Cannibalism

[bait4snake]

Talk about more cushion for the pushin'... geez she's a big ol girl. She's so fat she'd jump in the air and get stuck...
So does that ever worry you... seeing a monster of a female with a $25k lil boy? He looks like a snack...

[rabernet]

Adam,


I am so impressed with that girl! How much does she weigh, and how many eggs were in last year's clutch? What does she eat during the year? I may not be remembering correctly, but I thought I remembered that you showed her one time before as a mouser?

[Emilio]

Aren't we supposed to wait for the male to be about 700gram's?That female is huge man what do you call her rack big mama's house.

[bait4snake]

Has it ever happened to anyone? Put two in, only one comes out?

[Adam_Wysocki]

I don't know an exact weight off the top of my head, but I think at the time of that picture she was about 4600 grams??? .... The largest clutch she's done for me is 14 eggs ... if I breed here year after year she's an 11 - 12 egger ... with a year off she'll do more.

I never worry about putting little guys with big girls ... I've been doing this for a while and can tell when things are going to work or when certain pairs just shouldn't be put together.

-adam

[SnakeySnakeSnake]

Aren't we supposed to wait for the male to be about 700gram's?That female is huge man what do you call her rack big mama's house.

I think it depends on the snake, and if it is ready. I've heard of many males hooking up at ~400 grams. I have NO clue the details of how to tell what males can breed younger/smaller but I would imagine age is as or more important as weight, since they need to be producing viable sperm.

I would wonder if the 400-500 gram breeding males who hook up, what percent actually knock the snake up?

[Adam_Wysocki]

I think it depends on the snake, and if it is ready. I've heard of many males hooking up at ~400 grams. I have NO clue the details of how to tell what males can breed younger/smaller but I would imagine age is as or more important as weight, since they need to be producing viable sperm.

I would wonder if the 400-500 gram breeding males who hook up, what percent actually knock the snake up?

I don't think it's so much of if the snake will hook up ... it's more important to know that it's very easy to kill a 400-500 gram male by breeding it. Male ball pythons will literally breed themselves to death if you let them, and the younger/weaker a male is, the easier it is to make that happen.

-adam

[HisslersMommy]

someone please tell me that all females don't get that big? that snake is scary... instead of cannibalism i'd be more afraid of her trying to eat ME lol

[JLC]

someone please tell me that all females don't get that big? that snake is scary... instead of cannibalism i'd be more afraid of her trying to eat ME lol

LOL....I believe she's a bit bigger than the average female bp. But even so, she's nowhere close to "burmese" size or anything...certainly no danger to humans.

[SnakeySnakeSnake]

How much do you feed that big girl?