Question About Gravid(VERY)Blue Beauty-Should I Be Concerned?

I have a female Blue Beauty, a six-footer, which is gravid, VERY much so. Unfortunately, I don't know how long ago she got bred, since I'm away at work for much of the day and never got to see her actually hook up with the male. She shed a little over two weeks ago. The bulges of eggs can be clearly seen and felt, and are quite large, especially the lowest one(the one closest to the vent). That particular egg is about four inches above the vent at this point, and is a good two inches or more in length, forming a noticable bulge. I have the snake in a nesting box, but still no egg laying. She just stays coiled very tightly in a corner.
Should I be worried about this snake at this point? I've never dealt with an egg-bound snake before, so I'm not sure I'd recognize the symptoms. She has not appeared to be straining or attempting to lay any eggs, but she does seem a bit uncomfortable and reluctant to uncoil, even when picked up. I would really hate to lose this girl, since she is a very sweet snake, very much a pet, unlike the male I had! Should I be getting her to a vet, or just wait it out a bit longer? Incidentally, we are having daily thunderstorms, and I know from experience that low atmospheric pressure and high humidity often bring about birth or egg laying in other animals, but so far, no eggs.


Sharon McKenzie

Blue Snake

What breed of snake is this female? I don't know anything about breeidng, but is this a green tree python? I might be interested in a yearling if they do happen to live.

Cass

NOT a Python

No, it's a Blue Beauty Snake, an Asian rat snake species native to Thailand, Vietnam, and nearby countries. They get very long for a Colubrid, are constrictors and are usually very docile, as well as being really attractive snakes. The mother is over 6 feet long, and the male was over 8 feet!

Seems most of my concerns were for naught, though; when I got home from my graduate class this afternoon, she had already laid three HUGE eggs(at least 3 inches long), and has many more in "the pipe" ready to be laid. I removed those three and put them on Vermiculite for incubation already, but WHAT a BEAR she was! I believe I would have it easier pulling pigs from a wild Russian sow! My North American rat snakes could care less when I take their eggs, but this normally-sweet girl was like a Black Mamba or something! She's settled back down, and I guess I will wait until she is done to get the rest of the eggs, once she lays them.

pitbulllady

Blue Rat Snake!

oooohhhh that's cool about rat snakes being that color. How much are you selling them for? May I see more photos of her?

Thanks,
Cass