Breeding Small Males

[starmom]

So I am curious. I see a lot of pics where people have a male in with a breeder female and the males look teensy compared to her. I know that technically they would both be up to weight, and sometimes males breed smaller than you would think-but what are the risks of putting a male that small in with a girl that big? Do the females ever eat the males? There's been documented cases of BPs eating each other, so I was just curious as to what kind of risk factor there is. Do you just sit and watch them to make sure nothing happens?

The reason why females look so much bigger is because they need to weigh considerable more for successful breeding and egg laying. I have never heard of a case of cannibalism while breeding in the ball python species.