What have I done

[Joker]

Hi all
My childrens python laid for the first time a couple of weeks ago & I took the eggs for incubating. She used to be the calmest, placidist handlable snake. But now every time i go near her enclosure she comes straight out of her hide & go's ballistic striking at the glass following me back & forth & is very very aggitated.

P.s. after she layed i fed her a weaner rat(which is normal) altho she had'nt eaten in 304days, the following week which was the weekend just gone, i noticed she was very aggitated so i fed her 2 weaner rats, but still she's cranky, what have i done?.

P.s.s. she's in no way under weight.

Any ideas?

 

[James_Scott]

You will need to take her out of her enclosure and wipe it down to get rid of any scent made from the birth of her eggs.

 

[elapid66]

You will need to take her out of her enclosure and wipe it down to get rid of any scent made from the birth of her eggs.

thats what i would do

 

[ad]

Feed her more! heaps more - they are so hungry after laying, they take a lot of food before they are happy again.
Congrats on the eggs
Cheers
Adam

 

[bredli_lover]

Wipe her enclosure out. Apparently the smell of the eggs is what causes the described behaviour.

 

[Sdaji]

The smell of the eggs will make them try to look for their eggs and incubate phantom eggs or even pieces of wood/water bowls/hides, but the striking is due to hunder, as ad says. Imagine producing something half as big as yourself without eating for a few months! They're extremely hungry and often want to eat anything which moves.

 

[Joker]

Thanks for the replys guys, i'll try cleaning & feeding & see how she goes.