At what age should a Ball Python female be retired?

This question popped up when i saw my 10 year old Ball Python female layed 7 slugs.. Now, she has never been bred before so i don't really know what to think about this...

I would guess your slugs have nothing to do with age. In the wild they retire the day they die.

Agreed. I think slugs are from temperature issues. Bring down he tems and things should be better.

My temps are on 90 fahrenheit during the day and 85 at night thime in every single tub of mine. I was told and actually read that those temperatures are the way to go.. well, i have one more clutch on the way from a proven female.. will see what comes out of her.
The 10 year old was not that big and i actually didn't even think she was gravid..

Hope all goes well for you and your older girl

Zeus has a point, I had never really thought about it that way lol I guess, at some point, the risk outweighs the benefit of the pairing, and it derives into how much you value the female over any potential health risk versus how interesting and/or profitable the outcome might be.

I had a female slug out last year and a couple of others that produced some slugs. After a lot of research, I dropped my temps a few degrees (90 to 88). So far this year we have more eggs than last and not a single slug.

I'll set everything a degree lower and see what happens..
I did try a lot of different beddings out as well and hope I found the right one now. Some of the ones I tried were to dry and some were to moist. This sphagnum moss from reptile basics seems to be liked the most from my snakes. If I don't keep it too moist the snakes seem to really enjoy this bedding. I kind of believe that the changes I put them through with me moving had influence in this as well..
Thank you guys though, the temperature was something I was not aware of..!

I agree with Marco on the sphagnum. It looks so great I could curl up and take a nap in it . L

I always wondered this too. My husband wanted me to breed Xavier but I never knew how old is too old, needless to say I never tried.