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Breeding ages for Ball Pythons???

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Just a general question they say BP's can be kept up to what 30+ years
As far as females and males how long are they able to breed till they cant produce sprem or eggs? Just wondering if anyone knows the answers???

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Greg J.
 
I don't recall ever seeing a report of a ball ceasing to reproduce due to old age. However, the large scale breeding of balls hasn't been happening long enough for very much relevant data to be accumulated yet.
My opinion would be they will continue to reproduce to very near the end of their lives.
I have a female I purchased as a full adult 20 years ago that still produces annually. There's no way to tell just how old she is, but she was four feet long 20 years ago so that would put her at at least 24-25 years old.
However, a few examples is not enough to draw a reliable conclusion, and as I said there's just not enough geriatric snakes in breeding collections yet to provide enough data.
 
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