Alright, so bare with me. I have a female who I cooled last fall and began pairing up in November. This is Belome, she was approximately 1300+ grams at the start of breeding and 4 years old:
She is a very receptive breeder, her first lock was on 12/3/09 with a dinker male, Monty:
She locked up with Monty 12 times from 12/3/09-01/28/10. She also bred with another male, Randal 13 times from 12/12/09-5/22/10. He is a gigantic normal as far as I know, he has some very nice pied markers down the length of his belly.
Anyway, she has shown me lots of signs of being gravid, and I thought she had her pre-lay shed on 4/8/10. She had a shed a month before, so I figured the closeness suggested one was her pre-ovy and one was a pre-lay. I never saw this female ovulate, and she continues to eat throughout this entire time period. Obviously she didn't lay so that wasn't her pre-lay. I have palpated her several times and I feel 4-6 bumps every time, so I know she is gravid, just don't know when to expect eggs! Here are some pictures of her throughout:
Looking lumpy 1/1/10:
During what I thought was her pre-lay shed 4/8/10:
Right after said shed 4/8/10:
Laying inverted and looking big on 5/15/10:
Soaking on 5/17/10:
Now - Out of curiosity I decided to throw my little Mojave boy in with her to see if he had any interest in breeding. What do you know, he was very eager to despite his small size. They've locked up 4 times, once on 6/4/10, once on 6/8/10 and twice on 6/11/10. This is Thardus:
She has been soaking A LOT lately. Always in her bowl. She also appears to be glowing, here she is on 6/9/10:
I picked her up yesterday and noticed a swelling mid-body, so I'm assuming this is a pre-ovulation swelling. Here is a picture of that:
Morning 6/11/10
She locked up all yesterday and I checked her around 4 am today and the swell is even bigger. I should see an ovulation soon, right? Here are pics from 4 am todaySo who do you think Daddy will be??
4 am 6/12/10
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Originally Posted by Tazz27
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