Understanding your Ball Python, breeding, feeding, housing etc

[@DoctorPepper4]

Sorry forgot to say thank you so much cause i have learned a lot more then i ever knew from waching you videos

[@badbeck4]

This is honestly the most informative straight forward video I've seen. Thanks

[@Balls2U]

thanks Seth and thanks for watching also 👍

[@jannexxuss7314]

Thank you for the video I own 2 a male and female both about 8mths old this is very helpful to know

[@Calucig]

Excellent info and video. I'm a Zoology student from Argentina and it's hard to find videos with this kind of information. Congratz!

[@Balls2U]

thanks for your support, glad you enjoyed the video. 👍😁

[@Calucig]

+Balls2U Can I ask you some questions regarding breeding cycles? How do you control your room temperature and tubs temperature? DO you have 1 thermostat for each tub or 1 for each rack? Do you turn off your flexwatt during the night when you are cycling or do you lower the temps in the thermostat? Again, thank you.

[@Balls2U]

+Dante Nahuel Ciai hi, sorry this is a late reply, I've only just saw it.....OK.....all my female racks are controlled with one stat, which I lower the hot spot in the breeding season.....the ambient air temp drops automatically with the change in outside temperature and the Hot Spots been turned down also. I don't turn the heat mats off.... the tubes are long enough so that the snakes can thermoregulate their own body temperature as and when they want to or need to. the males I keep at the standard 90 degree hot spot.....I like to use humidity and air pressure to help with the males looking into females. I hope this helps? 👍

[@boxingboa]

Wow I absolutely love this video. So much wonderful info. I learned so much from this video. Thank you for sharing this video and all the info.

[@Balls2U]

Thanks for watching. leaning is the key to our hobby. 👍😁

[@FrankieKato149]

Excellent video great to hear your expert advice

[@Balls2U]

thank you for your comment and thanks for watching. 👍

[@zackhumphreys1656]

Alright buddy. Thanks very much for this video. I currently have 9 royals in my small collection two of which I had to nurse back to health after some bed husbandry. Glad to say all doing well. I feel that education is the best way like yourself an think this video is right up there! So thanks again.

[@Balls2U]

hi mate, it's always good to hear feed back and I'm glad your snakes are doing well again. thanks for subbing too 👍😁

[@toshianicholson5278]

This is probably the most informative video I’ve seen on this subject. I’m just starting to get into BP. I have 4, a normal, a mojave, a pin, & a vanilla.

[@Balls2U]

Thank you 😊

[@MACKYBHOY1]

Excellent vid ,,very informative,,new to the ball python world myself ,,bought a wee mojave male 2 weeks ago ,,this vid will help me out a lot ,,thank you

[@Balls2U]

Thank you for watching and please feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them. thanks again 👍

[@MACKYBHOY1]

+Balls2U thanks ,,if anything comes up I'll be sure to ask

[@Balls2U]

+MACKYBHOY1 No worries 👍

[@Balls2U]

+MACKYBHOY1 keep watching our channel i plan to do many more like this, been as we've had a great support on this video.

[@MACKYBHOY1]

+Balls2U looking forward to it ,,,cheers bro

[@granddaddyHerps]

amazing video and information. going to favorite this for when i get questions

[@Balls2U]

thanks bro, hope all's well your end 👍

[@fluffybear1396]

Bro its very useful and nice that you share all this precious info with us! I can also say i like your personality as you are more of a fighter and you mix that attitude into your teachings and makes it really funny. Thumbs up.

[@Balls2U]

thanks bro, glad I can help people and get people excited about this hobby 👍😁

[@fluffybear1396]

+Balls2U look at the pattern on the head of my yellow belly. Thats a luck! facebook.com/yogidevipada/posts/1716177138651849

[@Balls2U]

+Yogi Devi Pada that is awesome 👍😁

[@angrybrit7331]

Great video very informative I'm interested in getting one and just doing some research as I'm a bit put off by how hard the care seems this really alieved some of my worries so thanks 👍 I'm going to keep researching till I feel confident

[@DKTaoNeo]

Outstanding vid, absolutely one of the best info vids out there, love the passion brother, I'll favorite this one and share with anyone/everyone. Two thumbs up

[@Balls2U]

thanks bro, I love sharing information, what ever I can do to help i will. thanks for watching 👍

[@DKTaoNeo]

+Balls2U Not a problem, I subbed, favorited, and shared your vid

[@Balls2U]

+Day or Knight Exotics TV same here brother. 👍thanks again

[@DKTaoNeo]

+Balls2U 👍

[@reptilesnstuff4093]

thank you very much. you taught me that research cant teach me everything about an animal

[@Balls2U]

your welcome and thanks for watching 👍

[@FloJiCc]

Thats awesome! Good to know right :) I respect and admire balls2u for being tottaly honest and clear about what he does and learns! Really great man.

[@timlewis2012]

man u are smart great info in this video

[@Balls2U]

thanks Tim and thanks for watching. 👍

[@steveroberts6578]

I haven't seen a more informative video out there yet. Great video.

[@Balls2U]

thanks for the support glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@morphbullys6716]

Very nicely put bro. everything you said was 100% right. great video! love it!;) Thanks for sharing

[@Balls2U]

thanks bro.....I just felt that I needed to go into detail of the balls to try and help people understand a bit more. thanks for your comment and thanks for watching. 👍

[@lukebennellick760]

Thanks so much

[@lukebennellick760]

Hi alright mate your the man that took me down the slide and said you would give a shout out. Any way I hope you had a amazing day at the park and I mite see you there agin. Luke Bennellick

[@Balls2U]

Hey Luke, your a top lad 👍 thanks for the slide ride 👍

[@michaelscreativecreations]

Great Video!! Very informative!!

[@Balls2U]

thank you for the comment 👍😁

[@mannymori56]

Very informative video, thank you.

[@Balls2U]

Thanks and thanks for watching 👍

[@stevietaylttv2225]

that's good information on balls python an

[@Balls2U]

thanks and thanks for watching

[@stevietaylttv2225]

+Balls2U no problem

[@tjw9985]

Thank you for videos. I have learned so much.

[@Balls2U]

TJ W thank you for taking time to watch them 👍

[@Hughjorganherpetology]

very nice video my brother! Hopefully it helps a few people out. a lot of helpful hints in there, & I agree with you on a couple of things. you gotta do it for the love of it, and don't think you're going to become a millionaire. and I agree no matter how good you are at it, you learn something new all the time! now hook me up with one of those shirts, and I'll sport it in one of my egg cutting videos! Lol

[@Balls2U]

Haha thanks brother. send me your address and size and I'll send you one over haha. thanks again for the positive comments 👍 hope all well your end.

[@BrianGundy]

Amen Gav, great video!Brian / FGS

[@Balls2U]

thanks Brian and thanks for watching. 👍

[@Goose1986RIP]

Interesting video pal. Prefer these to the larger industrial breeders videos

[@Balls2U]

thanks, I try to show every side of this hobby, good or bad. 👍

[@MrSkuz88]

🐍🤘

[@colinjava8447]

My snake does go around with scales. Think about it, lol.

[@franklinvecchio731]

He probably says ok at least two hundred times.

[@Balls2U]

201 times. 😁

[@franklinvecchio731]

Balls2U Lol nothing against you just noticed it.

[@jim92atyahoo]

Hi Gavin, I am a breeder from Sarawak, and this year is the 2nd year I breed my females, last year ended in 3 eggs 1 slugs and the 3 babies died at day 58, in the eggs , after they slit the eggs. I incubate them using sphagnum moss and open container. Temp was around 27-29c. Do you know what causes their death? Was the temp fluctuation too much?

[@Balls2U]

I believe it was maybe due to a weak embryos

[@jim92atyahoo]

@@Balls2U Is there any reason for it? I would want to decrease the chance of it happening again in the future

[@tamaranelson4832]

I love your vids, Gav! Lots of info and I'm OCD about learning before I buy... but I want a pet (really member of the family... our pets are family) so I'm worried about what happens when there's no male for a female or no female for a male...

[@TRexxReptiles]

Great vid I found this very informational, Thanks!!

[@Balls2U]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad it helped 👍

[@DoctorPepper4]

It's may and my female now is wrapping around the water is it to late to throw a male in?

[@duvalsreptiles602]

Thanks for the great Information you've provided. over a year ago I've purchased my ball python and eventually fell in love with them as time went past as I got to know them and did my research on them. I currently have two Ball pythons, one Lesser and one normal ball python. My Normal is currently weighting in at 484 grams and my Lesser is weighing in at 289 grams. I want to start collecting ball pythons and mating them. At the moment I don't want to do it for the money, I want to do it to build my collection and experiment with the different types for my self. I was wondering if you have any advice that might help me get to the breeding level..

[@Balls2U]

hi and thanks for watching....well it sounds like your on the right path so far but I would start small and work your way up......when you breed lesser to lesser you get a blue eyed leucistic snake which is white with blue eyes, so the best place to start is try to make one of them. so which ever sex your lesser is now try to get the opposite and put them together. or if your lesser and normal are different sex breed them together and make your own lessers.....every time you cut them eggs open its like Christmas. thanks for watching and I hope this helps you forward 👍

[@stephstepney6538]

Hello I Watch a lot of videos because I have dyslexia and find it hard to read but finding it hard to find videos on what to do after my snake have hatchets from there eggs need to be sure on what to do. Do I leave the baby snakes in the incubator do I take them out that sort of thing Can you help please x

[@Balls2U]

Steph Stepney I will do a video on it for you 😊

[@stephstepney6538]

Balls2U thank you x

[@cmmconstrictors5971]

been feeding my females small rats every Saturday should they be fed more often to breed?

[@Balls2U]

it's up to you mate.....try and see how it goes

[@cmmconstrictors5971]

is it smart to feed them two meals at once or should I just feed every 5 days instead of 6?

[@xxyoungsaintxx7309]

Can you do a video for the people who want one as a pet...because like you said the reptile stores don't really know important things...like when you said make the temp higher than 88-90 because it has to go through the bin and the paper towel so make it higher and see what temp it is in the bin on the hotspot...street smart things like that...could you do a video for beginner snake owners

[@Balls2U]

yeah sure.....👍

[@mizopizo7864]

Awsome video mate, You guys ship to Sweden?

[@Balls2U]

thanks, we don't sorry, but we do ship all over the UK. thanks for watching 👍😁

[@Forggery]

I have a 1600g female and she has gone off of food recently do you think she wants to breed

[@Forggery]

She has also been out of her hide and moving around a lot

[@FloJiCc]

yup seemes like it

[@kristinadelacruz6464]

The scales on the bottom of my snake look like water blister.. is it the heat pad ? or something else ?

[@Balls2U]

I would advise take it to a vets, if it has got blisters and they pop, they could get infected......also make sure your heat mat is not in its housing and that it's not above 90 degrees Fahrenheit or 32 degrees Celsius.

[@freddiechapman7312]

Say I get a male ball python he go's off food and I don't want to breed or don't have a female what should I do? And if I were to breed if I didn't want to keep the eggs what would I do then?

[@Balls2U]

well first off, if he goes off food, then only offer him small meals once every two weeks.....if you wanted to breed him, then offer him to a friend as a breeding lone, that way you won't have to worry about the eggs.....or I'll have them haha 👍😁

[@rosiejenkins1359]

hi iam trying to sort the humidity out in my pythons viv its on about 70% I have swaped her big water bowl for a smaller on and that has not worked any tips please

[@sherrim1988]

Open a window, and mist less often. As long as it doesn't last too long, your snake should be fine. Also, check your thermometer and hygrometer, it could be displaying wrong. I had this $10 pet thermometer/hygrometer and put it in my Leo's tank, and not long after it started to display 50-60%!! I panicked and I thought for sure he'd get a respiratory infection... I researched a ton and tried everything to lower the humidity, but nothing worked. It stayed near 50%..... Welp, just 6 months later it broke. And my Leo is growing big, fast, and healthy. And he's over one year old now. Never got a respiratory infection.

[@RiiCoZ]

Hey just had a quick question. Im looking to get a female ball but not quite sure on what to get. I currently have a 1.5 old male Cinnamon Banana. I would love to start my collection. what (decently) priced female combos do you think would mesh well with my male?

[@Balls2U]

hi, a good place to start in my eyes would be a spider female......or one step up a bumblebee....or next step up would be a killer bee. hope this helps, and thanks for watching.

[@cglopez9337]

so my female has been locking up many times with my male so she's ready to breed but will not eat. I'm sure it's what you're saying that I have to vary in size. so should I just offer smaller meals but just more than one rat?

[@Balls2U]

females and males will eat when they need to, still offer her food but smaller then normal.

[@cglopez9337]

+Balls2U thank you very much. I've been offering her good but what she has normally eaten. I'll give her smaller

[@Balls2U]

+cglopez9337 better to offer your snake food, then for them not to produce eggs for you......no worries

[@erinwakefield963]

is this UK???

[@john580]

Erin Wakefield yes

[@Crazytown54-g1t]

Quick question, my biggest female 8 yr old , 3000gram spider has totally stopped feeding. I was not planning on breeding her until next year but I am wondering if she is doing it because she is in a breeding mood. Do you recommend I go ahead and place a male in with her?

[@Balls2U]

Razz InMiami I would if it was me

[@Crazytown54-g1t]

yeah I had the same idea, I guess I was looking for a second opinion. Thanks as always!

[@dreww47]

Gustavo T. How did it go ?

[@toddlahaye5478]

I have one that one willonly eat mice and only one aweek its a 2 year old male is yhis ok all my others eat rats just fine

[@katherinerappleye2769]

what concerns me is that I'm not a breeder. I am not interested in breeding at the moment. Is it possible to have a snake and not breed it and it live a happy life? Also would you suggest male or female since I have no desire to breed them.

[@Balls2U]

Katherine Rappleye yes they do very well as pets..... I would go for a female as they get bigger and feed better though out there life

[@ahyacinthsbeauty9042]

Thank you !

[@adelefurneaux3529]

Hi I watch your videos all the time. Have you got any snakes for sale? Thanks! X

[@Balls2U]

Adele Furneaux thank you, yes I do, however I can only sell to the UK at the moment, if you are interested still you can contact me at [e-mail]

[@MalachyLewin101]

Hey man, you said in this video that : "During breeding season, males can die." I've never heard this before, should I be concerned or worried about this?

[@Balls2U]

Malachy Lewin yes it does happen but the chances of it happening is low....but it's still a possibility. better to be prepared

[@MalachyLewin101]

Balls2U How can you prepare for it though?

[@Balls2U]

Malachy Lewin knowing about what could happen is the best way to be prepared.....if you know, then you can decided if you still want to breed or not....knowing the facts is the only way to mate up your mind

[@MalachyLewin101]

Balls2U Yeah, okay. Thanks mate

[@MalachyLewin101]

Sorry to bring you up on this again, but how do you stop it from happening, and what causes it?

[@granddaddyHerps]

hey brother do you have a facebook. i want to inbox you about something

[@Balls2U]

I don't bro but what's app Me....my number is 07891248993..... or my email is [e-mail] 👍

[@granddaddyHerps]

Just emailed you, let know if you got it

[@Balls2U]

+granddaddyHerps Will do bro.

[@allengainzmma]

ball pythons.... mkay yeah mkay.....mkay

[@morphbullys6716]

Very nicely put bro. everything you said was 100% right. great video! love it!;) Thanks for sharing

[@Balls2U]

thanks bro, i hope it's helps people with understanding balls a bit more. thanks again 👍