If the female laid a few days ago and just now had a roll out, most likely due to the male being there, it would have less of a chance of surviving if it wasn't placed back immediately and the right side up.
BPs fight. We all know that. Being stressed about another snake getting close to her eggs could easily cause her to jerk and possibly damage or lose eggs. Possibly even get so annoyed that she abandons them.
I'm sorry but I can't assume that the husbandry is spot on and appropriate for maternal Incubation if the OP was not aware that they should not be kept together. Hence my post about tweaking the heat and humidity.
Maybe the OP can clear it up and tell us what the enclosure consists of. Their methods of heating and keeping humidity high etc.. All being controlled by a thermostat, thermometer, and hygrometer.. If the conditions are right for maternal incubation (similar to the very warm and humid environment of a termite mound) then I will retract my previous statement.
When we incubate our eggs, we set the incubator to 88-90 degrees with up to 100% humidity (in the case of substrateless method). Knowing that a BP can not produce any heat to artificially warm the eggs, and that they are only capable of loosening coils to let them cool down if they are too hot, then the average tank style enclosure that most people start out with would be inappropriate without some tweaking. Especially if the owner did not do research on the proper husbandry for BPs. Not pet store husbandry either.








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