My female ball python changed colors.

Hello. I've had my female ball python for about 7 years now. She's always been a dark greenish brown color. Today, I took her out of the tank, and she DRASTICALLY changed colors. She looks like a different snake now. (However, she has been mating with my male ball python for quite some time now. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.)

But here are some before and after photos of her.

(She's the darker one on the bottom)
http://i41.tinypic.com/30mc1g9.jpg


This is her now.
http://i41.tinypic.com/9asdi0.jpg




Any ideas?

She has the glow!!! congrats.

Are you set up with bator etc.

Get your incubator setup and leave her be :)

what a gorgeous looking preggo. she almost looks like a mojave to me.

Nice glow. Keep an eye out for an ovulation. It looks like it's on its way. :gj:

Woo! Better get your incubator set up pretty quick! She's gonna ovulate any day LOL

I've heard several different methods as far as incubating goes. What would you guys suggest? I've seen dozens and dozens of tubs full of incubated eggs, and it doesn't look like there's any heat source.

What are some good, stable methods of incubating?

Heres a diy thread for one

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73482

You posted asking about breeding back in JULY. You said you had read up on it quite a lot. You posted again that "they did it" back in AUGUST.

And you are just now asking about incubating methods? You've read up on it, but you don't even know enough to know that the reason you don't see any heat source on all those egg tubs is because those tubs go inside an incubator?

Please read up on it and ask any necessary questions NOW. And please don't wait for the eggs to start hatching before you ask about how to care for the babies.

Yes, I back in July I did post, saying I did read up on it quite a bit. Here, I just posted that I am aware of several methods. I wasn't stating anything different in either of those. I was curious as to how people on here chose to incubate their eggs. My curiosity shouldn't present a problem, neither should my wanting to explore around a bit and possibly find easier/better/safer ways to incubate them.

I log on here, and I post on here, for questions I need answered, all leading to the well being of my reptiles. Not to be hassled.

Understand, and try to be polite. :oops:

Also, when I saw those other eggs, there were about 30-40 small tubs of them, on completely bare racks. So I was a little curious as to how the stable temperatures were being maintained. It's not like I saw wires in back, or obvious heat source apparatuses, and still questioned. It was validated curiosity. So drop it. :gj:

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Also, when I saw those other eggs, there were about 30-40 small tubs of them, on completely bare racks. So I was a little curious as to how the stable temperatures were being maintained. It's not like I saw wires in back, or obvious heat source apparatuses, and still questioned. It was validated curiosity. So drop it. :gj:

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It's possible you were looking at shots from inside a room or closet incubator. Some larger scaled breeders will set up an entire room or closet as an incubator and keep the temps in that room at a consistent incubating temperature.

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Originally Posted by Leda

Yes, I back in July I did post, saying I did read up on it quite a bit. Here, I just posted that I am aware of several methods. I wasn't stating anything different in either of those. I was curious as to how people on here chose to incubate their eggs. My curiosity shouldn't present a problem, neither should my wanting to explore around a bit and possibly find easier/better/safer ways to incubate them.

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You're right. There is nothing wrong with your curiosity. Wanting to explore around and find the best ways of doing things is a good thing. I never said otherwise. In fact, I suggested you read up on it and ask questions.

My point is that you've had 7+ months from the date of your first post about breeding to do your research and ask questions and explore your curiosity. But apparently you didn't. You came on her asking if anyone had any ideas why your female changed colors. If you had researched breeding, you would have known why. In one of your previous threads, you were given a link to a page that explains "they glow before they go".

Then you asked "What are some good, stable methods of incubating?" If you had researched, you would know plenty. Now you say you wanted to know how people on here do it. OK, I can understand that you worded it a little badly so it sounded like you were asking how to do it, when you really were asking which method is best. But it still doesn't explain why you don't already know the answer, because you could have been reading posts and asking questions on here for the past 7+ months.

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Understand, and try to be polite. :oops:

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No. I will not "understand" why you have bred animals but not done the research to understand the process and how to take care of the eggs. As far as being polite, I was. I said "please". I didn't attack some of the other things I could have attacked, like why the age of your female keeps changing and a few other inconsistencies, because I wasn't out to attack you.

So again, I will say please. Please start now, from whatever level of knowledge you have, and do all the necessary research and question asking to see you all the way through this. I just don't want to see you disappointed and baby snakes dead because you don't get your incubator set up soon enough, or not properly, or your substrate is too wet or too dry, or you don't know that the press n seal can't stay sealed constantly for the 60 or so days the eggs take to hatch because they need to breathe, or because you don't know how to set up a hatchling tub, or what to do when a baby crawls out of its egg with the yolk still attached, or how to get a stubborn hatchling to start eating. These are all things I know off the top of my head because I've been researching off and on for over a year now, and my biggest females won't be ready to breed until next season. And, no, I'm not claiming I know every detail about it. Not even close. What I do know is that there is an awful lot to know, so researching it is not something to undertake at the last minute.

Basically, I'm glad you are on here asking questions. I don't understand people who breed animals when they don't know what they are doing. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your posts and you know more than it sounds like. But someone raised this concern in one of your threads from 7+ months ago, so it isn't just me. Now you've had all this time, and you still don't sound like you know what you are doing. So I'm concerned, and asking you to please do your research now. All of it.

I will post further questions, as they come to me. - There's a rather popular pet store in the next town that breeds the majority of their reptiles, I will more than likely stop by down there to take a peek and see if they're in stock of any materials.

I will be updating how my female is doing, (I'm kind of nervous that the glow just might be a fluke and disappear, and have it turn out that she's not actually going to lay). Although she IS a completely different mix of colors. So far, glowing is the only symptom. What order do these symptoms go in? I haven't seen her with her belly up, and I haven't seen her laying in/around her water dish. I suppose we'll see shortly if she refuses food. That will be a big surprise, (She NEVER refuses a rat).


P.S - Forgive me for not reading your comment in it's entirety. There was a lot of "You said..." and "Then I said..." - I am aware of what I said, I was there, and I am aware of the things you've said, considering I've replied to them. I don't need to be told what happened all over again. But thank you for your concerns, and your information. ;)

lol thats awesome. hey not all KC's are rude...good luck on the eggs. that female is gorgeous.:D