And congratulations on the large clutch!



I would actually recommend selective breeding for more and smaller eggs. Apparently in the wild ball pythons have a niche where they produce relatively small numbers of relatively large offspring compared to other snakes. But in captivity I don't think we really need huge eggs. I've had twin hatchlings at less than 40g each do just fine.



It's just amazing that these girls can put around 50% of their post lay weight into a clutch. I guess that would be 1/3 of their pre lay weight but I’m like you, I haven’t been able to weigh any of my big girls for some time and can only catch a weight post lay as my scale only goes to 2,400 grams or so. I just wish I got more eggs for all that effort on their part. With double clutching a corn snake can easily give you 30 a year.

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• I finally can get a weight on my monster female pics - drizzt, Sat May 24 08:12:11 2003
• RE: I finally can get a weight on my monster female pics - RandyRemington, Sat May 24 08:42:50 2003
• PS, Congratulations - RandyRemington, Sat May 24 08:55:35 2003
• RE: I finally can get a weight on my monster female pics - Gregory, Sat May 24 10:28:38 2003