So excited!!!

This is my first time breeding, and I can't be more excited. Two locks so far.

Vanilla X Fire

http://imageshack.com/a/img208/4968/jui5.jpghttp://imageshack.com/a/img692/4166/xpl9.jpg

Pied X Het Pied

http://imageshack.com/a/img12/4788/e1vq.jpghttp://imageshack.com/a/img690/9630/5sc4.jpg

Nice, Congrats!!! Got my first for the season the other day too. Orange Dream male to a pied female.....Stoked!!!

Nice good luck!!

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Congrats! Good luck!

Locks are always awesome to see! Congrats :gj:

Good luck:please:

I know how excited you are. I got my first locks with a male spider to normal female. I have a male pastel lesser which I need to put a little more weight on. Hopefully he can breed this season. I wish you the best this season. This is just so much fun.:)

Thanks everyone! I'll update this thread as more happens

Congrats. Can't wait til I'm at that stage but I have alooonnnggg way to go

This is his 3rd confirmed lock with her. Probably a lot more that I'm not catching

http://imageshack.com/a/img577/7598/lggb.jpg

That's so exciting to open a tub and see!! Congrats! !

Awesome! :gj:

Lock #4 and she also shed 12/2. Could that be the pre ovy shed? Or am I getting ahead of myself?
Sorry about the poor lighting, found them like this early this morning when I got up for work and it was still dark outside.

http://imageshack.com/a/img35/7906/npgv.jpg

So sorry for the poor quality photos, I'm always in a hurry when I need to get a picture of her.

This was her yesterday, in a very tight coil

http://imageshack.com/a/img9/3692/jkb2.jpg

And this her this morning "lumping". I'm a little confused on the significance of lumping. Mainly I've heard it means she's building still, but have also heard it's a sign she'll shortly ovulate, and have also heard it's a sign she's already gravid.

http://imageshack.com/a/img268/9082/9nde.jpg

Here is her "breeding" timeline.

Date	Info
10-16-13	Bowl wrapping on cool side
10-25-13	Together for first time
11-1-13	lock
11-9-13	lock
11-18-13	lock
11-24-13	Bowl wrapping on cool side
12-1-13	shed
12-4-13	Has not left the hot side since about 11-30
12-6-13	lock
12-10-13	Tight coil
12-11-13	Lumping , still has not left the hot side

And here is her feeding records since beginning breeding

10-22-13
10-30-13
11-8-13
11-13-13
11-25-13
12-1-13

I'm voting it's pre-ovy lumping, have you palpated her? The shed could have been the pre-ovy shed, or not, it's kind of hard to say with certainty but that pic certainly looks promising! Would you say that's representative of her normal coloration?

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I'm voting it's pre-ovy lumping, have you palpated her? The shed could have been the pre-ovy shed, or not, it's kind of hard to say with certainty but that pic certainly looks promising! Would you say that's representative of her normal coloration?

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The very first picture I posted of her in this thread is the best representation of her normal color. Photos besides that have been very poor, poor lighting, poor camera, and mainly just to get the act of what she's doing rather than quality. I have not seen a glow whatsoever.
I was hoping this last shed could possibly be pre ovy shed. If so I should expect an ovy soon. I keep thinking oh she looks so fat! But I think that's been her building.
This is my first go around so am questioning everything she's been doing lol worried mother hen

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The very first picture I posted of her in this thread is the best representation of her normal color. Photos besides that have been very poor, poor lighting, poor camera, and mainly just to get the act of what she's doing rather than quality. I have not seen a glow whatsoever.
I was hoping this last shed could possibly be pre ovy shed. If so I should expect an ovy soon. I keep thinking oh she looks so fat! But I think that's been her building.
This is my first go around so am questioning everything she's been doing lol worried mother hen

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Sometimes the glow can go pretty fast and you can miss it. I gave up guessing where Bubbles was last year, she was always on the warm end, and I never caught her lying inverted, but I checked her 2x a day, turned on the incubator, and waited, and she finally laid (turns out I wasn't too far off anyway). I think you're right though, and I think you'll see an ovy soon. :gj:

Pied boy locked with a different het pied female on the 15th

http://imageshack.com/a/img546/1355/o94b.jpghttp://imageshack.com/a/img689/9212/p8ty.jpg

Does this look like an ovy to anyone?
Weighed 1800g on 12/29, ate a rat about 100g that night. This morning (12/31) she weighs 1988g and didn't look nearly this fat yesterday

http://imageshack.com/a/img833/2907/pdj7.jpg

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Does this look like an ovy to anyone?
Weighed 1800g on 12/29, ate a rat about 100g that night. This morning (12/31) she weighs 1988g and didn't look nearly this fat yesterday

http://imageshack.com/a/img833/2907/pdj7.jpg

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I'm new to this breeding stuff, but doesn't really look like an ovy to me. From what I've seen, will be more isolated literally like she swallowed a pop can. Maybe building? Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in.

Congrats and good luck!!!

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SO, the female I was asking if that was an ovy, her belly is currently pink and that will run perfectly on a timeline for pre lay shed correct?

Third lock between these two

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...psb81a2afb.jpg

Is that her locked in the photo above? Or is it a different girl? I wasn't sure on the ovy pics, it looked a little high up the body, but then if it was a quick swelling/subsiding like you described it very well could have been. So I vote yes for impending pre-lay shed assuming that the female in the above pic is not the female in question but rather the other het pied (I hope that made sense, I'm distracted by delicious chips and salsa right now :oops:).

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Is that her locked in the photo above? Or is it a different girl? I wasn't sure on the ovy pics, it looked a little high up the body, but then if it was a quick swelling/subsiding like you described it very well could have been. So I vote yes for impending pre-lay shed assuming that the female in the above pic is not the female in question but rather the other het pied (I hope that made sense, I'm distracted by delicious chips and salsa right now :oops:).

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You are correct =) there are two girls and that last lock is the 2nd girl.

It's been 1 week since the "ovy" and her belly is still pink and I expect her to shed in a week or so. Making it fit a pre lay shed timeline perfectly. I really hope she isn't tricking me!

Well, I guess she is not gravid then. lol. This was yesterday morning

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...ps74b87223.jpg

Took this before work this morning, was in a rush. Female is also deep in shed

Put them together for the first time yesterday, this is both their first time.

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...ps46d8afc3.jpg

This is what she normally looks like, when not in shed, under good lighting, with a good camera

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...psf9fc9af5.jpg

Second lock from the other day, they were locked for just about 24 hours! She's getting moved to a 41qt next week. The build job keeps getting pushed off

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7a83ed27.jpg

This lock was from the 17th
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...ps88ac637f.jpghttp://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...psb21344f3.jpg


And then this lock was a hated lock, but also a blessing. Vanilla x normal (check out this thread for the recent story on the vanilla http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...out-to-be-male )

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/...ps83343f2e.jpg

cool! what are their weights? he looks small!

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cool! what are their weights? he looks small!

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For which pairing? The fire x vanilla ? The fire was around 650g at the time of that lock

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For which pairing? The fire x vanilla ? The fire was around 650g at the time of that lock

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yeah i was talkin fire x vanilla. i ddnt even seen pages 2 n 3.
Very cool locks, all of 'em :) :gj::gj: