First ovulation... I think lol

[ottawa_guy]

Hey there,
This season is my first season breeding ball pythons. After breeding leopard geckos for the past several years, this season I wanted to try something new. Tonight when I was doing the snake rounds, I found this girl all swollen up. I've never seen an ovulation "live" before, only in pics. To me this looks like all the pics of ovulations I've ever seen. She stopped eating in early December, she then weighed about 2800 grams. Once my male Fire came out of quarantine I started pairing them up. He's been with her 3 times since December, and all 3 times good long locks were witnessed. This just caught me off guard as I wasn't expecting any ovulations until I starting raising the temps back up. Sorry about my ramblings lol, here's the pictures.


Thanks for looking you guys. Any help is appreciated.
Kind regards,

[ShawnT]

She looks good..I have a female that looks just like that...but I'm thinking shes just building?


Good Luck!

[RogueStar]

Should she be more swollen at the place where you see the first dorsal spot after the tail?

Beautiful female anyway, and a good chance she's at least building nicely!

[ottawa_guy]

Thanks guys.

[JASBALLS]

Nice! 5 egger I bet! Good luck..

[ottawa_guy]

Thanks Jas, I'll keep you posted. Is it possible for a girl of 2800 grams to only lay 5 eggs? Last year I received a gravid female that weighed 2900 grams and she gave me 9 eggs.
Thanks,

[atp151415]

she looks like shes glowing to

[LadyOhh]

Thanks Jas, I'll keep you posted. Is it possible for a girl of 2800 grams to only lay 5 eggs? Last year I received a gravid female that weighed 2900 grams and she gave me 9 eggs.
Thanks,

It is always possible for a larger girl to only give you less eggs than you expect. More eggs too, if you're lucky.

[ottawa_guy]

After checking on her tonight, I noticed the swelling has gone further down her body. Just like Rogue said, the swelling is at about the first dorsal spot now. Maybe she was just starting to ovulate when I took those pics last night?
Thanks again!

[o.c.d]

congrats jay! ive had a 2500 gram female give me only 5 eggs, but they were huge.

best of luck-Justin