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This is my first ball breeding attempt so please bare with me.

*9/28 i lowered temps
*10/7 she shed
*10/16 she weighed 1575g AND i introduced the male
*i witnessed copulation many times
*between 10/16 and 12/14 she ate 4 meals of SMALL rats ( she was taking large before)
*she shed 12/12
*12/14 she weighed 1814 grams
*12/20 removed male for last time and provided nesting box
*1/1 she ate a small rats avidly
*1/4 i raised temps bake to normal (88-89)

found here on the cool side this morning
Here is a pic of her that i took yesterday.
Does she look gravid to yall?

Why did you stop putting the male in with her? Were they still locking up?
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John Vandegrift

If she is gravid the male will lose interest in her. I keep my male with my girls on and off until around Valentine's Day (or ovulation). A couple of my girls are ovulating, and my pastel stopped copulating about a week about (even before I noticed the swell). He is still working on a couple other girls Now it isn't 100%, but usually my girls lose a bit of interest in food around this time. One of mine ate perfectly until about a month ago, and hasn't had any interest in the slightest...of course if my belly was as big as hers I would probably refrain too! Last year was my first year breeding, and I frequently thought my snakes were ovulating...than one of them ovulated and there was no mistaking the event! If she is ovulating she will shed 27-30 days from now...so be on the look out!
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2.17 Normal ball pythons
1.0 Pastel ball pythons
1.0 Plains Garter
0.1 Normal Kenyan Sand Boa
2.0 Anery Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Mid-Baja Rosy Boa
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat
1.2 Dumeril's Boa
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*Amy*

because they went a few day of no activity. laid on opposite ends of the enclosure. I guess i will reintroduce him until feb.