Does Menopause occur in Ball Pythons?

[Mendel's Balls]

I've read that many reptiles do not undergo reproductive senescence...i.e they can produce egg cells their entire lives.....

Is this the case in Python regius as well? Can females reproduce and lay eggs throughout their entire life-span? What about males? Any "male menopause"?

[snakedude56]

i could be wrong so dont hold me to it but i think menopause only occurs in mammals. im sure someone who knows for sure will chime in soon.

[Mendel's Balls]

Birds experience reproductive declines also....though I'm not sure if it called "menopause"

more generally, do balls see any decrease in reproductive output as they age?

[Ginevive]

Really good question; I would like to know the answer to that, too. I wonder if anyone's been captive-breeding them for long enough to know?

[mr~python]

ive read that they do slow down or even stop but i dont know from what source. maybe it was the ball python manual or the complete ball python?

[Mendel's Balls]

Really good question; I would like to know the answer to that, too. I wonder if anyone's been captive-breeding them for long enough to know?

Good point...

ive read that they do slow down or even stop but i dont know from what source. maybe it was the ball python manual or the complete ball python?

Thanks.