SlitherinSisters

[QUOTE=SlitherinSisters;2198279]My first question is, are you absolutely positive it was her pre-lay shed? I have been fooled by building myself, it's certainly an easy thing to mistake sometimes.

I mistook this building for an ovy:
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2010-11%20Breeding/007.jpg[/IMG]

Then about a month later I saw this...
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2010-11%20Breeding/035-1.jpg[/IMG]

Another building picture
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2010-11%20Breeding/016-1.jpg[/IMG]



Your best bet is to look for the tail suck when you think you see an ovulation
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2012-2013%20Breeding/IMG_0044_zps1a75cbbd.jpg[/IMG]

Another tail suck
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2012-2013%20Breeding/mojoovy007_zps2e692b6d.jpg[/IMG]

You could actually see her eggs/follicles during her ovy (she laid 4 eggs)
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2012-2013%20Breeding/mojoovy003_zpsbe81b687.jpg[/IMG]



And finally, right before they lay, you can tell there are eggs near the end. This girl was 1,600 grams and only laid 3 eggs. They move the eggs down their body before they lay.
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2012-2013%20Breeding/tinleysnakes060_zps73e83913.jpg[/IMG]

If you pick them up, you can see their prego bellies
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2012-2013%20Breeding/breedingsnakerack086_zpsc96ce966.jpg[/IMG]

They get the ridge back/tent look
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2012-2013%20Breeding/eggsovy001_zps4b280c0b.jpg[/IMG]

And another female close to laying, notice the ridge back/tent look
[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/enzoleya/Isis/2012-2013%20Breeding/eggsovy009_zps106e0f02.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]