don't know to expect or not.

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this girl is around 2800 grams, i have been pairing her since October. this was taken a few days ago and tonight she just shed. could this just be a shed before ovulation? since i have not seen her go through ovulation.

Keep an eye on her and see if she prefers the hot side

Not much else you can do I dont think

shes seems to just be sticking around there...only time will tell...

Is she still eating?

Accepting a male?

Usually they stop accepting a male when their done and about to ovulate or already have.

It could be her prelay shed, especially if she is refusing the male. I would make sure you are prepared for eggs in 30 days just in case.

she was eating great until she was going into shed. and then i stopped offering her food to wait till she was done shedding. male is in with another female at the moment. she just shed right before this post. i will keep cycling the male through her until something happens.

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

It could be her prelay shed, especially if she is refusing the male. I would make sure you are prepared for eggs in 30 days just in case.

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my incubator is fired up and ready to go:)

looks/sounds promising to me! Good luck!

Have you palpated her to see if she has follicles/eggs? If they are higher up then she has not ovulated yet, if they are on the lower 1/3 then she may have ovulated! You will have to keep an eye on her behavior to get an idea whats going on with her.

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Originally Posted by seeya205

Have you palpated her to see if she has follicles/eggs? If they are higher up then she has not ovulated yet, if they are on the lower 1/3 then she may have ovulated! You will have to keep an eye on her behavior to get an idea whats going on with her.

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being that this is my 1st year breeding balls i am not the best at palpating, a few of my other girls that are around 1700 grams i can feel the follicles inside them...but this girl is so solid(not saying im feeling a bunch of hard lumps in her by using the term solid) and big that i am having a hard time with her. i am only going off all the previous lock ups, the bowl wrapping and inverted laying that i have seen in the past from her to conclude shes on her way. but i know that is not exact either.

now i have read that some snakes will continue to eat right up to the day they lay....also they will continue to lock up with males right up till the day they lay....so i can't go off her refusing and or taking meals and locking and not locking..i'll just have to wait and see.:confused:

She does sound like she has building behaviour. This may be a pre ovy shed or a pre lay shed so you will just have to keep watching to see if she has an ovulation or if she is on her way to laying eggs. Here is a good website to check out the signs: http://www.ballpython.ca/gallery/breeding.html

Good luck!

i think it was a pre-ovy shed. but like i said only time will tell....yeah i pretty much have that website memorized lol...

i think it was just a pre-ovy shed...since the male and her are still locking up.