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Do Ball pythons eat during Maternal Incubation?
Common question I often get: Do Ball pythons eat during Maternal Incubation?
In my experience (several maternal incubation clutches over the last decade), it can vary depending on the individual- some refuse the entire time, others will show interest in food. This LemonBlast female has taken 3 meals so far. I will offer food every 10-14 days starting a few days after laying. She's around day 40 in the video.
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Re: Do Ball pythons eat during Maternal Incubation?
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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awesome to see that, it is something I have been wondering about my self but mainly about how to feed them when they are on the eggs.
some of mine are very agressive feeders and I am really worried about that she could crush her eggs when constricting her rat (I feed F/T but they constrict none the less) is this a reasonable fear or something that just wont happen?
I got no eggs at the moment just thinking about the near future
Last edited by ARBallMorphs; 10-06-2015 at 05:49 AM.
YouTube channel; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCue...yj1vBeeIUZVl2Q
Females;
Normal 100% het. Hypo, Lesser Pastel, Super Fire, Leopard, Mojave, Pastel het. Piebald, Orange Ghost, Pastel 100% het. Clown, Normal (very clean and reduced patterned) 100% het. Clown, Enchi, Pinstripe, Black Pewter, Albino 100% het. Piebald, Normal 66% ph Hypo, Normal 66% ph Piebald
Males;
Clown, Super Pastel Calico, HGWG, Pastel 100% het Piebald, Cardamon Fire 50% ph Hypo, Banana, GHI, Cinnamon 66%ph Piebald
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Re: Do Ball pythons eat during Maternal Incubation?
Great question! I've never had a female crush or harm her own eggs when constricting prey. It's like they know exactly how much to coil!
 Originally Posted by ARBallMorphs
awesome to see that, it is something I have been wondering about my self but mainly about how to feed them when they are on the eggs.
some of mine are very agressive feeders and I am really worried about that she could crush her eggs when constricting her rat (I feed F/T but they constrict none the less) is this a reasonable fear or something that just wont happen?
I got no eggs at the moment just thinking about the near future
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Re: Do Ball pythons eat during Maternal Incubation?
YouTube channel; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCue...yj1vBeeIUZVl2Q
Females;
Normal 100% het. Hypo, Lesser Pastel, Super Fire, Leopard, Mojave, Pastel het. Piebald, Orange Ghost, Pastel 100% het. Clown, Normal (very clean and reduced patterned) 100% het. Clown, Enchi, Pinstripe, Black Pewter, Albino 100% het. Piebald, Normal 66% ph Hypo, Normal 66% ph Piebald
Males;
Clown, Super Pastel Calico, HGWG, Pastel 100% het Piebald, Cardamon Fire 50% ph Hypo, Banana, GHI, Cinnamon 66%ph Piebald
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Re: Do Ball pythons eat during Maternal Incubation?
No problem! I'm happy to share my experiences.
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ARBallMorphs (10-15-2015)
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Good video, thank you so much!
I've wondered if Moms ate during incubation.
The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.
1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
Mack The Knife, 2013
Lizzy, 2010
Etta, 2013
1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
Esmarelda , 2014
Sundance, 2012
2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017
Please excuse the spelling in my posts. Auto-Correct is my worst enema.
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Happy to see others who maternally incubate. 
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Re: Do Ball pythons eat during Maternal Incubation?
Her clutch actually pipped this week! I'll be posting some photos/video soon!
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