does this look like breeding???

[brandon0133]

i have about 8 ball pythons,,,well my two biggest pair seem to be on each other non stop,,and locking tails together,,well i was watching closely and it looked like the one snake had hook looking things stick out of its tail and moved around like a finger,,,i was thinking this snake was a female,,,but if the females i knew had something like that id freak out,,,haha,,,anyways heres some pics and u guys tell me what it is,,,also the one snake has alittle spot of blood on his tail,,,dont know if thats something to do with mateing,,,tell me what u guys think

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

sure does sound and look like mating but im not completely sure, if it is u better read up on egg hatching/ caring for babies, are they het for anything?

[brandon0133]

i think they are just normal ball pythons,,and i already been reading about it,,it takes forever for them to hatch from the eggs,,lol,,and i need to get a incubator,,which is not much money,,i really dont know what het means either,,i assume u mean like albino or mixed or pure bred?

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

het is having two different alleles for a trait how large are the two biggest ones?, i would breed balls myself if the albinos and other cool morphs didnt cost like 800 dollars

[brandon0133]

over 4 ft,,,,i did not think the one would breed sense its fixing to shed,,but i guess that wont stop them,,,cause ive never seen snakes do what these two are doing,,,these are both 04 and 05 snakes

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

ya there breeding
http://www.ssnakes.com/Gballpythons.jpg

[brandon0133]

1-04 male ball
3-05 male balls
2-06 male balls
1-05 female balls (she has been locking with both 05 males)
1-07 female ball
1-06 female redtail
1-06 male redtail

[brandon0133]

im having them all sexed for sure this wensday,,friends comming over to sex them,,,,,but that list is from the breeder i got them all from,,he wanted to get out of breeding so i bought all he had left,,thanks,,that looks just like what they are doing,,thats awsome,,,,

[adamanteus]

They certainly are attempting to mate, Brandon. The 'hook-like thing' you observed is the males' pelvic spur. This is the vestigial pelvic bone found in pythons and boas, the males are able to move it, to stimulate the female during courtship. The female has these spurs also, but hers will be much smaller.

[adamanteus]

Hey Brandon. I just saw your ad in the classifieds section.... are you selling ALL your snakes? Why?