Is this ovulation?

can somebody please tell me if my female is ovulating.Its my first breeding season.I had studied a lot..I mean a hole lot but I still am a little confused about ovulation.First time i thought she was ovulating about a week ago but now she is at it again.
http://imageshack.us/a/img600/4920/dscn0717af.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img802/2149/dscn0713gp.jpg

well, what do you think?

That's looking pretty good.
Is she empty / off feed?

Yes, she stopped eating in late december.

It's my first year breeding too so I'm sure others can chime in.

She looks pretty swollen to me.

Good luck!!

I'm not seeing an ovulation (no tail suck), but she looks like she's building nicely. Keep pairing her. :gj:

I was thinking the same thing as Anna, no tail suck yet but she is building quite nicely so keep pairing her.

she will not accept him any more.The last lock was on february the 4th
here she is about a half an hour ago
http://imageshack.us/a/img715/2559/dscn0720g.jpg

There ya go, that last pic is an ovy. Congrats!

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Originally Posted by SquamishSerpents

There ya go, that last pic is an ovy. Congrats!

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Yep! Congrats!

Congrats! I hope you get some healthy pearly whites!

Okay, gonna jump in here and ask the beginner question...
What is "tail suck"?

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Originally Posted by Southern_Breeder

Okay, gonna jump in here and ask the beginner question...
What is "tail suck"?

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There is a good explanation here on tail suck here: http://www.ballpython.ca/gallery/breeding.html

Sure looks like she is going through her ovy now. Congrats

Yep that looks like an ovulation to me. :) I've seen it on my Kay enough to recognize it now. :) Expecting to see it again in a few weeks.....

Thank you all.Hope all turns out well.
I would just want to ask another question:
After ovulation, how long does she take to change behaviour to stay more on the warm side?

Here is a cool chart that help explains everything.
I'm pretty sure it was Dr. Dell that posted this.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/20/nura3ety.jpg

There, that looks like an ovy! Congrats and good luck!

another question

My female ovulated and after 19 days she went throw her pre-lay shed.
Can I ofer her a little meal,would she accept?
She hasn't eaten since december

Congrats!

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Originally Posted by raptor96

another question

My female ovulated and after 19 days she went throw her pre-lay shed.
Can I ofer her a little meal,would she accept?
She hasn't eaten since december

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I would say no. I've always heard they shouldn't eat while gravid (perhaps an old wives tale?). I doubt she'd accept anyways. Congrats on the ovy!

I don't even try to offer food after ovy - she will probably eat after she lay's (around 30 days from POS) :).
Congrats on a first ovy - it's always exciting :D.

Definite ovulation even from the first pic. Congrats!

thats any ovy:gj:

Thats definitely a ovy congrats;and about their behavior. It changes pretty much immediately either as soon as she comes out of ovy ,within hours or the next day she'll be hanging on the warm side.
You really don't need to bother feeding her till after she drops eggs.
Considering half her body is going to be packed with eggs, that leaves very little space to try and digest or pass anything but small urates thru her body.
Just be ready after you get the eggs from her and clean her up, get a meal in front of her.
I've had luck with getting my female to eat within a couple hours after removing her eggs.

congratz, most of my females don't tail suck until they are about to drop. that's when I really notice it. don't feed her, she looks fine. some will offer much smaller meal if she really needed it at this time in her breeding cycle. she doesn't need it. mark her next shed. keep us posted. don

and here there are: 9 amazingly white eggs:)

http://imageshack.us/a/img577/2376/dscn1039zk.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img94/3917/dscn1041b.jpg

Wonderful!!! Congrats!!

Nice! My fingers are crossed that I end up seeing that as little as another week.