Strange behaviour/gravid? ball python
Hello, everyone! I'm hoping someone can offer some insight and advice on my issue.
I have a 13 year old female ball python. I've owned her her whole life. I am not a breeder and never planned to be so I'm out of my element. She's my only snake. But my girl layed a parthenogenetic clutch last year.. 5 healthy babies. It was wild because I didn't know they could do that lol. The birth was hard on her though and I hadn't got her back to full weight before she went off food about 4 months ago. In the last week or so she's been acting so strange.. which makes me think she's gone and impregnated herself again. Or there is something wrong.. the last time she allowed me to hold her, it didn't feel like eggs in her but I wasn't really looking and not experienced in this so I don't know.
She's been pacing like crazy, was soaking in her bath, then crawling up her branch to bask, aggressive and skittish lately (so I'm leaving her alone), back and forth from hot to cold side, barely sleeping, peeing lots. She has been pushing her bedding away under her hides which looks like nesting. She is normally very docile and friendly and generally isn't too active unless hungry. So she is not herself at all. So I'm very concerned. Her temps are fine and thermostat hasn't malfunctioned.
What do you guys think??
If she is gravid, is there concern that she was on the thinner side? What should I do for her?
How do I keep her from doing this again?
Thank you for your time!
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