I think Dallas had the first true captive breeding. There was one in Oz. but from the information provided, it seemed like a wild caught gravid female. ALso, it was more like me finding a gophersnake in my yard and putting it in one of my outdoor enclosures and saying that is captive breeding. So I do question that. It was done outdoors with recently captured adults in any case.

Never the less, I had recieved three blackheaded pythons that were in captivity and they had not fed once, in a year and a half. So that fella gave them to a friend of mine that worked for me. We had an apartment in phoenix. They sat there for months doing nothing, so I asked if I could try.

They said yes, and off to the races I went. I did my old, let the animals choose. I kept them in six food long cages(all were about 4 feet long) and made my trash pile on one end, Retes boards and black plastic piled up and covered.

Once I noticed black heads sticking out, I would place a rat by the hole, and all fed like demons. The first female laid at about 6 feet, and all hatched, but quickly grew to over ten and laid huge clutches of over twenty eggs.

I ended up raising up three females to over 10 feet. Theres a pic in a early RM issue with a bunch of herpers and holding one female, it was the size of a burm. And some hatchlings. The herpers were here for a IHS meeting. That was the last time I let herpers visit, as someone stole some eggs during that visit.

I was lucky enough to find a woma nest in nature. It was in W.A. there were sheds and hatched eggs in front of hole that went under some granite boulders. It was very similar to the area I watch here, so I had strong idea how reptiles used it. Best of luck with that female, I would love to see pics. Thanks

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