this will be my first snake but not my first reptile, i have a veiled chameleon and from my experiance with them i know that females become gravid without mating, is this the same with ball pythons?
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getting a ball python soon and need to know....
ludachris821
Feb 13, 2004 06:54 PM
Replies (2)
RandyRemington
Feb 14, 2004 04:56 AM
I've heard of two cases of female ball pythons producing and hatching eggs without contact with a male for years (possibly ever) but it appears to be rather rare and I didn't hear of any complications as I think are sometimes the case with the lizards. There is a Burmese python in Europe that is supposedly cloning her self but that hasn't been documented in ball pythons yet.
karm
Feb 15, 2004 10:41 PM
Long story short... one can't say it's impossible, but for operational purposes, go with a big NO.
