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    Re: How to tell if you have a sub Saharan ball python?

    Okay. Here is a snake that is gravid. (Pic from wiki commons)



    She is wider, yes, but she's still has a defined spine and no fat rolls when she coils, just some normal wrinkles.

    Here is a pic of a snake who is obese which I yoinked from from wheremyscalesslither's post about recognizing obesity in ball pythons, which you should probably read. (They grabbed it from a facebook group post but did not credit the source so as not to direct unwanted attention at the owner of the snake).



    Observe the sunken spine and fat rolls. Now go look at your snake again. Eggs do not cause those kinds of rolls. In fact, they're large, solid objects inside the female's body and make tightly coiling kind of hard/uncomfortable. She could very well be also gravid, but she is definitely a bit on the chunky monkey side.

    Also, taking a third look at your pic, it looks like your male might be having a bad shed?

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