Is she ovulating?

Shes been paired with my pastel a lot! But just now she's been showing signs. I found her in her water bowl yesterday but I didn't get a picture. But heres some of her size. And that is a little bit smaller than the average house phone.

http://i40.tinypic.com/9lbujm.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/2q8c5rq.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/vcqr9j.jpg

looks to me that she might be building but i dont think she is ovulating just yet.

How heavy is she? Looks pretty small if that's a 32qt tub.

how can you tell if she is ovulating? i've read many articles concerning ovulation but i can never seem to actually tell if a snake is ovulating or not :salute:

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

How heavy is she? Looks pretty small if that's a 32qt tub.

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Agreed. What size is that tub?

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Originally Posted by indigochild

how can you tell if she is ovulating? i've read many articles concerning ovulation but i can never seem to actually tell if a snake is ovulating or not :salute:

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You can tell she is ovulating when you open their enclosure and it looks like they swallowed a small football. There is a very obvious localized swelling at doesn't last very long, but it very noticeable. Once you see it, there is NO mistaking it. ;)

I would have to say that it doesn't look like an ovulation to me.

Here is a pic of an ovulation... http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/.../ovulation.jpg

what if you feed your snake rats the size of footballs? :rolleyes: because i feed my snake once every 2 weeks and they always look like they have just swallowed a footbal. should i downsize the meals? just in the breeding season?

most of my females tend to slow down on eating and yes i would not feed her to large of a meal even my 3000+ girls i feed only medium rats i just offer them more than one i had one girl eat 4 med rats. i dont force food on them when they finish one completely i offer them another.

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Originally Posted by dmaricle

most of my females tend to slow down on eating and yes i would not feed her to large of a meal even my 3000+ girls i feed only medium rats i just offer them more than one i had one girl eat 4 med rats. i dont force food on them when they finish one completely i offer them another.

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i do the same but still dont know if its ov or not... my girl ate 2 sm rats and 2 med yesterday and i found this today

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...iminal/ov1.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...iminal/ov2.jpg

:please::please::please::please::please:i hope that its what it looks like :please::please::please::please::please:

that just looks like you fed her a lot, doesnt look like an ov to me
take a look at this thread it has ov pics http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...threadid=84898