making a "mess"?

is it normal for a ball python to empty her bowels and blatter ALL OVER? it was the biggest mess ive ever seen? i didnt think about it as a breeding response so i moved them over to his tub and left them paired up and cleaned up her tub.. it was horrible.... but im wondering now after the fact... did i make a rookie mistake?

Yea they sometimes poop and pee all over the place when they are having none of it.. Had a girl do it two years in a row and then she settled down last year and allowed a male to breed her.

Funny enough exactly what your described happened in this picture minus moving them to his tub. Theyve been together since yesterday and this is what I woke up to. Bps like it dirty hahah
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...43543648_n.jpg

Peeing provides pheromones and is normal. I have a female that pees on all over tubs and males before locking and she is 4000 grams so it is quite a sight ,lol.

Many breeders will leave tubs with pee and sheds when adding males for the pheromones.

Nothing to worry about. Ours do it sometimes too. :gj:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...t/IMG_0937.jpg

You wanna see a mess? I'll take a pic of our female spider next time she poops. Every single time she spreads it around every inch of her tub and dumps her water. Brat! :rolleyes:

they were on polar opposites of the tub tonight, how can i tell if they are diggin eachother? my spider and 1900g female look to be a lock though ;) super excited to have something that resembles humping going on around here!

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Originally Posted by Tidus10

they were on polar opposites of the tub tonight, how can i tell if they are diggin eachother?

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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.454818,-76.539671

As stated...It's totally normal.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...s/DSCN2542.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ck-8-30-11.jpg

Especially when I have not yet witnessed a pair locking up, I will let her get extra dirty.

LOL, it sounds really bad but it is true... old pee and shed seems to stimulate the male. Different strokes for different folks I guess....

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