Cannibalism

[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.

[ddbjdealer]

4500g = about 10 lbs or so..... certainly not the 150lb burms or retics..

[gncz73]

me i'd love a dozen 4500g girls

[cassandra]

I'm sure once that fat girl lays her eggs, she'll weigh quite a bit less...remember that before breeding your female, you want to get them as fat as possible so they have enough body weight to convert into eggs as well as to sustain themselves for the amount of time that they won't eat while gravid.

Com'on lesser platty boy! Can't wait to see that clutch pip. =D

(Or is that a platty daddy? Platty somethin'! Woo!)

[Adam_Wysocki]

remember that before breeding your female, you want to get them as fat as possible

Not true actually ... girls that are "fat" tend to slug out ... females should have a weight that is in solid proportion to their length for optimal breeding results.

-adam

[xdeus]

Not true actually ... girls that are "fat" tend to slug out ... females should have a weight that is in solid proportion to their length for optimal breeding results.

It's probably that I just haven't seen that many big Balls, but that big girl you bred your Lesser to looked pretty plump. If she was solid, what would a fat one that size look like?

Edit: BRED, not bread... duh.

[cassandra]

Not true actually ... girls that are "fat" tend to slug out ... females should have a weight that is in solid proportion to their length for optimal breeding results.

-adam

Oh right..."athletic" and healthy...that's how you described it in another post, right? =)

[Adam_Wysocki]

If she was solid, what would a fat one that size look like?

Bigger.

-adam