Egg #1? Maybe?

So I went to check on the girls for the morning and opened Bella's tub to find this:

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/3782/a7ze.jpg

My immediate thought was that she needed to take a piss or poo or something. However, she tried to come out of the tub and the "buldge" didn't go away. After the minute it took me to grab my phone and get a picture, she was trying to come out of her tub so I closed it and ran to the forums xD This is Bella, a pastel bred to a lesser and pewter (though no locks witnessed with the pewter). She's had a ridgeback for nearly 2 weeks but isn’t due until 8/9! She's on day 21 POS today.

So, does this look like an egg? Or was my initial thought of a poop/pee more correct? I don’t want to open the tub again if she is laying. I want her to do her thing in peace. It just took me by surprise since she's a virgin girl and I was under the impression that they tend to lay late xD

I'm not exactly the voice of experience here, but that doesn't look like any about-to-poop that I've seen, are you certain that she's 21 past POS and not pre-lay shed? I guess you'll find out either way in couple of hours!

By POS I mean post ovy shed. She shed July 10th and ovulated June 26th.

I've waiting on another female to lay. The other female is 32 days post shed and looking miserable. She was egg adjusting yesterday. This girl is 21 days post shed and I wasn't expecting her to lay yet.

That looks like an egg pushed towards her vent to me. What is she doing now?

She stalled :/ I guess I startled her. She's coiled up, tail in the center. I've got her tub covered, lights off, and the door is shut. It's dark and nice and quiet in there. I've gone to work but ill check on her when I get home. If nothing, I check I'm the morning. Come on Bella!

Bella is a good lookin pastel!

sent from my incubator

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

Bella is a good lookin pastel!

sent from my incubator

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Bella is my female. On a vacation/Maternity stay at BHReptiles place as she had a large enough male to breed to her and an establishes incubator.

I've been very pleased with how well Bella has maintained her colors. I got her from Ken McAlexander at BallPythonInvestments. She is also the tamest BP ever and I love her to death. The lesser he was bread to is an excellent specimen too so the babies I expect to be pretty tip top of the line in quality!

PS- Bella won BPOM not long ago sharing a drink with her dinner. She's so tame she would rather wine and dine her dinner than eat it sometimes!

Any eggs today?

I caught my pewter like that and she was also twisting around and turning herself into a pretzel. She stalled - but the next day I came in to eggs. My money is on her laying last night.

UPDATE!

No eggs yet :/ neither girl is willing to give up their hostages. Both showing signs of being close. Both looking like miserable pretzels. Bella was curled and laying inverted. I do wish she would lay already! I'm trying a new tactic: make the girls think I don't care when they lay. Reverse psychology ;) Don't tell, them though!

That's a smoking pastel. Best of luck with the stubborn girl!

She is a great looking pastel. Rob and I are hoping for a clutch of hot pastel lessers!

Here is how I found the other female just now...more egg adjusting. She was like this three days ago! This picture was taken 5 min ago!

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/02/yje4ezu7.jpg

I hope that picture showed up. My first time posting images using tapatalk.

How crazy exciting would it be if both girls laid on the same day?!

Definitely crazy!

I told breanna to tell Bella that the eggs taste better the longer she waits. ;-)

BAH! Still no eggs...from either girl :/ The both look absolutely miserable. Don't they know they would feel better if they laid?

Push girls, PUSH!

Well, I got home from work and still no eggs :/

Tabitha continues to look like a miserable pretzel.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/hysy8u9a.jpg

Need a new pic of Bella and how she's doin!

I'll post pictures of the girls tomorrow on my morning check.

Still nothing? Day 21 sounds very early to me - all my girls were first timers and very late, 3 of them laying on day 41, 43 and 46 post shed! Hope they drop eggs for you soon, it's a painful wait!

Still nothing.

And yes, I thought day 21 was strange. That's why I asked big what I was seeing was an egg. However, she thought twice and is holding it in.

I've not checked on them this morning so I could have eggs waiting. I would love for them to lay this week! Ill be out of town most of the week following NARBC.

I said I would post pictures, so here they are:

Bella at 25 days post shed

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/04/a3e3egyv.jpg

Tabitha at 36 days post shed:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/04/epahy2a6.jpg

Still no eggs :(

Hopefully they will lay for you soon. Keep us updated!

Well...day 37 and Tabitha FINALLY laid! I checked on her around 9:45 am and I saw 6-7 healthy eggs already out with at least one more still inside her. I closed the tub to let her finish in peace! In about an hour or two I'll check on her, remove the eggs, take some pictures, clean mom up, and then start a new thread :)