Help with female

Ok so I can finally get pics up.
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0065.jpg
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0064.jpg
These are the best I got (took with my phone today)

She has gone to 1600 now in a week with one feed. She has also gone into shed (could just be a normal shed). What do you guys think? Building or already ovulated when I first saw she was bigger?

Cheers :)

anyone?
Does it look like building or possible ovulation as she did look bigger than that for about a day and a half.

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Originally Posted by Mattinho

anyone?
Does it look like building or possible ovulation as she did look bigger than that for about a day and a half.

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ovulation looks like they swallowed a football. it's pretty hard not to notice especially if you were to only hAve a few snakes. if she has ovulated then this shed could very well be her post ovulation shed which means you better get your incubator ready. have you palpated her recently? that would let you know how far along follicle growth is.

hope this helps.


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Originally Posted by Xan Powers

ovulation looks like they swallowed a football. it's pretty hard not to notice especially if you were to only hAve a few snakes. if she has ovulated then this shed could very well be her post ovulation shed which means you better get your incubator ready. have you palpated her recently? that would let you know how far along follicle growth is.

hope this helps.


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I have tried to palapte and I think they are pretty big. She looked like she had eaten a large rat but was gone with in 48hrs. This is my first time breeding balls so am still uncertain exactly what folicles feel like and what ovulation looks like (have seen loads of pics)
I will palpate again after she sheds, will they feel any different if she has ovulated?
I have had the incubator ready since I first put them together :P a nice converted viv set to 89.5 :D

sorry for the double post, should I keep pairing her with a male or leave it to see if she lays?

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Originally Posted by Mattinho

sorry for the double post, should I keep pairing her with a male or leave it to see if she lays?

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after ovulation the follicles will be considerably large as opposed to the dime size follicles you feel when she is in the early stages of building. since she just shed it could either be a shed before ovulation or it could be a pre egg laying shed. without seeing that ovulation you wouldn't know unless you can actually feel the size of the follicles. if they are still around dime/nickel size then I'd say that shed was most likely a shed before ovulation. there's no real time line as far as pre ovulation sheds but just keep an out for it. as far as pairing goes, what I'm doing with mine is I'm pairing them all the way up until ovulation or the female refuses multiple times. if she's not gonna have it there's no making her :)

this is my first year breeding too so I feel your excitement haha, my female is about to start a pre ovulation shed cycle so we could be in the same boat.

hope this helps.


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