female ball python behavior

[devildrgn21]

do females get territorial, as an example, say you think you have a male but it turns out to be female and you put them into the same take, how does the female react does she tail wag or does she act normal? I have what i think is female ,but maybe a male. i only think this cause it's three years old and still 567grams and I stuck (it) with my proven female and my proven female started tail wagging?

[albinos_rule]

567 is MUCH too small to breed!!!!!!!!! Please leave the breeding up to people who know what they are doing

[Christycat]

it's three years old and still 567grams

Yowsers...

First of all, before you start throwing snakes in with one another, you might want to get them sexed if you don't know how. If it's a male, 567 is okay to breed to a female.

[mohawk]

567 is MUCH too small to breed!!!!!!!!! Please leave the breeding up to people who know what they are doing

Not if it's a Male ...............

[MarkS]

I personally have not seen a female tail wag when placed with another female though I suppose it could happen, I just don't recall seeing it. I have seen females tail wag when placing a male in their cage but then again I don't intentionally place another female in the cage when I'm attempting to breed them. Less than 600g is pretty small for a 3 year old female, but it's certainly possible. As I've said before I'll breed any female that's more than 3 years old, I think the smallest female I've successfully bred was around 800g. If their body is mature enough and they're in good shape it's not a problem, they just produce smaller clutches of smaller than average sized eggs.

From what you're saying though, it wouldn't surprise me at all if your small female turns out to actually be male.