finding this COMPLETE breeding guide though, I am pretty sure none of us have 20+hours to spend on writing a reply for 1 forum post not to mention we probably wouldn't even cover 10% of it in 20hours of writing xD

[PitOnTheProwl]

Lock it already...... before it gets too stupid in here......

Not if EVERYONE acts like ADULTS.

Easy bro, take your male into a female cage starting November. After you see sex, you can take him out. You do this once a week with every female. Stop when you see bumps on your female. Buy incubator make temps to be about 89 degrees

Perfect example: Why November?? Some of us breed year round.
BTW cooling is not needed either.

Everyone does it all a little different.


Now if the kid truly does want to expand his knowledge, Who are we to judge him.
There are a couple of you here that have mad bad posts, member?? You member.

On that note, B.O.S....................Read first ""HERE""/ think about it, then decide.
Smaller breeders must have a passion because we all lose money every year on our collections.
If you think big breeders don't go in the red then you need to look at the whole picture.
It takes a lot of other things to keep you in the black. Also think about what they were paying for their original single gene morphs.
You current morph pricing value seems to drop every year as more people get into breeding and others try to undercut the market value to make a quick buck.
You are asking for a life time of knowledge that is different for all of us.
Before my a.d.d. kicks in I'm gonna cut it short here.

[B.O.S Reptiles]

I have no desire to breed Ball Pythons unless (maybe) I started with something really nice. No one's going to buy an expensive snake, and take bad care of it (or not a lot of people anyways. I'm sure there are some people who have.). But at the same time, more expensive snakes seem like they'd be a harder to sell. So Idk. I am passionate about snakes, and my original plan was to (believe it or not) breed Ball Python's exclusively! Lol. I am from a really poor family. I wouldn't have a single snake if I didn't get a job when I turned 16. The reason I bring up being poor is because I have a lot to lose if I end up with a bunch of baby snakes that are too expensive to sell. I don't like all the risks that cone with breeding, as I've said before and I think I'm pretty content with just owning and loving my snakes!.... For now!