im going to have an emty 75 and 40 breeder. can i breed balls in a 75g. how hard are they to breed? and thing need to be special like lighting and temp? i have a regular male ball now, if i geta pastel will i get some cool morphs? note that im a noob at breeding herps.
thinking of breeding ball pyhtons.
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you could probably breed them in a 75. the better option would be to out the make in the 40, and the female in the 75. then when it comes time to breed, you can introduce them to each other. mixing a normal and a pastel probably won't make you anything really exciting, but you should try it, and then build from there.
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Well...first you'll need a female to breed.
If you are interested in producing morphs, the normal male you have doesn't offer you much in terms of genetics.
Also, ball pythons don't do very well in large tanks...if you are serious about breeding ball pythons, look into using rack systems. And more, being able to precisely control temperatures is an integral part of breeding ball pythons and you just can't do that in glass tanks. I don't know of anyone that breeds ball pythons consistently that uses glass tanks to house their collections.
You may also want to read up on genetics. Of all of the morphs, some are dominant, co-dominant, or recessive. That means that some, when bred to normals, will produce visual morphs - others, both parents need copies of that gene to produce a visual animal.
Here's a good site with a lot of care info:
http://www.ballpythons.ca/care.html
and about breeding:
http://www.ballpythons.ca/gallery/breeding.html
Also have you thought about what you'd do with the offspring? How will you house them? Feed them? The costs associated with this? Do you know where you could sell them?
The costs involved for getting started the right way are very high. Racks are usually around 200-400 each, you'll need a thermostat to control each of them, usually around 60-120 each, water bowls, substrate, husbandry equipment like probes, tongs, hooks, etc, not to mention the feeder bill - I spend around $200 a month during the summer when I have hatchlings to feed as well as the momma snakes trying to put weight back on after laying eggs, and thats only for a collection of under 30 animals - it gets very expensive to get going.
Not trying to discourage but just trying to say that there's A LOT more to it than putting two snakes together in fish tank.....
If you are interested in producing morphs, the normal male you have doesn't offer you much in terms of genetics.
Also, ball pythons don't do very well in large tanks...if you are serious about breeding ball pythons, look into using rack systems. And more, being able to precisely control temperatures is an integral part of breeding ball pythons and you just can't do that in glass tanks. I don't know of anyone that breeds ball pythons consistently that uses glass tanks to house their collections.
You may also want to read up on genetics. Of all of the morphs, some are dominant, co-dominant, or recessive. That means that some, when bred to normals, will produce visual morphs - others, both parents need copies of that gene to produce a visual animal.
Here's a good site with a lot of care info:
http://www.ballpythons.ca/care.html
and about breeding:
http://www.ballpythons.ca/gallery/breeding.html
Also have you thought about what you'd do with the offspring? How will you house them? Feed them? The costs associated with this? Do you know where you could sell them?
The costs involved for getting started the right way are very high. Racks are usually around 200-400 each, you'll need a thermostat to control each of them, usually around 60-120 each, water bowls, substrate, husbandry equipment like probes, tongs, hooks, etc, not to mention the feeder bill - I spend around $200 a month during the summer when I have hatchlings to feed as well as the momma snakes trying to put weight back on after laying eggs, and thats only for a collection of under 30 animals - it gets very expensive to get going.
Not trying to discourage but just trying to say that there's A LOT more to it than putting two snakes together in fish tank.....