Brian Gundy's 2009, 900 gram Female Het Pied With Mark

This 2009 female het pied is huge for her age. My hope is to ad her to the breeding group and produce pieds from her as a 2 year old. I know there is some controversy surounding how much baby snakes should be fed, but like I said during my Reptile Radio interview a couple of weeks ago. I believe that baby snakes, just like other baby animals are genetically engineered to grow. If you feed them they will grow. I also wanted to video tape this female to show the mark that some / not all het pieds have. We as breeders can use this as a tool when breeding het pieds to normals or other het pieds. For years I bred 2 male het pieds to countless normal females. I held back all of the females that showed the mark and am enjoying the fruits of that decision.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• snakes
• pieds
• pied
• piebald ball pythons
• pythons
• snake
• reptiles
• boas
• corn snakes
• corn snake

[bpKandC]

so do you believe that you can breed a female at 1500 grams even if it isnt 2 years old?

[fgs9]

@bpKandC

Yes I believe that 1500 grams is a good weight for breeding female ball pythons, but have found that most 2 year old females are not sexually mature at 2 years old.

Brian / FGS

[chriscartelcanada]

you give some the most informative info out there, thank you very much brian, i cant explain how helpful this has been for me, i have been able to successfully breed back females to the father and produce piebalds using this technique, because i started with two hets and that both displayed this trait, its a great indicator, great for breeding for triple gene too, which is what im working on now,

[fgs9]

@chriscartelcanada

Chris, Thanks for the compliment. It's amoazing what you can do when you have the right tools.

Good luck with your triple gene projects.

Brian / FGS

[zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz0]

I have a pastel female ball python she has a complitly white belly. is that normal for pastels? do you think shes het pied? and if she eats two mice should i let her or should i just give her one? Thanks!

[fgs9]

@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz0

Freddy,Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to your comment, I just found it tonight.

My guess is that you pastel has a cream colored bellie. If this is the case then that is normal. If the white you speak of is the same brightness as the white of a pied then you are probably looking at a pastel pied. My guess is that is not the case. Why don't you send me a photo through my web site at for-goodness-snakes.comGo to my contact page to send me the e-mail.

Brian FGS

[Yaddamill]

Brain was so much help at the Sacramento EXPO this pass weekend. His friendly smile as well as professional ability to direct you to what your looking for was great... This video along with meeting him in person made the EXPO worth going to...I will have Brian Gundy forgiveness snakes in my collection.

[fgs9]

@bigboize

It would probably be a good idea to call me at 408.981.6694. Our conversation about your feeding schedule will be more effective if we comminicate by phone.

Brian / FGS

[fgs9]

@chriscartelcanada

Chris,

Thanks for your comment.

I also have been able to produce 50 % het pieds and breed them back to their father to produce pieds. So far my successrate for 100 %. Good luck with your season.

Brian / FGS

[bigboize]

brian you spoke for a second on feeding baby balls so the can grow could you elaborate more on this topic, as this is information we all need. by the way i purchased my first ball python from you in 2008 and she is doing very well, kinda small about 1000 grams and seems to have stopped growing.