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Ball Python Shedding Back-to-Back
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this is going to sound like a dumb question anyways here it is i have a female ball python that just got done shedding two days ago and now shes going into shedd again is it posible that shes going to be gravid i do have a male ball python she was in his cage for one night i didnt see any lockups i put her in his cage because her cage fell off my shelf some how and broke and i didnt have anything to put her in until i got the new cage my male ball pythons cage is kept around 80 so i dont think they made snake whoopie because the temps are high but i could be wrong
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Accepted Answer
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10/15/2009 11:08:37 PM
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shellboa
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It is possible that she is gravid but it is also possible she simply had a growth spurt and the environmental conditions were condusive to a second shed. Has she eaten a large meal recently? That could be it...If she is indeed gravid, you have around 30 days until you see eggs. I would be pleased that your conditions are allowing for good sheds and cross your fingers in case of eggs.
Either way, it doesn't happen very often but yes it is normal.
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Member Comment
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10/16/2009 1:37:17 AM
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Herp_junky
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It is very possible as said before. I have had back to back sheds in one female a few years back.
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10/16/2009 12:05:33 PM
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Aimee
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I would also check very carefully for mites, or for injury to the skin. both of these can be reasons for back-to-back shedding as the snake tries to heal.
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Member Comment
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10/16/2009 9:24:38 PM
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aaron
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Admin Award: Longest run-on sentence on iHerp.
Points to be refunded.
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Member Comment
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10/16/2009 10:52:25 PM
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vonnick52
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Lol, Aaron, you just made me cough up my beer all over my keyboard.
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10/16/2009 11:03:22 PM
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Izzy
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Aaron, that's better than the time I was at a Mariners baseball game several years back. One of the players hit a foul ball into the stands, a fan reached out for it with a mit down the right field foul side, leaning out over the railing a little, had the ball in the mit for about a second before he dropped it and it fell back down onto the field. The Smartalec in the announcers booth posted to the Jumbo-Tron
Official Scoring Decision:
Error Fan
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Member Comment
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10/16/2009 11:05:00 PM
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Izzy
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Oh, and btw.. I second Aimee's caution about mites or skin injury. How long ago was it that they were they in the same enclosure together?
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1/17/2011 12:02:23 PM
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abi21491
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