Unexpected Eggs

thats amazing but how the heck can she have babies without a daddy????? im confused as hell unless she was with a male while u were gone....idk anyway good luck:gj:

Any updates or new pictures? I'd love to see em! :)

Me too!

Here is the latest. I had to put Bugsy down because she continued to have problems with her eyes and she would not eat on her own. Rocco is eating great and getting huge. Cleo is smaller than Rocco and will only eat every 2 weeks. If I try to feed her once a week, she kills the mouse and leaves it.

I will try to take some new pics by the end of the week and post them here.

Thanks for the continued interest guys.

Sorry to hear you had to put Bugsy down :(. We have a hatchling with the same condition and while his eyes drained completely they filled back up with fluids recently and even with assist feedings he's still not growing or thriving.

I'm glad to hear the others are doing well though :).


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That is exactly what I experienced with Bugsy :(

Wow what an amazing story! This is one of the few thread this long that I read from beginning to end! I have to admit I had to take a break to look up Parthenogenesis, and I found the following post. http://forum.kingsnake.com/ball/messages/74370.html

If anyone is interested. I am curious as to where you are at in SW Ohio. I live in Erlanger KY myself. Did anyone that studies pathenogenesis ever contact you?

I am sorry to hear about your mother, and Bugsy. :(

I am sorry but to me something just stinks about this whole story. Has there ever been any scientific proof of a female ball python laying eggs without mating?

Sounds like a crock to me...

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Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh

I am sorry but to me something just stinks about this whole story. Has there ever been any scientific proof of a female ball python laying eggs without mating?

Sounds like a crock to me...

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Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh

I am sorry but to me something just stinks about this whole story. Has there ever been any scientific proof of a female ball python laying eggs without mating?

Sounds like a crock to me...

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Yes it's called parthenogenesis and it does happen very rarely in ball pythons. Way to be a wet blanket.