need some help

[cnrcpla95]

i have my female ball python who has been sucessfully bred before in the past, however i cant tell of the is gravid this season. she looks really thick in the middle, and skinny near the tail. by really thick in the middle, i mean i can just bearly fit my hand around her on the thickest point. she is rather restless recently, moving all over the place and she is still eating. she is always in the hottest part of the tank under the black box that she has laid eggs in before. she hasnt shed in a month or so, so im thinking that maybe the next one will be the pre lay? [IMG]file:///var/folders/kh/khEQzg2pFLSvTOFU0RqXe29I5Ds/-Tmp-/com.apple.PhotoBooth-T0x100117880.tmp.laCXsN/Photo%20on%202011-05-02%20at%2021.55.jpg[/IMG] (not sure if this picture will work, but it is her with a water bottle for comparison)

[cnrcpla95]

nope picture doesnt work, sorry. but she is a little short of the girth of a poland springs water bottle

[Kinra]

nope picture doesnt work, sorry. but she is a little short of the girth of a poland springs water bottle

Try up loading the picture to the galleries here or hosting it on photobucket then you can use the IMG tag and people can see it.

[cnrcpla95]

this is in the members gallery. i changed the picture to that of a heating lamp bulb, you can see the thicker part of her.

[cnrcpla95]

the link didnt show up http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/show...hp?i=36112&c=3 well this is the link, whether or not you can see it is a different story, but it is in the members gallery tags are: female, pregnant,

[bobmurffy]

to me it doesnt look like she is... but thats just IMO

[abi21491]

Doesn't look gravid to me, but that doesn't mean she isn't building follicles. Would need a full body shot, but if she is still eating she probably isn't that far along.

[cnrcpla95]

ok. i dont think she is gravid either but i wanted some second oppinions. im going to put them into hybernation for a little while and then put them back together and see if i can observe any mating. thanks for the second oppinions

[Quiet Tempest]

Wait, what do you mean by putting them back into hibernation? Balls don't hibernate. Just separate them for a bit and reintroduce when you've got a strong storm front passing through. The drop in barometric pressure sometimes triggers a good breeding response from them.

[cnrcpla95]

really? i never would have even thought that. well one storm just stopped but another one is comming in another night or so, so i will put them back together. thanks for that bit of info i didnt know that.