Greetings,
She does not look fat. A photo of the full length of the snake would be more helpful in guessing...and without palpating: guessing is exactly what we would be doing.
+If she is not 3rd winter or older-even with successful breeding-ovulation would not be an indicator of gravidity. I see a lot of new breeders get discouraged when their immature females do not lay eggs...
There is no sense of scale in the photos, but that water bowl looks super small for a ball python that size (imo). My breeder females that are ovulating/gravid feel a lot more comfortable floating around in the water...they will usually leave the water a week or two before they lay eggs. One breeder told me that they didn't want the eggs to get laid in the water. I've heard stories, but I have never *ever* seen one of my ball python lay eggs in the water...
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