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Ultrasound Machine
Hi all,
First post here. I've seen quite a few breeders using ultrasound machines to check follicle growth. Does anyone here have own one and have any recommendations on which to get?
Would a portable one like this be okay? ebay link
Replies are appreciated
Thank you!
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My husband and I recently purchased a portable laptop-style ultrasound... the instructions that came with it are [edited: Engrish and difficurt to undurstand], but now that we've got it figured out, we think it is a worthwhile investment for us, and we keep track of follicle growth/decline on spreadsheets.
Last edited by Aercadia; 04-28-2016 at 01:56 PM.
Reason: oops, cusses
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Re: Ultrasound Machine
The thing to remember is you'll need one hand to hold the snake and one hand to hold the wand. You might could do it with that.
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When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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^ This. And if you have a wiggle-worm, it can be more than a 2-hand job. My husband and I usually work together - he does the ultrasounding, and I keep the wiggles in check.
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Re: Ultrasound Machine
 Originally Posted by Aercadia
My husband and I recently purchased a portable laptop-style ultrasound... the instructions that came with it are [edited: Engrish and difficurt to undurstand], but now that we've got it figured out, we think it is a worthwhile investment for us, and we keep track of follicle growth/decline on spreadsheets.
 Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
The thing to remember is you'll need one hand to hold the snake and one hand to hold the wand. You might could do it with that.
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 Originally Posted by Aercadia
^ This. And if you have a wiggle-worm, it can be more than a 2-hand job. My husband and I usually work together - he does the ultrasounding, and I keep the wiggles in check.
Thank you both. Is there a specific one you could recommend? I am in the UK
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This is the one we got - if you're using it on snakes, you need one with a flat probe, many machines come with a convex probe and require you to buy another, and they are expensive. We made a deal with the seller, so don't think you can't make a lower offer, (we price-matched one of their other models because it was essentially the same, different probe).
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For what? Palpating the snake's body with your hands does the same thing and it's free
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For those of us who are inexperienced in palpitating, it's nice to be able to see how the follicular development is going without all the guesswork.
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Re: Ultrasound Machine
 Originally Posted by stickyalvinroll
For what? Palpating the snake's body with your hands does the same thing and it's free
Can you bring anything to a thread that is your own original thought or value add, as opposed to being contrary for the sake of being contrary. It's tiresome. I'm all for people expressing their opinion but you don't appear to have one until someone has expressed theirs first, and then you are all over it making it sound unworthy.
Try less provocation and more thought provoking.
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Re: Ultrasound Machine
 Originally Posted by stickyalvinroll
For what? Palpating the snake's body with your hands does the same thing and it's free
Because even with my 10 years of breeding I can't feel 2mm folicals or tell the difference between 10mm and 12mm if you're want to not over work your males ultrasounds are useful tools. They allow a breeder to pair animals when it is most advantageous for the male to properly copulate at the key times in follicular development. It mean a male can breed 8-10 females without stressing him self out or wasting sperm in the process.
So yes you can feel follicles but with an ultrasound I can see them measure them accurately and overall get a much more accurate idea of where in the development a female is.
I suggest everyone learn to palpate females but an ultrasound is another tool in the bag of tricks.
Hope that helps.
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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