After many years of selective breeding, Ball Pythons are becoming more accustomed to a captive environment and, if looked after correctly, will thrive and breed in captivity.

Year after year we did everything by the book and they would mate, but very few of us would get eggs and we would wonder how the hell these Americans were breeding their Ball Pythons like Corn Snakes! I am sure it was because all of our stock was of wild caught origin, while the Americans were breeding selective, captive bred mutations that were well adjusted to being bred in captivity. I remember about 8 years ago a group of us in KZN all had ball pythons that were doing well in captivity. Males would copulate with females year after year and yet no eggs would be produced. Those who were lucky enough to obtain Ball Pythons that were doing well in captivity and feeding, would then seem to have a lot of difficulty in getting them to breed. In the past, the Ball Python was a challenging species of snake to keep, as many of the Ball Pythons for sale were from wild stock and had difficulty adjusting to their captive environment, especially to feeding. Ball Pythons can reach an average length of around 110 – 150cm and are considered a fairly small ‘giant’ snake due to their short length but stout body. Over the last couple of years these small pythons have become increasingly popular and many different morphs are currently being bred in captivity. Ball Pythons are probably one of the most common snake species kept in captivity.

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