As Jenny said, you probably don't have a problem. It sounds like you definitely have a male though. Plenty of Ball Pythons go off their feed this time of year (though females seem to do this a lot more often than males). With your male being off his feed, he's probably just got the idea that he wants to breed and isn't interested in food.



With the signs of blood around the cloaca, it sounds as if he could have already been breeding. Am I remembering correctly that you house(d) your two Ball pythons together?



If anything, THAT may be your possible problem. If I remembered that wrong though, it probably doesn't mean anything.



No worries. Just keep offering food about every week or two. He should change his mind eventually.



Good luck!



~Rebecca
-----
0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)

1.2 Ball Pythons

[1.0 '05 Orange Hypo (Specter)]

[0.1 '05 Het Orange Hypo (Sylvia)]

[0.1 '03 Normal (Sue)]

0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

[ Hide Replies ]

• possible problem - goregrind, Mon Feb 19 16:30:51 2007
• RE: possible problem - j3nnay, Mon Feb 19 16:55:03 2007
• probably no problem - amarilrose, Mon Feb 19 18:33:45 2007
• What does a sperm plug look like? - Heat, Mon Feb 19 20:46:52 2007
• RE: What does a sperm plug look like? - goregrind, Tue Feb 20 01:44:15 2007
• RE: What does a sperm plug look like? - Heat, Tue Feb 20 02:02:32 2007
• RE: What does a sperm plug look like? - goregrind, Tue Feb 20 05:08:41 2007