Slugs and a boob?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Hello everyone! I am relatively new to breeding ball pythons and I have been having whole clutches of slugs. I have no idea what in the world is going on, but I can tell you I am beyond frustrated! I have had my snakes for 2 years, and in those 2 years, I have had only 2 clutches (different snakes, bought from the same person). The first clutch was a year ago from a Spider x Lemon Blast, all slugs. Last night I FINALLY had my first clutch of the season from a Pastel x Mojave, and it appears to be all slugs and a boob. I have witnessed at least 15 locks (I am sure many more not seen) with the two snakes, so they appear to be getting busy. I am so discouraged, can anyone let me know what I am doing wrong? Thank you!

Slugs happen weather it's a few eggs or an entire clutch, it can be the male, the female, temperture.

Give your female next season off and try again the following season.

If that make you feel better I have had females slugging out and laying perfect 10/11 egg clutches afterward.

Now if you are already discouraged after 2 clutches only, you might want to reconsider breeding a lot of things can happen and because you put 2 snakes together does not guarantee that you will get the results you hope for. Breeding means you will deal with slugs, female not taking, bad odds, deformed hatchlings, failure to thrive etc, it might not be common or happen every season but it does happen, it's all part of breeding.

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