Will two male ball pythons lock up?
YES when two males are kept in the same tank they can lock up. I’ve seen it before personally, and after separating them I immediately probed them both, sure that I had made a mistake. But nope. They just got lonely I guess. However, just because it’s possible, doesn’t mean it’s probable. You have a 25% chance that they are both males, and a 50% chance that they are opposite sexes. The only way to be sure of an adult python’s sex is by having a professional probe it. If one of the snakes is a female, and becomes gravid (pregnant), then she might lay eggs in 2-3 months. If you don’t want the trouble of incubating eggs, just take the eggs out and let them cool to room temperature. They won’t hatch. When they are first laid, they are exactly like chicken eggs from the store: just yellow and clear goo inside. The reason that I suggest letting the eggs cool is because IF you don’t get the temperatures and humidity just right, you’ll end up with deformed babies that will either die immediate
