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I purchased a female ball python online and recieved her on 4/28/06. She weighed in at 1726 grams. I fed her a Pre killed rat about a week after I got her and she ate it no problem. She immedietly went into a shed after that 1st meal, so I figured okay a normal shed. A few days after she shed I found her laying on her back around her water dish. Her head and a 1/4 of her body was still right side up. She looked just like the picture on page 89 of Kevins book. Was she developing follicles?? If she is gravid, I should find eggs 27-35 days after that shed if that was in fact a pre lay shed. She shed on 5/11/06 so it has been about 30 days. She is acting normal, I have her in a lay box she is coiled up under a pile of moss.

Do you think she was shipped to me gravid??
Is there any other reason why she would of been laying upside down like that??

Help!

Thanks

>>I purchased a female ball python online and recieved her on 4/28/06. She weighed in at 1726 grams. I fed her a Pre killed rat about a week after I got her and she ate it no problem. She immedietly went into a shed after that 1st meal, so I figured okay a normal shed. A few days after she shed I found her laying on her back around her water dish. Her head and a 1/4 of her body was still right side up. She looked just like the picture on page 89 of Kevins book. Was she developing follicles?? If she is gravid, I should find eggs 27-35 days after that shed if that was in fact a pre lay shed. She shed on 5/11/06 so it has been about 30 days. She is acting normal, I have her in a lay box she is coiled up under a pile of moss.
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>>Do you think she was shipped to me gravid??
>>Is there any other reason why she would of been laying upside down like that??

I don't know if this is relavent or not. But I had a Children's shipped to me gravid. Whether the shipping influenced it or not only 2 of 16 eggs lived from that clutch.
That said. Is yours still laying inverted or was it only the once? I would tend to think she isn't if you haven't seen it any other time. Did you ask the seller if she was in with a male?
Good luck either way.
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