Reticulated Pythons Master Class
Kevin McCurley · Guest instructors
The world's longest snake at depth — husbandry, scale, temperament, genetics, and the realities of keeping and breeding retics responsibly.
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Breeding
The full reproductive process from pairing strategy through neonatal care — conditioning, cycling, courtship, ovulation, eggs, incubation, and ethical production.
The discipline
Breeding covers the full reproductive process from preparation to offspring care. This discipline includes pairing strategy, sexual maturity, conditioning, temperature cycling, photoperiod, courtship behavior, ovulation, follicle development, egg laying, live birth, incubation, maternal behavior, neonatal care, recordkeeping, and ethical production. The goal is to teach breeding as a serious responsibility that requires planning, genetics, health management, and long-term commitment.
What you'll learn
- 01Pairing strategy and sexual maturity
- 02Conditioning before the season
- 03Temperature cycling and photoperiod
- 04Courtship, ovulation and follicle development
- 05Egg laying, live birth and incubation
- 06Maternal behavior and neonatal care
- 07Recordkeeping and ethical production
Master classes in this discipline
All master classes →Breeding Master Class
Citadel Faculty
The full reproductive arc from conditioning and cycling through ovulation, incubation, and neonatal care — taught as a serious responsibility.
IN PROGRESSWhere it leads
Every discipline feeds the certification path — formal, earned credentials produced with the faculty and always bought separately, never bundled into a membership. Certification courses begin releasing in Q4 2026.