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Gravid? Layed inverted this morning and is pissy lately. Are females able to move their eggs? I can feel things moving? I don't know the size of bp eggs.
 

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I don't know about everyone else, but my BP eggs are about the diameter of large to extra large chicken eggs and about 4" long. You can see pictures of them in my forum post "Good or Bad Eggs".... hope this helps - Robert
 
It's pretty difficult to tell from that picture.
When did she shed last?
When did she eat last?
Did you notice any building?
Did she "glow"?
 
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Hasn't eaten fir a while refuses food and as far as shed it's been a while. It's my first time hard to tell glow or building. Before bred weighed 1200 grams and now weighs 1500
 
Keeping track of events as they happen will help you determine where you are in the breeding process.
I didn't keep accurate records my first season and I was lost most of the whole season.
Keeping good records of sheds and what they eat and when they eat and writing notes about size and laying inverted and bowl wrapping etc will help you follow the process better.

When your female glows it's pretty hard to miss, she will lighten up till she looks like someone stole your snake and replaced it with a different lighter model :)
If you didn't see a glow chances are she hasn't ovulated yet and she's still building towards ov.

A good timeline of events...
http://www.ballpython.ca/gallery/breeding.html
 
I'm terrible about palpating but when I hold a pregnant female so her lower body just hangs down, you can count the lumps (eggs) on the smaller sized females. On the big girls it is harder to get an exact count, but you can still see the fat belly. It looks like she just ate multiple big meals, even though the records show she hasn't eaten in awhile.
 
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