Question about breeding female

This is my 2016 mojave bumblebee. She weighed in at about 1600g at the end of July this year so I started pairing her with my mojave banana. I lowered my hot spot temperature to about 85. It's usually 90-92. She was absolutely ravenous for the following two months (August and September), eating a small-medium rat every 6-7 days. I paired her twice in that time frame. It is now October and she has just refused her first meal. She did show some interest in it but didn't take. I haven't weighed her again or handled her much because I'm not sure how fragile they are when pregnant.. Should I attempt to offer food again or is it time now to wait for eggs?

Does she look like she is progressing well? What stage would you say she is in at this point? When should I raise my temperature back up? These are photos from about a week ago.

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Thanks!

Edit:
Ok I just double checked her and it looks like she's actually starting to go into shed so that's probably why she stopped eating. She pooped a few days ago so I decided I might has well weigh her so gently got her on my scale and she's 1850g right now. Personally I'm thinking she still has a few more months to go. But please let me know what you think!

If she ovulated and is gravid you will waste food by trying to offer to her. gravid females usually do not eat, in the past decade I only had one taking a meal or two after ovulation.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

If she ovulated and is gravid you will waste food by trying to offer to her. gravid females usually do not eat, in the past decade I only had one taking a meal or two after ovulation.

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Do you think she has ovulated yet based on my timeline?

It's possible, where was she spending most of her time before and where is she spending her time now.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

It's possible, where was she spending most of her time before and where is she spending her time now.

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She used to hug the cold side really closely. She’s been on the move lately so it’s hard to say but right now she is on the warm side. How much weight do you typically expect your females to put on before they lay?

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Originally Posted by silverbill

She used to hug the cold side really closely. She’s been on the move lately so it’s hard to say but right now she is on the warm side. How much weight do you typically expect your females to put on before they lay?

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Those are good sign, as far as weight I don't know I don't weight my animals before, during and after ;) (just not something valuable to me as far as keeping track)

It looks like we're not quite there yet. She shed out on Wednesday and today she was eager to take another meal. It's strange because she was exclusively on the hot side while she was in shed but now she's moved off it again.

Any updates?


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