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Just to clarify, "tail suck" and building occur during or before ovulation.

Thanks for the clarification. The "art" of breeding ball pythons has evolved since the last time I bred any reptiles some 25-odd years ago, mostly chameleons & geckos, but did have a wild-caught gravid female BP drop a clutch on me once, (successfully incubated in my chamy incubator....way before "designer" ball pythons started showing up and it became an industry). I owned a reptile-specific pet store in the late 80's in SoCal...captive breeding was just getting going then, and breeding husbandry hadn't really been standardized yet. In the meantime breeders have refined techniques down to a science and I'm still playing a bit of catch up. Whatever the case, her last shed, (presumably, probably, a pre-lay shed), should mean eggs should be laid on the 23rd or 24th; at least according to Marcus Jayne's website info, and assuming she had ovulated prior to that shed, (confirmed by a poster earlier in this thread). She's obviously been uncomfortable, laying inverted, moving around and such, so I think I'm reading her signs correctly and I should see a clutch by next week, (hopeful wishing.... ). All I can do is wait and let her do her thing, (or not do her thing...), and report back.

For some reason the site says I removed the photos in some previous posts, (I didn't), but I'll see if I can remedy that so you can go back and confirm the "glow" from those earlier pics.

S