Just noticed something going on the past few days with three of our adult female ball pythons. All three are good sized females, all three have cycled at least twice with a male and I've observed locks with all pairings. All these females on are layers of newspaper instead of a loose substrate. I have not seen any large ovulation swellings yet.

The odd behaviour is all of a sudden all 3 of these females are trashing their enclosures. Where they used to just laze around or use a hide, they are now burrowing under and between layers of newpaper, hauling it around, scrunching it up, even ripping it here and there. Basically trashing their enclosures daily which is not normal for any of them.

I swear if you looked in those three tubs you'd think I don't tidy tubs...what a mess! The females all seem quite content with their mess, coiled up under the newspaper tents and burrows they've created so I haven't disturbed them.

Has anyone else experienced this with adult breeding female ball pythons that are on newspaper?