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My female ball was bred this lasted almost all of january and some of december as well on and off.

on febuary 24th she shed....

here is the wierd thing she has not stopped eating! she eats all the time any time! I have notice a change in her response she is slower on the rat!

she has been on her heat pad almost all the time. an she inverts as you see in the pic.

here is the proble shes has had some white rather large stools but not regular pooshe has eaten about 15 rats over the coarse of dec. 13th to present? should I worrie?

thanks Paul

Hi Paul,

I wouldn't worry, when she is ready, she will start refusing food. Many of mine eat small meals (sm. rats) right up to ovulation, although most stop about a month previous. I assume that you look at her daily, have you seen the ovulation swelling yet? You'd know it if you did - a massive mid-body lump, with the snake often laying in a semi-contorted state. It will also look like all of the fat has bee sucked ouut of the tail and transported mid body.

Also, don't sweat the lack of rat evidence in the feces, she'll probably reward you with one massive pile-o-sh!# soon. When they are on a binge like that, they often save it up for a while, at least mine do. The only reason I'd fear constipation is if she is visibly dehydrated, and she doesnt look it from the picture. Good luck bud.

Will

Will

Hey thanks....I am new to this so it is very nerve racking as i am sure you can relate at some point in your venture.

also i got 4 female rats and 1 male today...just a start.

what do you produse a month and with how many females breeding.

Paul

I wouldn't worrie, last year I had a female feed right up until the week or so before she laid her eggs. It is a good thing she has kept feeding because she will be less stressed and will recover from the eggs process faster. Thanks David
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1.0 Pied(04)(RDR)
1.0 Albino(04)(RDR)
0.1 Spider(04)(RDR)
3.2 Pastels(03's)(04's)(ASF,Graziani,Bell lines)
0.1 Yellow belly(unproven)(04)
1.3 Yellow belly(unproven)(02,03,04's)
2.0 100% HET CLOWN(04's)(MHMR)
3.3 100% het albinos(03's)(high contrast bell line)
0.1 poss Het Albino(03's)
2.0 100% het pieds(03's)(Vin Russo,CRE)
0.2 100% het pieds(03's)(04's)(RDR,TWL)
1.2 Poss het pieds(03's)(PETE KAHL)
2.1 Poss het pieds(00's)(01's) hoping to get PIEDS this year(Vin Russo, Pete Kahl)
25 Normal adult females
60 04 females
15 normal mixed 03's
20 Assorted weird ball pythons 04's

I think Kara from Nerd told you when you first posted the pic that you need a bigger incubation container. That egg will go bad because its getting too wet.

Move them to a bigger container. It should be fine but if you leave it in there you will loose it

Good luck

Raul

Sorry this should be in the above post!!!!!