I woke up this morning to find our het albino female laying on 9 fertile eggs! She was bred by a VPI albino male. Thanks!
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Great First Clutch of the Year!
marksherps
Feb 15, 2004 10:57 AM
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ballboutique
Feb 15, 2004 11:41 AM
Nice....when did you start breeding?
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RicK @ BbI
Ball Boutique,Inc.
The home of the singing snakes!
marksherps
Feb 15, 2004 12:01 PM
Thanks Rick! I think they started breeding around the beginning of July. The female ate like a pig all through the summer. We don't "temperature cycle" at all. We heat the entire room and give them a very slight (a few degrees) temperature drop at night. With a night temp around 78-80 and a day time high of 84-86 we've had 100% fertility with ball python breeding. They stay around those temps all year, whether breeding season or not. Thanks
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Mark Kennedy Reptiles
ballboutique
Feb 15, 2004 12:57 PM
Damn and I spent all that money on tapes and books and my neighbor knew what to do. Is my face red.
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RicK @ BbI
Ball Boutique,Inc.
The home of the singing snakes!
marksherps
Feb 15, 2004 01:05 PM
LOL! I always see people asking temperature questions so I wanted to say what works for us. Too funny!
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Mark Kennedy Reptiles
Markus Jayne
Feb 15, 2004 01:16 PM
Congratulations!!! That is awesome!
I amazes me that you have no cycling though. Does that mean that you breed all year or do you have a set period when you do finally retire the males for the year? You also mention 100% fertility but I'm curiuos to know what percentage of your females do become gravid in any given year with this method? I'm thrilled if 60% go for me.
Keep up the great work!
MJ
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marksherps
Feb 15, 2004 02:10 PM
Thanks Markus! We don't have a ton of ball pythons here but have had great luck so far. We pair them up in mid summer and just seperate to feed. We leave them together until the females ovulate and then retire the male for the year. We've pretty much had success with every breeding female, except for a pair of het caramels. Hopefully soon! We just had 4-5 females ovulate in the past week, just to give you an idea of their schedule. A couple weeks ago we had some pairs breeding and their body temps were 83 degrees! Thanks!
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Mark Kennedy Reptiles
Oz
Feb 15, 2004 03:28 PM
marksherps
Feb 15, 2004 04:16 PM
np
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