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ok you guys...
so i put my adult male in with my adult female...i did that for a few days then took him out to feed him. fine. then i put him back. i thought id leave him in there just a little bit longer this time. but that i wouldnt put him back after i took him out. what ever happens, happens...you know...
it was a "just for the hell of it" attempt at pairing.
i have seen them hooking up. i KNOW they have done something that looked like breeding...

since theyve been breeding i havent seen her on her warm end, at all. unless she does it at night?
and i lifted the hide box that they are in, and shes going through a shed cycle and is laying on top of the poor lil guy...ahahahh

do you think its a normal shed, or a pre-lay shed cycle???

if she smelled him on me before a pairing, could she have ovulated then? is there a chance that she should could be gravid with infertile eggs?

whats a good way to take him out without getting bit, since shes all milky eyed and stuff...its time for him to eat---her too, for that matter, but ill wait until shes done with her shed...

ADVICE pppppplllllleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeee???!!!!!!??!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?
thanks
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~Snake Charmer~
0.1 russian tortoise (natasha)
3.1 dogs (church, bandit, willy and tonka)
1.2 cats (taz, squeaky, cami)
0.1 king snake (q aka curly q or queenie)
2.2 'normal' ball pythons (zenith, butters, zahara, and shadow)

It's most likely a normal shed cycle. It's definately too early for a pre lay shed, and I've never personally heard of a female growing follicles and then going through the whole egg laying process without being bred (If I'm wrong, someone please correct me). With them just having started breeding, you.re going to have some time to wait before you see ovulation or a pre lay shed. And I wouldn't put any stock in the cool seeking behavior at the moment. Some balls just do that on occasion. Markus Jayne has a pretty good pictorial time line of the breeding process on his website if you'd like to look at it for info.