The Real Deal: Why I Still Breed Ball Pythons in 2025

Hey, it’s Zach from Ghost Constrictors. I’ve been knee-deep in reptiles since I was eight when my mom finally caved and let me get my first one. Fast-forward and I’m still here! Traded the -30F winters of Minnesota for South Georgia now, humid summers, cicadas screaming outside the snake building window. Truth is, most of the babies we produce we would rather keep here but you can’t keep them all if you want to keep a high standard of care. I like knowing every detail of care that every single baby that leaves here gets.

The Clutch That Started It All

It all started when I paired my het clown female with a Nyala, Furrow, Pastel, Mojave, Clown male I’d been growing up. I cut the eggs on day 60—seven perfect pips, six of them screaming with color. One little het clown looked like someone spilled black pixels on a snake. That’s the kind of moment that reminds me why I do this. Not the Instagram likes. Not the “worlds firsts”. Just a perfect baby coiled in my palm, tongue flicking like it already knows the world.

What Actually Matters in 2025

Everybody’s chasing the next triple-gene combo or trying to out-price the guy on MorphMarket. Meanwhile, I’m still:

• Feeding every rat myself – yeah, I breed my own feeders too. No surprises, Highest quality diet for our feeders.

• Shipping every snake ourselves – FedEx Priority Overnight, heat packs in winter, cold packs in summer, and a live-arrival guarantee. 

• Answering DM’s at 2 a.m. when some kid in Ohio can’t get the humidity right on his first tub.

The fancy AI stuff everyone’s talking about? Sure, I added a couple lines of code to the site so Google stops burying us. But the real SEO is the kid who buys a $100 normal, keeps it for five years, then comes back for a $1,200 clown combo. That’s the world I trust.

The 2026 Season Sneak Peek

I’m growing up some real heat! Clown combos that haven't been seen yet! Pairing him to some real outta this world girls. If the genetics hold, we’re looking at some never seen before combos that’ll make your phone screen jealous. First dibs go to the clutch-alert list—link in the footer if you’re not already on it.

The Bottom Line

We are a boutique breeder. I don’t drop new morph names every week. I just hatch healthy, eating, attitude-free babies that are well socialized and ship them to people who treat them like family. If that’s what you’re after, cool. If you’re hunting the cheapest snake on the internet, keep scrolling.

Either way, the snake room light stays on until the last baby ships.

— Zach

Ghost Constrictors

South Georgia, November 2025