The wildest Ball Python story EVER!!!

[DanRC30]

Ok, here goes... most probably won't believe me, but this is 100% true and happened last Sunday.

I walked by my reptile room, and noticed something out of the corner of my eye. I went over, and found one of my large female ball python the floor! She escaped from her vision cage! The door was slightly open, so I figured I must've left it open just a lil bit... enough for her to squeeze out. I also noticed another cage on the other side of the room was open a lil bit. This cage is where I keep my White Lip python. He was still in there, but I was concerned because I never leave cages open.

I put her back in the cage, closed both cages and left the room. I went back a few hours later, and again, the vision was open and she was gone! I freaked out because nobody else went into the room! I searched for hours for her all over the place. She was nowhere to be found. I then noticed that the white lip python cage was open... again!!!! :eek: I looked in the cage, and the white lip was still in there chilling out. But guess who was in there as well.... yup! The female was in his lil hide spot under the heater while he was on the other side of the cage! Can you believe this? I've (rarely) had snakes escape before (never from a vision though), but I've NEVER had one leave a cage and open up another one to go inside!!! Both cages have heavy sliding glass doors.

So, now she's in with the white lip and they are just hanging out together. I figure, hey, if she wants in that bad, why not just leave her there?

I have no idea why she did this, unless she retained sperm from this past breeding season and is cycling herself to lay eggs again!

Has anyone had anything close to this happen to them???

[recycling goddess]

no i haven't but i'd definitely reconsider letting them be housed together.

[elevatethis]

So, now she's in with the white lip and they are just hanging out together. I figure, hey, if she wants in that bad, why not just leave her there?

Horrible idea.

I have no idea why she did this, unless she retained sperm from this past breeding season and is cycling herself to lay eggs again!

I don't see how any causal relationship between those two events could exist. Moreoever, ball pythons do not "cycle themselves."

[DanRC30]

They are getting along fine. The ball python weighs more than the white lip. He's not an adult so there's nothing bad going to happen. Hey, I've seen pics of ball pythons breeding with Retic's before!!! Imagine that!

[elevatethis]

They are getting along fine. The ball python weighs more than the white lip. He's not an adult so there's nothing bad going to happen. Hey, I've seen pics of ball pythons breeding with Retic's before!!! Imagine that!

Ding Ding! Let's get it on!

[DanRC30]

I don't see how any causal relationship between those two events could exist. Moreoever, ball pythons do not "cycle themselves."

Then why does she want to be in that cage so badly to escape from her cage 2x and open the white lip cage 2x?!?!?!?

[DanRC30]

Ding Ding! Let's get it on!

Right. The babies would either be a D'Alballtis, or a White-Ball python...

[recycling goddess]

well the first time you said both cages were open but she was on the floor... so she didn't go to stay the first time.

and... if these cages are escape proof... this all seems a bit off to me.

[Smulkin]

They are getting along fine. The ball python weighs more than the white lip. He's not an adult so there's nothing bad going to happen. Hey, I've seen pics of ball pythons breeding with Retic's before!!! Imagine that!

Housing 2 snakes together is a bad idea. With species that disparate I'd say it's a disaster in the making. I'd have your house blessed or something so you get rid of the herping poltergeists though - then explain to them about disease etc and other nasty downsides of housing them together.

[DanRC30]

well the first time you said both cages were open but she was on the floor... so she didn't go to stay the first time.

and... if these cages are escape proof... this all seems a bit off to me.

She definitely opened the other cage the first time... I must've caught her just before she went in. Nobody else opened that cage.

They are supposed to be escape proof. She was in a vision, and the WL is in a 4' cage by "custom cages". Those glass doors are even bigger and heavier than the visions!