Please help! FREAKING out right now...

[Inknsteel]

I posted this thread earlier today that my normal female looked like she was about to blow.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-about-to-blow!

I got home from work tonight and when I checked on her, this is what I found...



I hope the image works. For some reason I can't see any pics from my laptop right now... Anyway, she's laying inverted and looked dead when I walked in. I slid open her tub and she didn't flinch until I touched her. She sucked in a big breath and almost looked like she tried to push the eggs out for a second, then stopped. She righted herself for a minute, but now has gone back to laying partially inverted, more on her side. I'm nervous about her becoming eggbound because she was a picky eater when she was young and was slow to put on size. After 4 years, she got up to about 1350g and that's when I started pairing her. She stopped eating in December and hasn't taken a meal since (her last was on 12/11/11).

As I type this, I see movement in the tub, as if maybe she's still trying to move the eggs down or push them out. She seems to have mostly righted herself again, but she's still acting... strange...

So, am I just having first time breeder jitters and nervousness, or is this more of something to be worried about?

[sookieball]

Your all good. Congrats! She's about to lay! Don't bother her!

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[coldbloodaddict]

I can't see the pic, but Gravid females lay in all kinds of weird positions...I'm sure she's fine.

[angllady2]

Give her peace and quiet. To disturb her now is only going to make her job harder.

Check on her in a few hours, and she will almost certainly have an egg or two.

Gale

[Inknsteel]

Thanks for the reassurances. I just looked in the tub half-expecting to see eggs when I got home and saw what I thought was a dead snake. She's my first, the one who started the hobby for me and I was prepared to do anything I had to do to make sure she was ok... Thanks again!!!

[MorphMaster]

Yeah that is just a gravid thing. She will be alright. She is probably positioning eggs for laying. Get the incubator ready

[h00blah]

Lets guess how many eggs she has!!! I vote 5 eggs!

[therunaway]

I say four eggs.

[Tempestas]

I say 6 eggs Fingers crossed for a healthy clutch my friend

[heathers*bps]

When I opened this thread and saw the pic I said out loud "oh holy $@&!". In that pic it looks like she is dead........

But then thinking she's about to lay eggs, I realized its normal. All is well and you should have eggs soon

I say 6 eggs