Breeding size requirments

[NewBornBreeder]

Okay so from what I've read Females should be at the very least 1400 grams preferably 1500 before you breed them and males over 600. But does it matter if the male is longer/heavier than the female as long as she's up to weight? I have 2 Females that are getting close 1200-1300 grams and I have a male Bumble Bee that's about 800grams and a male Lesser that is 1600+ and nearly 4 ft long. I may just end up breeding the Bee to both females when they hit their weight but haven't decided yet, what would you guys do?

[bcr229]

The male can be bigger. People just want to know the minimum age/weight to safely start pairing their snakes.

[kylearmbar]

When they say minimum, this means on an empty stomach. So weigh in wait will be more like 1600+ if she's been eating. And bigger generally means more and healthier eggs.

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[Eric Alan]

There is a good blog post written by Justin Kobylka on the female breeding size topic. Rather that attempt to summarize it, I'll just leave the link here for reference: https://jkrballstreetjournal.com/201...e-ball-python/.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

When they say minimum, this means on an empty stomach. So weigh in wait will be more like 1600+ if she's been eating. And bigger generally means more and healthier eggs.

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Breeding is just much more than weight it's age combined with weight, it also the general look of the animal even a 1600 grams female might not be at an ideal weight to breed whereas a 1200 grams one might.

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[kylearmbar]

Breeding is just much more than weight it's age combined with weight, it also the general look of the animal even a 1600 grams female might not be at an ideal weight to breed whereas a 1200 grams one might.

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True, I didn't think about that, thanks for clarifying further Deborah


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