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how is it done? Do females flip out when you do this?
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"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.

>>how is it done? Do females flip out when you do this?

They certainly don't like it. www.ballpython.ca has a great step by step way of doing it. Essentially you just gently unwrap the female and put her in a clean container. Then you pick up the eggs, careful not to tilt them in any way, and weight them/put them in the incubator. When you have all the eggs out, clean the cage thoroughly to get all the egg smell out, put the momma snake back in, and viola! That's it

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>>"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.
AHAHAHAHA. I'm not the only one who gets that question from people! That made me laugh, sorry

~jenny
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1.2.2 normal ball pythons (Cindy, Darwin, Periscope, and dah bebbies)
0.2 rescue chinese water dragons (Yoni and Linga)
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
1.0 gerbil (Yerbul)
0.1 mice (Cute Girl Mousy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
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3.0 horses (Buddy, Sam, and Scout)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
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I take a towel and put it over mom and the eggs. Then slowly and gently unravel her tail from around the eggs. Once she's off, she gets a bath and goes into a clean cage and a different shelf in the rack system.

The eggs are then placed into an incubator.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

As for my tag line, yeah I thought it was pretty funny when some girls asked me that after inquiring as to why I was purchasing frozen rats and mice.
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"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.

good idea about placing them in different tubs or racks. I placed my girls back into their original tub and they glared at me for a couple weeks. Definitely grouchy!!
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2.1 Albino BP
0.4 100% Het Albino
2.1 100% het Caramel Albino BP
1.0 100% Het Clown
1.0 50% het clown
2.12 Normal BP
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alot of cornsnakes
0.1.0 Dumeril Boa
3.6 Bearded Dragons
1.0.2 Sulcatta tortoise
3.3 Russian Tortoise
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bunch of geckos
0.1 Cat
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