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Hello guys

I have a question about my 17 month old female that wiggles her tail when i tickle here tail or body, What does this mean?? Could it be that's she wants to mate?? isn't she not to jong to breed???

Sorry for my bad english,

Thanks Ray,

Womas wiggle their tails all the time, both males and females. Your snake would be considered to young to breed, I did not breed my animals (even though they tried when they were 2&3 years old)until they were 4+ years old and had reached adult size. It is better to wait until they have fully matured before you breed them as it will reduce the chances of egg impaction and you will likely get a larger clutch.
The animals will have better development and more chances of a succesful clutch if you wait. Also, with Womas being so readily available these days, it is best to make sure you will have homes for anything that you produce. I have bred Womas for the last several years and have decided to allow my animals the next few years off because there are more Womas than homes these days and since I dont breed snakes for money I feel like I am doing them a disservice by continuing to breed them when there are so many offspring available presently.
They are awesome snakes though and make excellent "pets"

Good luck!

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Lateralis
"I would rather be precisely wrong than approximately right"
Marion "Doc" Ford

Hello Lateralis,

It's not my intention at all to breed my female right now, i only was curius if she wants to breed becourse she
wiggles her tail when i tickle her?? lol. When i tickle her than she puts her hind end right up lol...Does this mean she whants to breed?? I'm from holland (Europe) i think don't there are that much woma's in europe as in the usa,

Your right when you say that some people only see $$$ and whant to breed as soon as possible,no matter what age the woma's are!

And your deffenetly right when you say that woma's are excellent pets!!,Woma's also have realy fine characters for a snake,
Do you know if blackheads have the same character as woma's??

Lateralis i hope you can tell me a little more about my female wiggling her tail?? Does this mean anyting when she doning this,??

Thanks for your time,

Best Regards Ray,

Hey Ray,

Tail-wiggling is a behavior that is highly conserved among snake species. From the rattling behavior of rattlesnakes and many colubrids, to the flapping and wiggling seen in various python species it seems to be a general indicator of excitement or stimulation (and I say that VERY generally and without any intended anthropomorphic implications). A python might do that because it's stressed, annoyed, overstimulated, or simply excited at the prospect of a meal. Did you say you were tickling your python? Weirdo. Just kidding. (But were you really?)

Womas are particularly frequent "tail wigglers" as they engage in a behavior known as "caudal luring" (also the reason juvenile's have more brightly colored tail tips). Though this is probably not what you were observing if your woma was tail-wiggling in response to your touch, they do it frequently when their hungry. In the wild the wiggly yellow tail serves to attract lizard prey for young womas to eat.

Hahahaha you make me laugh Bwaffa !wink. I was tickling here becouse i saw that she liked it, lol and at the same time came up with the questionm wat does this wiggling mean?

She never wiggles her tail, only when i tickle her close to her vent ore tail,When feeding or handling she never wiggles,

My male wiggles always when it's feeding time,lol ,but my female never wiggles,

Thanks Ray,

Both Womas and BlackHeads are burrowing pythons, and are extremely sensitive to touch. Besides flipping their tails (you can hear my female doing it across the room), they will also jerk their bodies forwards at times.
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Hi,

I allready knew they are burrowing pythons(wink) she never has flipping her tail before, Could it have something to do that i separated the female from the male a view days ago??

It also looks that she is more restless the last view days,

Thanks for the help,

Best regards Ray,