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Reproduction of the Jungle Carpet Python
When jungles are in proper health and appropriate size they may ready for breeding. I have tried breeding jungles a couple of different ways and both resulted in an equal amount of success. One pair was cooled and not fed for a couple months during the winter, after which, they were maintained normally and fed well. The female from this pair laid a clutch of 8 eggs with one infertile egg for her first clutch. The other pair was maintained at normal temps. There was a normal nightly temp drop down to the high 70's, but higher temps were offered for the duration of the cool months. This pair was also fed regularly and otherwise normally maintained (ie, there was no special cooling or cycling performed). The female from this pair also laid a normal healthy first clutch of 9 eggs, all of which were fertile. The eggs from this pair were incubated artifically, as I had not prepared the cage for maternal incubation. I had 100% hatch rate (excluding the one infertile egg) from both clutches.
If you keep all pairs together year round and they will occasionally be observed copulating during the cooler months. During the breeding season, males will occasionally stop feeding. After breeding, the females will reduce food intake and may even stop as the eggs occupy more area within the female's body. When the female is obviously gravid, the male is removed. The female is given very slightly moist green moss in a subterranian burrow drawer which is kept at around 89 degrees F. A small water container is also placed in the egg laying chamber for added humidity. After the female lays her eggs and curls around them. I allow the females to incubate their own eggs as nature intended. If the female does not have adequate fat reserves, the eggs can be removed for artificial incubation. The eggs will hatch after 50 days. There are not many cooler sights than hatchlings emerging from the mothers coils. They will feed on fuzzy mice or pinky rats after a few months, and generally prefer larger furred mice as opposed to pinkies.
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