I don't know what to make of this. She has eggs...again?

At first I didn't think anything of her, I just thought she was being weird, and looked kind of chubby. But, I took her out last night for the first time in a long time when I had people over checking out the snakes. These were non snake people and they even made a comment about how fat she looked. I have only been feeding her 1 small rat a week because my rats are running behind.

She has been laying like this for a good month and I didn't think anything of it because she already laid this year. The other three females that laid have been on the cool side mostly.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/001-7.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/002-8.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/003-9.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/006-8.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/004-9.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/005-6.jpg

And just for reference, here is her sister that laid about the same time. She's still pretty thin.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/008-7.jpg

And this is the girl in question on eggs, I think she laid them in June, so if she had some left or was impacted she would be dead by now-or at least I would think so
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/010-1.jpg

I really don't know what to think. I was going to shut down my incubator until April-ish, but know I don't now if i should wait a bit just in case, or if this girl has something else weird going on. She's squishy like it's eggs, so I don't think she's impacted, but I don't know. I need some opinions. I'm kind of stressed about it, it looks like eggs to me, but I don't know how that could happen, and I really don't want to lose her if it's something else.

I had a girl who layed this year that I was thinking the same thing about, turned out she was just constipated. Give her a bath and you might be suprised at the load she drops and no it wasn't eggs. lol. Let us know either way though.

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I had a girl who layed this year that I was thinking the same thing about, turned out she was just constipated. Give her a bath and you might be suprised at the load she drops and no it wasn't eggs. lol. Let us know either way though.

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That's what I was wondering about. I haven't ever had that happen, so I wasn't sure what it would look like. I might have to try that and see what happens.

Have you palpated her? I would do so over a tub or trash can, because you just may palpate out something you don't want to! LOL:D

If a ball python can lay an egg with quads in it, I figure that anything can happen. It would be majorly weird, but in a cool way, if she did produce another clutch.

yup, looks like shes got to go poop. and it will be interesting. like rottweiler interesting....lol
adam jeffery

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yup, looks like shes got to go poop. and it will be interesting. like rottweiler interesting....lol
adam jeffery

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LOL:rofl::rofl:

I've never heard of python species double clutching, but some colubrids will do it. My bet is she's been eating well and will use the restroom soon.

Try to help her pass a nice healthy poopy, lol, but if she doesn't then u can have ur vet do an ultrasound or an x-ray. My vet has something similar to an xray but is far better and so clear is amazing. I'm sorry I forgot what its called. But if anything is in there u can see exactly what it is

That happened to our boa.. She had gotten a bit constipated, so we had to give her a bath and we gently gave her a belly rub.. Then, she shot out the turd that was blocking the whole-and the rest shot out. And let me tell you.. It was the NASTIEST thing!!! :O

No eggs shes just really gotta go. After those eggies they want to hold everything in so they get as much as possible from it. It just seems they're a little slow to let it back out. When my girls do that I just give them a nice long soak. Believe me you want that to come out in the tub. That's gonna be NASTY.


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The girl i posted breeding to my lemon blast was exactly like that. At first i was like wait i didnt breed her this year but she was breed the year before maybe she held onto the sperm. turned out i put her with the male and out came the most disgusting poop and she is back to normal. Even locked with the male.

A nice soaking seems to be in order. Keep plenty of paper towels close by!

Cool thanks everyone! It was definitely stressing me out! She must be jammed packed full! I will give her a soak and see what happens. Palpating and running my hand down her isn't doing anything. If nothing happens after soaking her I'm definitely thinking about a vet check.

I bet you will find something like this:
(put a battery in for size reference.. :p)

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/S1350009.jpg

Greets,

Yaron

Holy moly that is gross, lol!

Think I have the same issue. She just laid. Ate three times. Hasn't pooped in 40 days after laying. She is huge!! And I think I feel something small and hard at the end though. Very small.

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Had a female do same thing, Its normal for some females to become constipated after laying.

soak her in warm water for 45 mins and shell let it loose.

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Think I have the same issue. She just laid. Ate three times. Hasn't pooped in 40 days after laying. She is huge!! And I think I feel something small and hard at the end though. Very small.

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Your problem dont look like constipation but rather egg binding. Soaking daily with massage will confirm either or.

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Your problem dont look like constipation but rather egg binding. Soaking daily with massage will confirm either or.

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To Subdriven, I was thinking the same thing.

O.o. Serious? She had alot of weird sized eggs. But looked like she didn't have any left. I could be wrong, that is why I'm asking. I've soaked twice and rubbed each time. Will that help on egg binding too?

I had this happen two times while breeding balls. Both times the girls were impacted. Each had one egg left. I had to manually remove the egg, and then they were able to release the buildup. Both times the girls were over 2000 grams, so please don't think this only happens with small females.

She was 1700 AFTER laying 9 eggs. She is not a young small girl.

How do I do that? I want her healthy again. She won't move at all anymore.

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She was 1700 AFTER laying 9 eggs. She is not a young small girl.

How do I do that? I want her healthy again. She won't move at all anymore.

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Sounds like a trip to the vet is in order!

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OMG!!! I just massaged my girl for 20 min and worked 4 eggs out!!! That would of been 13 eggs. But feels like 1 might still be in there higher up.

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Yikes! Glad you got those worked out! That could have been serious trouble!!! Keep a close eye on her, and if anything changes that you can't handle, she's gonna need a vet!

I feel so bad. I checked and found nothing after she layed. But I'm new. And I thought she just needed to do a big poo. Thank you everyone. Even if I hi jacked this thread. Sorry. But it saved my big girl!

That's what forums like this are for! :)

Glad you got them out. The way the rear was shaped was in my head EGGS.. Tomorrow do the same, soak her then massage to be sure none are left. If any are left after getting them out, she may be able to do so on her own now.

Woohoo!! The last one was a turd!

Lucky you. Good job getting them out. It could've killed her if it went longer. What happened with the original snake in question??

if you soak her and she still doesn't go. clean her tub, mine always go after I clean the tubs :O