This is a weird subject to search for.. Been looking online for a few hours with no real answers!

So I'll just ask you guys... I hope someone knows!

Anyway. Our 3 year old(supposed girl) ball python, Maru, sometimes open and closes her cloaca. Sort of looks like she's trying to 'use the restroom'.. She poops on a regular basis, and it's all healthy and she hasn't had any parasites so far(and no changes in poop appearance since we last checked at the vet--but we could always check again)

It's not a prolapse, there is nothing on the outside that should be on the inside, sometimes we can see inside but that's about it. It doesn't happen too frequently, but it does happen.

I just want to make sure everything is fine and normal. It's not like something you are likely to find on a caresheet, you know?

If everything is hunky dory..then awesome! But if something is wrong let me know!


Oh, she's housed in a 55 gallon.. Basking spot is 90, and she has a good gradient going down the tank to the low 80s, occasionally dipping to 75 at the coldest. She has a nice big waterbowl that she can fit in (but only does so before shedding occasionally) and we are careful to mist her tank and keep her humidity up(about 70 percent of the screen top is covered to keep heat and humidity from escaping.


My theory was it was probably us happening to handle her before she went to the bathroom or something.. That's what it LOOKS like, or like she's just flexing her butt muscles, lol! So hopefully it is just something that innocent and not some terrible sign that she is ill!

Thank you for your replies!
-Kat