Welcome to Royal Draco.

I have marvelled over reptiles all my life and watched many TV programs about them, but like a lot of people was never allowed to own one. May years on in 2005 I become a bearded Dragon owner, and then in 2007 started gathering my snake collection together along with my crested geckos. I have to say it was the best decision I have ever made, the Royal Python never ceases to amaze me, and I now spend a proportion of my time trying to educate people that snakes are not what they think they are or are portrayed to be, young and old alike. I have actively converted two self confessed ophidiophobics from their fear and have had them handling fully grown Royal Pythons. One has now expressed an interest in owning one them self.

Based in the South Wales Valleys part way up a mountain side and with the support of my family I now breed Royal Pythons or Ball Pythons as they are commonly called, by me included. I am very passionate not only about my snakes, but also the quality of my snakes, their care and their offspring, several family members have been bored to death constantly having to hear about them.

This website shows the culmination of my passion for ball pythons, which are the most amazingly evolved animals I’ve ever met. There has been plenty of sweat and hard work involved in getting to this point, but the results have been well worth every minute. If anyone ever tells you that breeding snakes is easy then they would only be partially right, there is also a lot or hard work and dedication that goes into it, along with occasional hours of worrying. Foremost in the mind of any breeder is the safety and care of their snakes, from early morning to late at night there isn’t a moment that goes buy that at least part of your mind isn’t on what needs to be done next.

I’m personally an avid researcher and I’m always reading something that in one way or another has some relevance to snakes and in particular to ball pythons, whether it’s information about the latest morph to be produced, one of several forums, or text books I’m never far away from them at any point of the day or night.

My aim is simple, quality captive bred and hatched ball pythons selectively bred for the best characteristics of each morph, something that has been made easier to do by purchasing high quality animals to use as my founders, and it’s a search that is continually on going as the collection continues to grow. Pairing my animals up for breeding is no simple task either, and many hours are spent making the best possible choices for both males and females. To see some of my breeding animals and some of their offspring please visit the ‘Gallery’ page.

I hope you enjoy the site as much as I enjoy being around these wonderful snakes, and I look forward to your visits and to your questions.

Claire
Royal Draco