Last season, we bought an adult proven breeder female normal from a show in Indianapolis. A good friend of mine let us use his proven breeder Male Pastel to pair with my normal girl.

The pastel was a major stud. They locked tens of times. Then we started seeing our normal bulge pretty noticeably. Then I was away for a while and when I came back, BAM!



She was much bigger than before I left,and now she was all on her side and contorted like this. A closer look showed that she was moving eggs through her. I could actually watch them moving. This "ovulation" matched up perfectly with a shed. Then after this, right when she was supposed to have her post ov pre lay shed, she did! So, we prepared for eggs. But they never came. I was under the impression that eggs could not be reabsorbed, but what else explains this? It's been 3 months since she was supposed to lay. She shows no signs of being egg bound or anything. She's just steadily gaining from feeding. She'll be ready this season for our own male.

I am totally, completely baffled by this whole thing. Has anyone experienced this before?