BP breeding question

[hardlucktattoo]

So My bps bred by accident i just got a new large female in trade last night and i put her in with my male and other female till i got the tank set up today but i woke up this morning and the were locked up so...........I need some info on how to keep the female so she doesnt lose the eggs and what to do once they are laid I know to jack up the heat and humidity after they r laid but is there anything else i should do or avoid doing any info or lins would be greatly appreciated

 

[Boanerges]

How much does your female weigh? What are you using to heat the tanks, what is your current set up etc?

 

[hardlucktattoo]

well right now she in a temporary tank which is a 20 L with 2 other adult bps cause my usual housing area for all my herps is under construction i know its cramped but i havent had the chance to move her well now i gotta move the two of them to a 40 breeder but the tanks stay between 88-93 during the day and 68-75 at night with about 65% humidity sometimes more sometimes less i read that after a month or two to seclude her away from the male and someone had told me to jack the heat up to about 105 during the day and to put the humidity @ like 110-115% but i dont know how accurate that is like i said this was not intended so now i am trying to learn as much as i can As far as weight goes i have no idea but she about as thick as a small grapefruit

 

[ballpython2]

What I think you should do is move the female to a rubber bin and use flexwatt tape to heat the enclosure of the bin so she can have her own space. a good size bin wont cost more than 15 dollars..you can get it from target, a dollar store, wal-mart or any place like.

they work well because they hold in heat and humidity well and they are inexpensive

 

[Boanerges]

If you put your heat up that high you will probably badly burn or kill your ball python and her eggs. You want your temps at the low end of 85 and high end 90...You know what I am going to PM you

 

[DrJ]

Well, a 20 long is cramped for even just ONE ball python. Any ball python would need a 40 breeder minimum per individual. If you want to keep pairs together, you may want to look into getting a 75. This would only hold 2 ball pythons, no more.

 

[xchondrox]

I need some info on how to keep the female so she doesnt lose the eggs

She's bred now, not gravid with eggs. That happens after ovulation, ovulation is where the 'pre-eggs' are passed into the oviduct fertilized then become shelled and deposited. If you go check out the KS ball python forums you can search for posts that can tell you when you should be expecting to see ovulation, after you see that you can pretty much mark your calendar. Id go take a look over there, lots of good info youll want to read up on! Make sure to feed her as much as you can now she'll probably go off feed as ovulation approachs.