Breeding Questions

[djvip510]

I've seen it posted here where the big breeders give them 2-4 days together before separating them,
followed by 2-3 days alone. Mainly to give them some R&R and to offer a meal.

I say peek in on them once or twice a day, depending on what you see...
If you see them locked up, I'd leave them alone for a bit.

sounds good...I put them together on Sunday night and I usually feed them on Wednesday Night...Works out perfect!

[Chuck]

So which one of them is the 2400 grams female. Maybe its just me but they look like they maybe alot closer to 1400 grams than 2400 grams. You know I had a whole thing typed about the risks of breeding before they are ready, but it seems like you are intent on breeding them so I will spare bandwidth and shut my mouth. Although if that female is really 2400 grams then I am sorry but my 2600 gram female looks twice the size of either of them from that picture.


Chuck

[irishanaconda]

Sorry, I don't have a camera...

you got a camera that quick?

[littleindiangirl]

So which one of them is the 2400 grams female. Maybe its just me but they look like they maybe alot closer to 1400 grams than 2400 grams. You know I had a whole thing typed about the risks of breeding before they are ready, but it seems like you are intent on breeding them so I will spare bandwidth and shut my mouth. Although if that female is really 2400 grams then I am sorry but my 2600 gram female looks twice the size of either of them from that picture.


Chuck

It would be nice to see a picture of them side by side. If at all just to ease my own concerns. Breeding light females is a risky move in the first place, even more so for a first time breeding.

But as it is, we really have no say in what he or anyone does with their animals, only hoping that they are honest with themselves and putting the health of their animals as the number one priority.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

So which one of them is the 2400 grams female. Maybe its just me but they look like they maybe alot closer to 1400 grams than 2400 grams. You know I had a whole thing typed about the risks of breeding before they are ready, but it seems like you are intent on breeding them so I will spare bandwidth and shut my mouth. Although if that female is really 2400 grams then I am sorry but my 2600 gram female looks twice the size of either of them from that picture.


Chuck

DJVIP....

If I told you that it appears as though you are mating your female before she is old enough to be bred, and that the results can be disasterous... Would you even care? Nevermind, I guess you have already answered that.

[starmom]

Hmmm, I don't know for certain but they don't look to be even 1000g really. What was the hatch date of the female??

[spaztheweird1]

he is older than her...

that seems weird cause back on the 26 he wrote


So I have 2 Ball Pythons, one a Female who is 3 years old and the other is a Male who is 2 years old

so that seems weird to me kinda sounds like a jumping the gun with the breeding thing i have a 4.5 male at 698 and (i only have a 3 pound scale) so my 5/5.5 female tops that out and it goes to 1500 grams so i know i would be good but i would rather wait for them both to gain a little more since balls go on no eating flings and after bredding some times they dont eat.