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Awesome stuff Gin!! Best of luck!

Woooooo Hooooooo Yea Gin! Awesome and wish you luck on some upcoming eggies.

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Yup. The female can reabsorb the eggs or throw slugs (infertile eggs).

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Actually, it's the follicles that can be reabsorbed, not the eggs ... once a female ovulates, they're coming out.

But even before all that, the bigger challenge is getting the female to ovulate in the first place ... timing the breedings with the right point of follicular development is what makes the difference between a "breeder" and someone just putting two snakes together. ;)

-adam

Congrats Jen!! ;)

Lockups here so far.

het pied x het pied
albino x axanthic 50% het albino
albino x 50% het albino
albino x 50% het albino
pastel X normal
odd male X normal
het orange ghost x normal
het genetic stripe x normal

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Actually, it's the follicles that can be reabsorbed, not the eggs ... once a female ovulates, they're coming out.

But even before all that, the bigger challenge is getting the female to ovulate in the first place ... timing the breedings with the right point of follicular development is what makes the difference between a "breeder" and someone just putting two snakes together. ;)

-adam

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adam,

so how do you know when she's ovulating? is like people.. you see her plotting to kill her husband/kids, eating chocolate in the corner and hording the remote control?

seriously though... how do you know?

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

adam,

so how do you know when she's ovulating? is like people.. you see her plotting to kill her husband/kids, eating chocolate in the corner and hording the remote control?

seriously though... how do you know?

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It's not like people at all ... females ovulate (hopefully) AFTER they are fully of sperm ... so you don't have to time the precise ovulation, just create the conditions that induce the development of follicles in the female and eventually cause the female to ovulate ... the copulation is the easy part for the most part.

FWIW, ovulation can't be missed ... females swell to several times their normal size ... kinda like they swallowed a football ... and it last for 12-24 hours.

-adam

oh okay so you have to introduce the male and female first, then she ovulates and then hopefully, some eggs.

thanks adam!

I am definately familiar with ovulation; Ginger felt like she was full of air when she ovulated last year. Then the eggs came a day or so afterward.
I have been watching thie girl at Mike's house; she is definately in super condition and healthy. I plan on being a breeder, not just a snake-putter-together. :) I didn't go the cooling route because, I have read about a lot of people who skip it (Joepythons being one I can think of right now.)
My pastel male is not ready in my eyes yet; I am letting him grow a few months on before introducing him to my girls. If he still doesn't get the job done, LaVey will go in with them.
I might be a mere fledgling breeder at this point, but I am definately not just an ignoramus.

I should add that they are still locked up at post time. :D

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Actually, it's the follicles that can be reabsorbed, not the eggs ... once a female ovulates, they're coming out.

But even before all that, the bigger challenge is getting the female to ovulate in the first place ... timing the breedings with the right point of follicular development is what makes the difference between a "breeder" and someone just putting two snakes together. ;)

-adam

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:doh: Thanks for correcting that. For some reason, I have EGGS stuck in my head. :oops: