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Help! What's wrong with my snake

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So I thought this female was just building after some good lockups, but came home after a few days away and found get mid section extremely swollen, with the last third of her underside looking very strange. There's almost a crater in the middle of her underside. What's going on here? Obstruction that's swelling?
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A couple of questions to hopefully help you out. How old is she? What was her weight prior to breeding? When was her last meal?
 
Top pic looks like she is swollen but the other pics im scratching my head. I have never seen a crater line like that before and hopefully Josh or someone can explain. Hope all goes well!
 
So I think it was ovulation with the "tail suck" although I have never seen it this pronounced in a ball python. The "crater" is gone and the swelling less obvious. We shall c what happens next.
 
Looks like a regular ovulation to me. See if the swelling goes down in another 24-48 hours or so. I don't see anything to be alarmed about yet, especially given you've been breeding her.
 
I am in my first season.
I saw a similar thing happen when my woma (Aspidites) ovulated. She developed a mid body bulge that when it peaked, had her ventral scales all buckled, sunken and warped. It went away after a day or so (now she just looks gravid :D ) and her scales seem normal now.
 
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