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This is my first time breeding ball pythons and I've already introduced the males to females and tail wagging ensued within minutes. This is a sign that the girl is ready to go, correct? How many of you feed your snakes through out the breeding season and how often do you do it? Also,is it okay to leave the male and female together through out the entire breeding season other than feedingtime?
Thanks very much

Most breeder would recommend that you either cut off feeding or if you continue to feed do so in small amounts is this very important if you drop temps to encourage breeding as the cooler the cage the longer it takes to break down the rodent which means to big of a meal could come back up in a day or two. If you feed use food that lives little to no lump.

matt

You shouldn't leave the males and females together all the time. Males will breed if given the option, whether they should or shouldn't, and they can easily be over bred. It should be a few-days-on and a few-days-off soft of thing. And after you feed (separately of course) they should be left alone to have time to digest. Besides, you want them to "miss" each other, sort of.

It's like if you house a male and female together always, you can pretty much guarantee they may never breed due to it. It's important that you're snakes live separately and only are together to breed, so that you can keep an eye on them. If one gets sick, you'll never know which one started it, etc.

If that makes any sense, good luck!
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