Monday, May 24, 2010

How long from the time ball pythons lay their eggs do they hatch, and what do I feed the babies.?


Answers:
They typically take 60 days to hatch, give or take a few days depending on temperature. They should be incubated between 87 and 90 degrees. If you are using maternal incubation (letting the female snake incubate the eggs), do not attempt to feed her during this time as she will not eat and it will just stress her out. Also, you should bump the humidity in her cage to 70-80% during this time.

The baby Ball Pythons should be started on live mouse fuzzies or rat pinks, but they can usually be transitioned easily to frozen/thawed after a few feedings.
I can't answer much about the time frame for hatching but you will want to feed the little guys and gals fuzzy mice from the beginning.
Why do you have ball pythin eggs?
Hello...the eggs are not viable / any good unless she's been mated ...egg bearing reptiles lay eggs ..like chickens..fertile or not .. so if she's not been mated the eggs need to thrown out so they don't cause disease ... if they are viable %26 she has been mated..once they hatch..they need things like pinkies/fuzzies they may also eat bugs - beetles, crickets or worms of sorts too..but definately pinkies or fuzzies depending on their size @ birth ..this is why we prefer male egg bearing reptiles..we don't want the egg problem !! Take Care :)

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