Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by LGL
I brought the gravid female home today. Boy, it's great to have her back! I had a couple extra rats left and she ate them quicker than my best eaters would have! And to think she used to be the pickiest eater of all! Lol!
Please dont take this as being rude here.I would like to know how the breeder of the pin used on your female let you take a gravid female home.In my experiances and such the female stays with the breeder until she drops eggs and they hatch.It also concerns me that you have now handled and placed stress on a gravid female.Something does not sound right here,did he guarentee her being gravid? Is this his first year breeding also?
Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by LGL
Yep! They were both smaller than what I used to feed her though... She's one of those females that usually won't eat one larger one...only a 2-3 little rats.
That sounds great Ginevive! Good luck!
In my experiances gravid females will not eat at all.I think thats why Adam is asking also.
Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae
How many eggs does she have in her?
without an ultrasound, I don't think you can tell how many eggs are in her
Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae
How many eggs does she have in her?
I bet I know. ;) :D :sweeet:
-adam
Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704
without an ultrasound, I don't think you can tell how many eggs are in her
Not true at all ... I've been palpating females and recording the number of follicles and eggs in each of my girls with great accuracy for years now ... I think if you don't have a lot of experience palpating and don't have "the touch" an ultrasound can be a useful tool ... but for those of us that have been around since the "pre ultrasound" days, they really aren't necessary (at least in my opinion).
-adam
Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Not true at all ... I've been palpating females and recording the number of follicles and eggs in each of my girls with great accuracy for years now ... I think if you don't have a lot of experience palpating and don't have "the touch" an ultrasound can be a useful tool ... but for those of us that have been around since the "pre ultrasound" days, they really aren't necessary (at least in my opinion).
-adam
good thing I threw in the "i think" part;)
Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by joepythons
Please dont take this as being rude here.I would like to know how the breeder of the pin used on your female let you take a gravid female home.In my experiances and such the female stays with the breeder until she drops eggs and they hatch.It also concerns me that you have now handled and placed stress on a gravid female.Something does not sound right here,did he guarentee her being gravid? Is this his first year breeding also?
Let me explain myself here. She bred to the Pinstripe male and is producing follicles and may have ovulated (but we didn't actually see her ovulate if she did). So she's not like "gravid" in the sense that she's going to be laying eggs ina a couple weeks or anything...only that she should lay in the next 1.5-2 months or so. They way we're doing the breeding loan is that he breeds them with his male and then once they have ovulated, I take them home and wait for eggs. Since the Pinstripe got sent away for another breeding loan, I decided to just take her home now. He did not guarrentee that she was gravid. He just said that she should be. This is his 2nd-3rd year breeding BPs.
Let me know if that sounds ok or if there's something I should do. Thanks guys! Since this is my first year breeding, I'm still learning some things.
Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by LGL
Let me explain myself here. She bred to the Pinstripe male and is producing follicles and may have ovulated (but we didn't actually see her ovulate if she did). So she's not like "gravid" in the sense that she's going to be laying eggs ina a couple weeks or anything...only that she should lay in the next 1.5-2 months or so. They way we're doing the breeding loan is that he breeds them with his male and then once they have ovulated, I take them home and wait for eggs. Since the Pinstripe got sent away for another breeding loan, I decided to just take her home now. He did not guarrentee that she was gravid. He just said that she should be. This is his 2nd-3rd year breeding BPs.
Let me know if that sounds ok or if there's something I should do. Thanks guys! Since this is my first year breeding, I'm still learning some things.
A simple palpation would easily allow you to tell if she had indeed ovulated ... at that point, you'll feel small "marshmellows" lined up along the center of her belly which are indeed eggs ... moving a female with large follicles that has not yet ovulated is really not the best idea in the world ... it's not uncommon for females with large follicles and no male present or that are stressed to reabsorb their follicles leading to no eggs.
Good luck ... all that moving snakes around is something that would surely make me nervous for a number of reasons ... I've got my fingers crossed for you!
-adam
Re: How's breeding going?
Well, I just checked on her and it looks like she's ovulating to me! That whole long section in front of her vent is HUGE!! Much larger than the rest of her body! Lookin' good!
Re: How's breeding going?
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Originally Posted by LGL
Let me explain myself here. She bred to the Pinstripe male and is producing follicles and may have ovulated (but we didn't actually see her ovulate if she did). So she's not like "gravid" in the sense that she's going to be laying eggs ina a couple weeks or anything...only that she should lay in the next 1.5-2 months or so. They way we're doing the breeding loan is that he breeds them with his male and then once they have ovulated, I take them home and wait for eggs. Since the Pinstripe got sent away for another breeding loan, I decided to just take her home now. He did not guarrentee that she was gravid. He just said that she should be. This is his 2nd-3rd year breeding BPs.
Let me know if that sounds ok or if there's something I should do. Thanks guys! Since this is my first year breeding, I'm still learning some things.
Umm please dont count on much with this breeding loan project.My 2 females have ovulated and the pastel is on Elvira again as of last night(locked up in 5 minutes).Please keep us posted
