can 2 ball pythons females lock?

[sasT]

I have heard of 2 males locking, however I am wondering if it is possible for 2 females to lock? .. or is it just not in their nature to do so
thank you and best regards

[Capray]

Lmao! I suppose if there was some hormone defficiency then they might try but I don't think they could actually enter eachother unless they were hermaphradidic.

[Zombie]

I've never heard of 2 females locking.

Like you said, males will as a dominance thing...

[SlitherinSisters]

I've never heard of it happening, but these guys never go by the book so I suppose it could happen, but it's highly unlikely.

[jschwe]

I don't know if they'd try, but (and I am not in any way science-minded so I could be wrong here) I dont think that they physically could...they don't have anything to lock with.

[ewaldrep]

its more of a scissor thing

[loonunit]

They do try. I've housed females together, and breeding females in particular will often curl together and align their tails as if they're trying to lock. I have pictures somewhere if you want to see it.

But I never saw it anywhere near as often as I saw it when I had my males together in a bachelor tank. And there was little to no wrestling from the girls.