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ParadigmShift · 01-14-2010, 04:18 AM

Curious if we have any other ball python collectors on ICmag.
Breeding season is here and all my adults have been pairing for the last couple months.
I'd love to see some of your pics, here's a few of mine.
First picture, female normal
Second female pastel
Third & forth male bumble bee

ParadigmShift · 01-14-2010, 04:21 AM

OK, let's try that again...

Telly3000 · 01-14-2010, 05:02 AM

Those are sweet! I like the bumble bee one.
I used to keep snakes back in highschool.
How hard is it to breed them?
I see you mentioned a breeding season.
How many eggs on average?
What do you do with the babies?

ParadigmShift · 01-14-2010, 05:25 AM

Once they reach maturity pairing them is easy. Females tend to wait till their second to third season, and atleast 1500g. The males can go much sooner, for exemple this bee was not even 500g only 6 months old and was locking-up with every female I'd put him in with. Come spring time, so do the eggs. In the incubator they go for a couple month till the babies pip.
They have anywhere from 4-12 eggs, average about 6-8.
Hoping to see some QueenBees and a Blue Eyed Leucistic this year

Fingers crossed...

Telly3000 · 01-14-2010, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ParadigmShift

Once they reach maturity pairing them is easy. Females tend to wait till their second to third season, and atleast 1500g. The males can go much sooner, for exemple this bee was not even 500g only 6 months old and was locking-up with every female I'd put him in with. Come spring time, so do the eggs. In the incubator they go for a couple month till the babies pip.
They have anywhere from 4-12 eggs, average about 6-8.
Hoping to see some QueenBees and a Blue Eyed Leucistic this year

Fingers crossed...

That's pretty cool IMO
Well put up some pics when the eggs and babies come, I've never even heard of a queenbee or the blue eyed leucistic

Edit: Just checked out some pics of the ones you mentioned, supercool looking, kind of albino

ParadigmShift · 01-14-2010, 12:20 PM

Similar but different, unlike albinism, leucistic is caused by the reduction in all skin pigment, not just melanin leaving the snake white instead of yellow.
I love the leucistics but don't care for the albinos.
Peace
God Speed

ParadigmShift · 01-16-2010, 12:57 AM

A picture I took tonight of my Bee locked-up with my normal female.

Directrix · 01-26-2010, 09:49 AM

I'd take a picture of mine but she's blue right now.

ParadigmShift · 01-27-2010, 02:13 AM

Hey Dtrix your girl in full shed, you got a morph or just a normal?

Directrix · 01-27-2010, 08:32 AM

Yeah she's a normal reduced, but she's got this awesome stripe down like the last 8" of her tail. she's pretty awesome. i would love a pastel but i doubt it, I've got a cornsnake who's still a baby.

People always argue cornsnake vs BP but honestly, they're both awesome in their own ways. It's hard to compare the two.

01-14-2010, 04:18 AM	#1
ParadigmShift Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 150	I got balls... Curious if we have any other ball python collectors on ICmag. Breeding season is here and all my adults have been pairing for the last couple months. I'd love to see some of your pics, here's a few of mine. First picture, female normal Second female pastel Third & forth male bumble bee __________________ "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Thomas S. Kuhn
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01-14-2010, 04:21 AM	#2
ParadigmShift Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 150	OK, let's try that again... Attached Thumbnails __________________ "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Thomas S. Kuhn
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01-14-2010, 05:25 AM	#4
ParadigmShift Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 150	Once they reach maturity pairing them is easy. Females tend to wait till their second to third season, and atleast 1500g. The males can go much sooner, for exemple this bee was not even 500g only 6 months old and was locking-up with every female I'd put him in with. Come spring time, so do the eggs. In the incubator they go for a couple month till the babies pip. They have anywhere from 4-12 eggs, average about 6-8. Hoping to see some QueenBees and a Blue Eyed Leucistic this year Fingers crossed... __________________ "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Thomas S. Kuhn
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01-14-2010, 12:20 PM	#6
ParadigmShift Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 150	Similar but different, unlike albinism, leucistic is caused by the reduction in all skin pigment, not just melanin leaving the snake white instead of yellow. I love the leucistics but don't care for the albinos. Peace God Speed __________________ "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Thomas S. Kuhn
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01-16-2010, 12:57 AM	#7
ParadigmShift Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 150	A picture I took tonight of my Bee locked-up with my normal female. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Thomas S. Kuhn
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01-14-2010, 05:02 AM	#3
Telly3000 Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 46	Those are sweet! I like the bumble bee one. I used to keep snakes back in highschool. How hard is it to breed them? I see you mentioned a breeding season. How many eggs on average? What do you do with the babies?
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01-26-2010, 09:49 AM	#8
Directrix Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 272	I'd take a picture of mine but she's blue right now.
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01-27-2010, 02:13 AM	#9
ParadigmShift Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 150	Hey Dtrix your girl in full shed, you got a morph or just a normal? __________________ "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Thomas S. Kuhn
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01-27-2010, 08:32 AM	#10
Directrix Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 272	Yeah she's a normal reduced, but she's got this awesome stripe down like the last 8" of her tail. she's pretty awesome. i would love a pastel but i doubt it, I've got a cornsnake who's still a baby. People always argue cornsnake vs BP but honestly, they're both awesome in their own ways. It's hard to compare the two.
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