What is this?

Our female het pied shed last night and now we can see that her body is lumpy. Is this ovulation, or just building? How long should she be building before she ovulates?

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...d321/build.png

this will be our first clutch ever if everything goes well. het pied x het pied. So exciting :D

They don't shed and then ovulate the next day but she's obviously got something going on ;)

Better pics taken from above would help :gj:

Does the amount of time between pre-ov shed and ovulation vary a lot or is there a pretty solid figure out there? If so I can't figure it out :rolleyes: Is it a couple of weeks, a month or more? Now that I'm finally witnessing a visible change I'm getting all excited over it. We've waited a looong time, we doubted she was going to go at all.

Honestly I dont put any faith in a preovy shed. Ive had snakes that shed a few weeks before ovulation, others were a few months. The only shed that seems reliable to me is the prelay shed.

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Originally Posted by aalomon

Honestly I dont put any faith in a preovy shed. Ive had snakes that shed a few weeks before ovulation, others were a few months. The only shed that seems reliable to me is the prelay shed.

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I agree, if she is ovulating now, you will get another shed in 25-30 days then eggs 25-30 days after that shed.

Its the hormone that is released during ovulation that causes them to go into shed.

Looks like she just had her pre lay shed, those look like eggs to me.

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Originally Posted by jjhall8

Looks like she just had her pre lay shed, those look like eggs to me.

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I agree :gj:

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Originally Posted by jjhall8

Looks like she just had her pre lay shed, those look like eggs to me.

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:taz: holy! I hope you're right. I'll get to preparing the incubator just in case. Fingers crossed for pied babies in my first clutch. :please:

Heh,

I'd say those look like either eggs or you are due one heck of a poop. :cool:

Geting the incubator dialed in sounds like a good plan. :gj:

And congratulations. :D


dr del

Can you post a pic of her lying down on her belly?

Look like eggs to me too! Good luck!

If it's an ovy, you will get a shed in about 16 days! If that happens, then you know you got some eggs coming!

That looks like a snake that just had herself a pre-lay shed. Congratulations!

What is she doing? For instance. Is she sitting on the hot side coiled like a cinnamon roll? Is she hugging the water dish? When was the last time she ate?

I find that they stop eating when their follicles get to 25mm. But they will breed still and they go back and forth but like to hug the water dish. Ovulation is somewhere around 35mm, but it only can take a week to get from 25mm to 35mm sometimes.

After ovulation she will be n the hot side more and after the post ov shed she will cinnamon bun on the hot side. If you have her on a mulch of some sort you will see her build a nest.