ok well the first few ones helped me but after bright posted no one answered my question
if she is going to lay eggs...how long after mating will i know?? what are the signs...sorry i'm gonna do some research but i was never planning on the two snakes to breed so i'm trying to get some responses from people that know.
oh and also should i feed her more in case this does happen that she gains some weight and get more nutrients?
10-01-2007, 09:45 PM
lord jackel
Re: premature breeding?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucero87
ok well the first few ones helped me but after bright posted no one answered my question
if she is going to lay eggs...how long after mating will i know?? what are the signs...sorry i'm gonna do some research but i was never planning on the two snakes to breed so i'm trying to get some responses from people that know.
oh and also should i feed her more in case this does happen that she gains some weight and get more nutrients?
Timing:
First she will ovulate - this could be whenever timing is not exact as the "season" to breed is early so she could hold the sperm for a few months.
After she ovulates about 2-3 weeks later she will have a post ovulation shed, then about 30 days after this shed she will lay eggs. (give or take a few days here or there)
As for feeding a fat ball is a sickly ball...so I would continue your normal feeding pattern - once a week and appropriate sized prey item.
10-01-2007, 09:48 PM
lord jackel
Re: premature breeding?
Just to put your mind at ease you have a lot working for you that she is NOT pregnant.
1. She wasn't cooled - so her body isn't ready to breed
2. She is small/young - most animals know they aren't ready to breed
3. She was only with a male a short time and only once.
4. On average even when we try to breed balls it usually only ends with eggs about 50% of the time (large scale rough avg. )
This doesn't mean chance encounters don't lead to eggs but I wouldn't lose sleep over it...just keep an eye out for the signs.
10-01-2007, 09:56 PM
Gecko Den
Re: premature breeding?
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Originally Posted by Lucero87
the other day i'm almost positive they were mating.
Before you get too worked up, and I'm a bit surprised this hasn't been asked, what leads you to believe they were mating? Were they locked up (I'll attach a pic of a lock up), and how long were they locked up? We're not talking geckos here with one pump and a jump; ball pythons stay locked up for hours, even days sometimes. If they were breeding you would be more than "almost positive"
yup it looked exactly like that and they were like that for i'd say about 20 mins-30 mins b4 i noticed and then when i moved i got startled (i had another post of when i was freaking out because one of the bp's was bleeding because they were mating and i startled them)
thanks for the answers btw
10-01-2007, 10:05 PM
SatanicIntention
Re: premature breeding?
Why were two snakes out roaming the floor for 20-30 minutes without supervision?
10-01-2007, 10:06 PM
Gecko Den
Re: premature breeding?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucero87
yup it looked exactly like that and they were like that for i'd say about 20 mins-30 mins b4 i noticed and then when i moved i got startled (i had another post of when i was freaking out because one of the bp's was bleeding because they were mating and i startled them)
thanks for the answers btw
Out of curiosity, if neither of you know what the sex is of your snakes what leads you to believe you have the female?
10-01-2007, 10:18 PM
Lucero87
Re: premature breeding?
they were being supervised i was in the room and they were next to me i just didn't think that they'd be doing that i was doing my hw and they were just still and i could see them out of the corner of my eye...well i believe that one is a female because one is A LOT bigger than the other, which i guess neccessarily doesn't mean anything but it did seem like they were locked together
