Question about ovulation...

This is my first season really seriously breeding and I have a question about females building for ovulation. How long prior to ovualtion do you guys usually start seeing them building up? Of all of my females I have seen breeding only 1 of them is showing obvious signs of building. I pretty much follow Adam's schedule for cycling. I am really just wondering if you guys can visually see by this time which of you females are probably going to go? I can feel follicles in most of my females but so far on most I can not see any visual building. All of my females are at least 1700g and I have seen all of them lock up at least 7 times but all of them besides one are all first time breeders so I am just not sure what to expect out of them.

It really depends on the body shape and % body fat of the girls ... some girls it's easy to see the swell from building (lots of people mistake this swell as an ovulation or as being gravid).

I don't go by any external visual "looks" ... I just feel for follicles ... it's the single most important thing a ball breeder can learn to do ... once they reach a certain size BAM! ... ovulation is a lock! ;)

Sounds like you're doing everything right! ... Hang in there. :D

-adam

Why do you follow Adam's breeding schedule, he is no n00b:D

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

Why do you follow Adam's breeding schedule, he is no n00b:D

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LOL, Honestly most of the bigger breeders I have researched all use a pretty similar schedule.

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Originally Posted by pfan151

LOL, Honestly most of the bigger breeders I have researched all use a pretty similar schedule.

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I was taught by the TITANS of the bp world ... the best breeders in the business! ;) :sweeet:

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I was taught by the TITANS of the bp world ... the best breeders in the business! ;) :sweeet:

-adam

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joe capone?

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

joe capone?

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Who?

-adam

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

joe capone?

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EEEEEEEEE!!

Wrong answer!!!

(as trap door opens and he falls into the alligator pit)

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

joe capone?

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*cough*

He said Titans. Not Titan toilets. :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

It really depends on the body shape and % body fat of the girls ... some girls it's easy to see the swell from building (lots of people mistake this swell as an ovulation or as being gravid).

I don't go by any external visual "looks" ... I just feel for follicles ... it's the single most important thing a ball breeder can learn to do ... once they reach a certain size BAM! ... ovulation is a lock! ;)

Sounds like you're doing everything right! ... Hang in there. :D

-adam

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Adam...whatchu think?

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...i-follicle.jpg
(I did not remove a waterbowl for this pic...she had moved it to the back of the tub and was just laying like this on the cool end)