"What was your regimen for selective breeding?"
Simple, if my kids say this one is mean... it gets gassed. I run a 1/3 colony otherwise it can get crowded.
I handle them from pinks up. I won't gas a mom for biting while I'm stealing babies. That's moms job. I do gas if I put my hand in a cage an the little demon runs up an bites me. By handling from day one the little guys get calm as anything.
To start a new colony just leave them in with the old one. Once they are bred an ready to drop you have three options.
1) Just pull your new 1/3 colony out.
2) Make the new colony a mix of the old one.
3) Leave them in. The old moms will help raise them. But at three weeks take the new colony to the new cage.
Now, when I have too many (I just get more snakes) I put them in a six foot empty metal water trough. I've had 100 in it once. Then it's gas or buy/make more racks.
Small rack that got too big here:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...izes-(gas-day)
I should have pulled more out before they got to 30g.
What should always be in a healthy rack:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...4-Snake-crack!
Good luck!
An the offer stands for a colony or two if you ever get up North.
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