You are here:
Home / Ball Python Husbandry
Are you buying adult or baby ball pythons for your collection? Take some time to consider the implications of the short-road to breeding success. You may be getting more trouble than it’s worth.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Filed under All Posts, Ball Python Breeding, Ball Python Husbandry, Ball Pythons, Colin Weaver's Blog, The Reptile Business · Tagged with baby, breeder, business, colin weaver, collection, money, morph
Reptile breeder loans are an industry staple for some. This article explores why Colin Weaver thinks that they are not always a good idea and offers many things that need to be considered before doing a breeder loan.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 1:52 am
Filed under All Posts, Ball Python Breeding, Ball Python Husbandry, Ball Pythons, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ball python, breeder, business, financial gain, loan, money, snake
Making a profit in the ball python business requires you to come to terms with how you run things. And you have to have a plan for success. Read what Colin Weaver has to say on the topic.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 10:54 am
Filed under All Posts, Ball Python Husbandry, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ball python, breed, breeder, breeding, buy, collection, hatchling, invest, morph, profit, profitability, sell
As a ball python breeder I consistently find that I keep the very best of what I produce, even when I should be selling it. It’s a vicious cycle.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Filed under All Posts, Ball Python Breeding, Ball Python Husbandry, Ball Pythons, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ball python breeder, buy, designer morph, holdback, reptile business, sell
Reptile breeders have become ad-hoc geneticists with the flurry of boa and python morphs appearing over the last decade. And HR669 has forced many in the reptile community to re-learn just how our government works.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 2:04 am
Filed under All Posts, Ball Python Husbandry, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ball python breeder, business, government, h.r. 669, herpetoculture, herpetoculturist, herpetology, hr669, laws, morphs, regulations, reptile breeder, tics, vote
Mike Hauck was bit in the eye by a ball python while cleaning its cage
Ivory Ball Python Copulating with Pastel Ivory Ball Python
The black pastel spider ball python (black bee) is a subtle morph, easily overlooked if you are unaware of its subtle markers. This blog shows them.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Monday, April 20, 2009 at 3:27 am
Filed under All Posts, Ball Python Husbandry · Tagged with allele, ball python, belly pattern, black bee, Black Pastel, black pastel spider, breeder, cinnabee, cinnamon spider, gene, genetics, ghost, locus, marker, spider
Not every pet owner takes care of their animals. Perhaps its the low cost of obtaining an animal that makes that true. They have no vested financial interest.
Ball pythons can be difficult feeders. In order to capitalize on their willingness to feed I try to keep rodents on-hand to be ready for when a ball python wants a meal.