Quote Originally Posted by TheShortBus View Post
Over the last two months ive done alot of reading and research on breeding bp's and im goin to take the plunge. I'm in no way new to snakes, as i've had my normal male "Rouge" for 9 years now. And just recently got a Columbian Rainbow Boa as well. I though about starting off with something small like corns, but i just love bp's and cant stop drooling over all the morphs.

Anyway, I just started building a rack system out of two book shelfs i have. Actually it's goin to be more like a show rack than your normal tubs, seeing its goin to have 5 40 gallon sized housing in it . I just ordered a few feet of flexwatt as well.

So im thinking about getting a male spider, pastel, and a few normal females to start off with. As far as the females go ive thought about getting some WC's, but ive herd they dont like to breed. Is this true, and is it really worth it just to save a few bux?

Also do you think my normal male i already have would breed? Duno if thats a dumb question, but just seeing that hes been by himself for over 8 years now i dont know how all that works. I just think he has a really cool pattern and hes a beast as well at just under 2000grams.

Any input will be much appreciated!
Your ball pythons are going to take a bit to grow up to size as females need to be over at least 1200 grams and males need to be at least 800 grams.. I think that's about the amount. Usually they wait longer for females to get closer to 2000 so that they are healthy and not as effected by the weight loss.
It's a good start! It's similar to my plan, and with that I recommend learning on corn snakes while your pall pythons grow up to size. Adult corns run pretty inexpensive and are easy to keep and breed. I have a handful of corns that I will be attempting to breed for the first time next season. It'll be my first shot, so we'll see.

But the thing about starting with corn snakes, is it's much easier to regulate temps and they are less picky. If you lose a clutch, it also won't be as devastating money wise with corn snakes as it would be for balls.

Just my 2c.