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Don't count your babies before they...

chrisssanjose Jun 30, 2004 12:50 AM

are even layed! These ball pythons can really surprise/humble you
sometimes. Sometimes it is a nice surprise...and sometimes
just the opposite. That's what makes breeding ball pythons
both a joy and a challenge at the same time.

I was waiting for this 3400g female to lay her eggs anyday
now. She was bred to a very nice male and I was looking forward
to the babies already. The good news is that she layed 11 eggs
for me! The bad news is that 7 were slugs, and it looks
like (candled) that 2 others are not fertile. Ugh! 2 eggs
from one of my larger females. I guess sometimes you get
lucky, and sometimes you don't. I think the trick is to
keep trying!

Well, it is funny how things work sometimes. I had a female
3 days ago lay 7 fertile eggs. She only weighed 1600g! I
guess you never know what you are going to get... Earlier in
the season, I had a 1250g female give me **6** eggs!

I hope your seasons are going well.
Regards,
Chris Simone

Replies (5)

chrisssanjose Jun 30, 2004 12:51 AM

Well, let's hope that I can get 2 babies out of this mess!

jyohe Jun 30, 2004 08:13 PM

you should get 4......7 are duds of course......

...used 1 male?.........

..it happens........

breed them alot of times.......

good luck.......
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people???.........people are stupid.........
really???......really.........

jim_perron Jun 30, 2004 12:51 PM

That blows to get those results from a monster female. But your right.....you have to take the good results with some not so good results sometimes.

My buddy and I had a girl drop 11 eggs........only to deliver to pastels...........ouch!

Oh well.......I still love ball breeding to death
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Jim Perron
Python Passion Reptiles
pythonpassion@hotmail.com
www.pythonpassionreptiles.com

joels417 Jul 01, 2004 02:17 PM

how old was the sire male?

Thanks
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- Joel

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Edited on July 22, 2004 at 17:19:10 by phwyvern.

chrisssanjose Jul 01, 2004 09:25 PM

He was about 2yrs old.

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