Can someone explain "glowing" and when it occurs in the cycle?
I hadn't even known about this concept until today, and was actually going to post something about my female until I got in here and saw people mentioning "glowing." What I was going to say is that my female that I have been pairing off and on for the last month or so has suddenly changed color, in that her normal brown appears a bright golden color in the fluorescent light, and her overall tone is somewhat lighter. Honestly a "glow" is really the best way I can describe it. It's not particularly drastic, but definitely noticeable given that I look at her nearly every day.
Is there a connection here to the "glowing" concept, or has someone experienced this before with a female?
Re: Can someone explain "glowing" and when it occurs in the cycle?
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Originally Posted by
snakesRkewl
Females will breed and start growing follicles, then shed and continue to breed while cooling themselves and growing their follicles.
Then they'll go into preov shed and after the preov shed they'll start to glow.
They glow until after they ovulate and go into prelay shed.
100% accurate info,this should go to sticky :gj:
Re: Can someone explain "glowing" and when it occurs in the cycle?
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Originally Posted by
snakesRkewl
Females will breed and start growing follicles, then shed and continue to breed while cooling themselves and growing their follicles.
Then they'll go into preov shed and after the preov shed they'll start to glow.
They glow until after they ovulate and go into prelay shed.
I was also going to ask why she is insisting on being at the cool end of the cage even though she feels cold to the touch. I suppose this explains that as well. Funny I did not notice these things when I bred her last year.
Should I continue to put the male in there intermittently even though they've had 2 very good locks or is she indicating that she's fertilized?
Re: Can someone explain "glowing" and when it occurs in the cycle?
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Originally Posted by
snakesRkewl
Females will breed and start growing follicles, then shed and continue to breed while cooling themselves and growing their follicles.
Then they'll go into preov shed and after the preov shed they'll start to glow.
They glow until after they ovulate and go into prelay shed.
That's pretty much what I have experienced, although I notice my girls starting to glow way before their pre-ov shed. It's subtle, but if you pay attention you can see it. The glow is very noticeable right before they ovulate-in my experience, then after the pre-lay shed it starts to fade.
Here is a snake that I bought as a male in October, really dark and pretty. Found out it's a female because of glowing/ovulation
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps73fbfffa.jpg
Here "he" is in November. I had not realized he was a she yet, but you can see the color lightened up a bit, especially on the head and neck.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...reeding042.jpg
February, when I realized he was a glowing she
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...psb71cf0fb.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps777a6960.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps5d14b3ca.jpg
And today, due to lay in 1-2 weeks notice the glow has really faded.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps60cea7fd.jpg
Here are some pictures of some girls several months before they ovulated, you can see the glow in their neck and head. You have to really know what they look like before they glow to notice it early on. All of these girls laid for me 4-6 months after these pictures.
Neck glow
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ing/007-11.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...eeding/039.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ing/mom011.jpg
This girls glow is always very subtle, but you can still see the little hint of a glow behind her head and on her neck
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...eeding/053.jpg
Edit: Forgot I had a couple more!
Pastel female, usually doesn't have a bright yellow neck/head
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...reeding033.jpg
Here is the subtle girl this year, I have high hopes for her laying again this year
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps42fa4361.jpg
Can someone explain "glowing" and when it occurs in the cycle?
I just took this pic on the left of my girl Audrey, who has just started glowing after her last shed a few days ago... but you can see the difference in how her head and neck look compared to the pic on the right that was taken about a week and a half ago. :)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/10/esasahup.jpg
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Re: Can someone explain "glowing" and when it occurs in the cycle?
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Originally Posted by
snakesRkewl
I've yet to see a female glow before preov shed :confusd:
Even human females "glow" lol, probably for the same reason :rofl:
You wouldn't call this glowing before pre-ov shed? I'm not arguing with you, snakes never go by the book, but in my experience I've noticed them glowing for several months.
(I keep a blog of sorts on my site so I can keep track of dates)
February, I have pictures of her head looking like this in January too
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ing/007-11.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/019-1.jpg
May, that means she was glowing for 1-2 months before she ovulated
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/002-1.jpg
Same girl another year
January
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Isis/003-3.jpg
May
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Isis/011-9.jpg
January
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps1a1ba3d3.jpg
April, roughly 2 months of glowing before ovulation
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps98d7487e.jpg
Another year with the girl above, I call the neck glow the beginning of glowing, so far I've had 100% accuracy on whether or not they will lay if they have that neck glow. Granted I've only had 7 clutches, but still...
January
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...eeding/053.jpg
April, ovulation
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ding/035-1.jpg
And this girl
January
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...eeding/039.jpg
May, ovulation
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ing/mom009.jpg
And that mojave girl has shed once in between glowing like crazy
Feb 3rd
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...psa2803745.jpg
March (a few days ago), she shed last week, I really don't think she has ovulated yet because she's still breeding.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps7cd36be8.jpg
