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Ok wth
How is it possible for my bp to make eggs when she was never with another snake???? and i had her since hatchling! obviousely, i they aren't actually babies but somethings not right with this picture
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post picture.
Females can lay infertile eggs without ever breeding. Called sexual maturity and menstrual cycle. More frequent with colubrids that boids.
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Wow, I've never heard of such a thing with a BP. Must be rather rare!
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It happens with Females and not as rare as you think. More females you get the better the odds are in your favor
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Yea i have had that happen a lot with monitors and beardies, not as much in snakes. But its always weird to go into the cage and see eggs sitting there lol. I guess it would be weirder if you thought it was a male and you saw eggs HAHAHA
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Re: Ok wth
I've actually heard a couple of different stories about ball pythons that laid FERTILE eggs who were never introduced to males, ever. There's a technical term for the phenomenon, but I'm drawing a complete blank about what it is. 
No idea if that is what has happened in your case, but I hope you'll keep us in the loop.
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Re: Ok wth
 Originally Posted by JLC
I've actually heard a couple of different stories about ball pythons that laid FERTILE eggs who were never introduced to males, ever. There's a technical term for the phenomenon, but I'm drawing a complete blank about what it is.
Parthenogenesis.
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Re: Ok wth
Hi,
Originally Posted by neur0tix
How is it possible for my bp to make eggs when she was never with another snake???? and i had her since hatchling! obviousely, i they aren't actually babies but somethings not right with this picture
Reading back over your thread history a few questions spring to mind.
Is this snake one of the year old ones? Was it one of the ones that was kept in the same tank with another ball python?
What weight is it? What age is it? What sex is it?
Can we see a picture of these eggs?
Can we see a picture of the snake?
dr del
Last edited by dr del; 12-30-2010 at 07:01 PM.
Reason: spelling (yet again)
Derek
7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.
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Re: Ok wth
Birds do this all the time.... Although with Dr. del's Questions, I bet theres more to this story. 
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