First I realize this is a fish forum, but I started a thread like this on the old forum. It was received with a nice response so I thought I would start a new one.
For me the ball python breeding season runs from late Sept. thru the end of April. This is the time when I pair snakes for what morphs I am trying to obtain.
This year I was shooting for fires, spiders, hypo ghosts, black pastels and butters. I know these morphs mean nothing to most of you, but they mean a whole lot to me. I will be happy to post pics of these morphs, just ask.
Anyway, I woke up to my first clutch of eggs this morning. This clutch is a little more special to me as the female normal was my very first ball python and thus lead to my addiction and subsequent collection.
So without further ado here are a few pics...
This first pic is the fire male and normal female breeding. If you look closely you can see the males tail under the females tail. This is the actual copulation or "Lock" as it is called. The male is on the left
This next photo is the female several months ago after her ovulation. You can see how fat she is from about midway to her tail. This is an obvious sign she is gravid...
This next photo is the female again. This was taken about two weeks ago. If you look closely you can see a slight bulge. This is an egg she is moving into place for laying...
This next photo is from this morning. It shows the female coiled tightly around her clutch of eggs...
This last photo is the clutch of eggs in the hatching container...
I will be updating this thread weekly as I check the development of the eggs. I will post photos of the eggs as best I can.
If anyone has any questions at all, please feel free to ask.
