Female ball resting belly up?

The last time I checked on my female ball python she was resting with part of her belly face up. I was just wondering if that's something to worry about? I know she isn't gravid she's never been bred, I have never housed her with a male and I've had her since she was tiny. Any advice would be appreciated.

The collection of
Rachelle/shelliebear &
I Max/DeathMetalMax

1.0 Ringer wild type bp
1.0 Dark wild type/Dinker bp
0.1 Bright wild type/Dinker bp
1.0 Butter motley corn
0.1 Ultramel motley corn

They sometimes lay in weird positions. Any chance she'd eaten a big meal recently? Sometimes they'll lay sideways or even upside down, maybe to relieve the pressure of undigested prey. And sometimes they're just weird.

my female spider does that from time to time i wouldn't worry. she will coil with the end of her belly/tail upside down

My spider was laying like that once when I lifted up his hide.. I immediately started crying because I thought he was dead :rolleyes: Turns out he was just being weird. I wouldn't worry.

i do believe that females will do that when they develope follicles to get comfortable .

my female spider is 80 grams so i dont think she has any follicles =P

I have heard they do it for heat transfer as well

Doesn't sound all that crazy to me. Ball pythons will do some of the weirdest things sometimes. Might be a different story if they stay that way for more than a day and are acting different as well.

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Originally Posted by mustang91302

I have heard they do it for heat transfer as well

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This could be, snakes will lay on their backs to avoid too much heat also.

thats good info to have now

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Originally Posted by jfaria1891

my female spider is 80 grams so i dont think she has any follicles =P

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My male bp does it from time to time. Each time he does this I immediately have to check and make sure he hasn't died on me. At first it worries me and then I think it is cute. :P
I have noticed my bp does this when he is about to shed. I think he gets uncomfortable due to being in shed--that is my reasoning at least. Any other ideas?

Exhibit A and B:

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...1/xanxan-1.jpg

http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/z...02140495_n.jpg

Thanks for the advice everyone. I was pretty sure she was fine I just thought it would be good to get a second opinion. She just ate, shed and is righting herself perfectly fine so she's looking good. :gj: