Quote Originally Posted by muddoc View Post
I only have one question in regards to the discussion, and that is: has anyone ever had an egg-bound Ball Python? I only ask, because I keep hearing about the worrying oveer the female getting egg-bound. I have only heard of one female Ball Python being bound, and I think it was a rare occurance. From what I know, typically, egg-bound animals is generally a problem seen in colubrids.

Mark,
Congrats on the clutch. I would be interested to see how she eats and grows after laying her first assumed clutch in captivity, and have plenty of time to get acclimated to captivity.

Good luck Bro.
Interestingly Tim I have had an egg bound ball python. She was small, but much larger then this one. This was last year, with a possible het albino female that I had bought as a hatchling. I have a picture at home somewhere of the ugly looking eggs I ended up squeezing out of her. If my memory is right, she was right around or maybe just shy of 1200grams. She was over six years old and had never been bred. I finally figured that six years was enough time waiting for her to get bigger and I bred her. She was WAY over a couple of months after her pre-lay shed and was obviously uncomfortable and had a little bit of a prolapse going on when I tried to aspirate the eggs. The eggs were already solid so I couldn't aspirate any fluid out so I had to just palpate them down until I could squeeze them out of her. She's OK, but I held her back from breeding this year. I'll re-evaluate her next year and see if I want to try breeding her again, or just retire her as a pet.

Mark