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j3nnay
at Fri Jan 18 21:43:43 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by j3nnay ]
Kingsnakes will eat each other, ball pythons (usually) won't. Ovulation can happen any time with the balls, so why not keep breeding until she's ready to go? Follicles in a female ball can sometimes be hard to find. Females can mate 50 times and not ovulate, or they can mate once and lay a viable clutch. They can (and do) retain the sperm until they feel ready to lay.
Kingsnakes I'm not so sure about, but I believe they've been bred in captivity for a lot longer than ball pythons, so more is probably known about their cycles and reproductive habits.
~jenny
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