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ok well about 2 months ago i got a adult female ball from a friend of my mothers he said she was sick or somthing and when he tried to breed her she bite his male so i was happy to get this snake from this crazy guy well today i check on my snakes after work and i look and i see her all wrapped up around something and they were eggs healthy eggs well i dont know if i should take them from her or leave them with her she is just in the cage with newspaper bottom im affraid for the eggs please tell me thanks

You should take them from her and put them in some sphagnum moss or vermiculite and then in an incubator. The eggs need humidity and strict temps of 89 deg. Moisten the moss or vermiculite with a 1:1 ratio of water and weight. Others will be more help as Ive never done it myself but those are the basics. I may be leaving soemthing out but hopefully someone will come along shortly.
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Occupants not paying rent:
7 balls
2 corns(normal, candy cane)
1 pueblan milk
1 everglades rat
1 cal. king
1 gray band king
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
2 fish
1 rat
5 cats

....leave the eggs with her and turn her cage INTO an incubator.
Get some sphagnum moss from garden supply store, surround the female with a liberal amount of moistened moss (not soaking wet), get some 1" sheets of styrafoam (hardware store), insulate the outer walls of the cage, keep the light level fairly low, make sure the female is maintained about 89F consistently or nearly so, keep disturbances to a minimum, and let her do her thing. Add water to the sphagnum on a regular basis. About 55-57 days after laying they'll start to hatch!! Good luck!
Scott J. Michaels DVM