New Here, New to Ball Pythons

whats exactly is "eggbound"?

Its actually called Dystocia. Its when there is a blockage, or the eggs are too large to pass. Hence having females being a certain weight to be able to carry and lay eggs succesfully.

Some eggs may be bound together, or one may be too large or a weird shape to pass. In most cases the female is able to reabsorb the eggs, I know Leopard geckos do.


It can be caused by poor husbandry, insufficient laying area, poor diet, dehydration and again being too small for breeding, or not sexually mature enough to form eggs correctly.

ah i see, gracias!

Denada :D

De Nada

(no offense)

I couldn't find this thread for some reason, so I started a duplicate... sorry all... this is the OP from that... I'll catch on soon...

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This is Monte, the guy I picked up last night. He came from a pet store I used to work at with mites of some sort :rolleyes: of course. The guy I bought him from played dumb and well I'm a sucker, so I bought him anyway... but before I got there I kinda figured the snake would be from that store and have parasites... gosh I hate that store! I don't know anything about mites, can they bother cats/dogs/humans? They smush easily not like fleas so that was encouraging LOL Can they get out of his enclosure through the screen top? What do I need to do to help him? (or her... I call snakes male when I don't know...besides he was named Monte when I got him) Could they just be bugs that got in the reptibark?

He was pretty chill and nice last night. I held him for a while before putting him up for the week to acclimate to his new surroundings. He finally pulled out of his ball and explored a little bit. My sister was holding him for a while and said he tried to strike at her, but I kinda doubt it the way he was with me... I think sister just gets a little more nervous, but I didn't see it, maybe he did.

I ordered PAM online just now... it is superior to the ones I could get him today otc at petsmart, right?

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Originally Posted by gibbrishclown

I ordered PAM online just now... it is superior to the ones I could get him today otc at petsmart, right?

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WAY better than the stuff you can find at petsmart. While you're waiting for it to be delivered, you can bathe your snake in luke-warm (barely luke warm) water with just a drop of dish detergent in it. That will kill off the mites that are on him.

Also, clean out his enclosure, throw away all the old bedding and put down newspaper or paper towels for now. (Don't do this while the snake is in the "bath"...never leave them unattended in the water!!)

That should help him feel better until the mites can be killed off permanently by the PAM.

(btw...welcome aboard! :handshake )

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Originally Posted by JLC

WAY better than the stuff you can find at petsmart. While you're waiting for it to be delivered, you can bathe your snake in luke-warm (barely luke warm) water with just a drop of dish detergent in it. That will kill off the mites that are on him.

Also, clean out his enclosure, throw away all the old bedding and put down newspaper or paper towels for now. (Don't do this while the snake is in the "bath"...never leave them unattended in the water!!)

That should help him feel better until the mites can be killed off permanently by the PAM.

(btw...welcome aboard! :handshake )

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:carrot: Thank you!! I'm glad to be here

I'd never dealt with mites, but saw another thread dealing with them where PAM was discussed as THE WAY to treat and prevent (right?) mites... is it safe for the corn too? He has no sign of mites, but I feel bad because I brought them into the house.

Any kind of dish detergent? I won't kill him? I don't know how sensitive these guys are. He seems healthy though although I'm not sure I could spot a sick snake till it was almost too late...yet... let the education of Gibbrish Clown begin, :sunny:

He'll like the water?