Female going wild!!!!

[BallPython17]

I have a female ball python that sometimes when I throw a male in her enclosure she starts going crazy and starts pushing against the top of her enclosure and she flips everything in the cage. Is that normal?

[rabernet]

How sure are you that she's a female? Sounds like combat behavior that usually occurs between two males.

[Wh00h0069]

How sure are you that she's a female? Sounds like combat behavior that usually occurs between two males.

I was going to say the same thing.

[BallPython17]

Im 100% sure because my friend popped her for me. I tought it was combat behavior at first but first of shes a female, and at the same time she doesn't even touch the other snake when shes thrashing around the cage.

[Tosha_Mc]

Yeah - even the girls do that some times.

[BallPython17]

So your saying its normal if they do that? Shes done it twice already.

[Ginevive]

Is she tail-wagging? One of my females does this, and it can be pretty noisy!

[BallPython17]

Nope, she just goes slithering around really fast bumping into everything, she pushes her waterbowl across the cage.

[Tosha_Mc]

I have a girl that will routinely push males out of the tub if I don't close it fast enough - they thrash around for a bit like combating males and then settle in for a couple of days of mad love. I have seen others push the males around. It happens but I don't have the expereince to call it normal or tell you what it means or why they do it.

Maybe it's just rough foreplay?

[BallPython17]

I guess as long as their not hurting each other they'll be ok.