Black-Headed Pythons Breeding and Weight

[xSerpentGoddess]

Oh geez... For starters we were told he raised them. I'll definitely look into that. Technically they're my friend/boss's trio. He is making payments for around $5k... I don't know if he's started making them or not. I suppose we will probably see what comes of these seemingly gravid females and go from there...

[Derek Roddy]

Originally Posted by xSerpentGoddess

Oh geez... For starters we were told he raised them. I'll definitely look into that. Technically they're my friend/boss's trio. He is making payments for around $5k... I don't know if he's started making them or not. I suppose we will probably see what comes of these seemingly gravid females and go from there...

If I remember my time line correctly, I believe they were yearlings or young adults when he got them. Doesn't matter anyway, if he was feeding them like he was in the pictures on Bush League the whole time he had them ( and the way he told me he was feeding them a few weeks ago on the phone), then you'll have a very difficult time trying to get or hatch eggs.

Tell your boss if he wants to have success with BHPs.....buy babies and raise em up.
They're indestructible and very easy to breed, hatch, etc if they're fed right.

Cheers,
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[Derek Roddy]

I should also say that babies that aren't started right away feeding.....will have issues as adults as well.

That's where most people who don't work with a lot of BHPs mess up too. Most keepers will "wait them out" on them starting feeding. This is very bad for them as they will NOT eat rodents out of the egg. Most keepers will believe that they can get them going with a little time and these babies will go sometimes several months before these keepers figure out that they aren't going to eat.

This is another reason to buy BHPs from keepers who truly understand their dynamic.

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[xSerpentGoddess]

That's really good to know, What do you start yours on? feeder lizards?

Were going to wait out these ones for a few and see what happens. If not at some point I want my own group either way.

[Derek Roddy]

I start em on pinkies. You have to assist feed them for a few months before they start on their own.

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[xSerpentGoddess]

ohhh. I thought you meant you start them on lizards lol. Do you ever give them lizards?

[Derek Roddy]

Over the years I've tried everything to get em going. The only thing that works is assist feeding. Otherwise they'll simply die.

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