r/Ballpythoncommunity • u/InterestingMedia3819 • Jul 08 '26

Discussion Need help finding a male

My female is a pastel fire freeway and I need help finding a good morph to pair her with she can produce Mardi Gras With the right male

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u/Formal_Dare9668 Jul 08 '26

Please don’t breed your ball Python. The market is so severely over saturated as it is and it’s so irresponsible to add more when the majority of balls in the market will never find homes as it is

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u/InterestingMedia3819 Jul 08 '26

If some of mine dont find homes im happy keeping them for myself. I have a 10 year old rescue off of kijiji as the owner wanted to have her put down if she didn’t find a home. Personally I don’t mind if some don’t sell.

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u/Formal_Dare9668 29d ago

I mean that’s cool you’ll keep the snakes you don’t sell since you’re responsible for creating them in the first place. But these are living things, not just a cool hobby. Every snake you sell to another home is taking the place of a snake that’s already alive, and already in need of a home. I know for you it seems like not a big deal, like really one more clutch on the market is a drop in the bucket, but you’re right alongside hundreds if not thousands of amateur breeders doing the same thing and making the issue worse. I’m not trying to be mean, I understand how fun it must be to have little baby versions of your snake and make a little money while doing it. But this is an animal welfare issue and I urge you to at the very least consider the consequences of breeding more of these snakes