Eating post ovulation?

I had a female shed and start glowing about 2 months ago. She ovulated on May 9 last year. I didn't catch her in ovy but she is pretty fat right now. She is eating small meals every 5 days still.

My question is this - what % of the time, in your experience, does a female keep accepting meals after ovulation? I am worried she has reabsorbed but she is pretty big and I keep catching her laying on her side, belly up, etc.

My females stop eating a couple weeks before ovulation and never show interest in eating after that.

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On the upside, she is very fat right now... so perhaps the ovulation is yet to come! We are only 10 days past last year's date and we had a particularly cool winter/spring.

Crossing my fingers.

Most people rarely offer food after an ovy...

I have had a few eat after an ovy over the years...Most were girls that were being picky eaters while growing follicles, which is why I offered food after an ovy in the first place...

My girls, too, have stopped eating a few weeks to a month before they ovulate. The ones that have a pre-ovy shed usually refuse immediately following the shed, the (so far) one girl who hasn't had a pre-ovy shed still started refusing around the same time.

I had one girl eat all the way through, didn't turn down a meal so I kept feeding her and found eggs one day!

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

I had one girl eat all the way through, didn't turn down a meal so I kept feeding her and found eggs one day!

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I am hoping for this or that she hasn't ovulated yet. She is FAT but not with a distinct swell like an ovy, more like she is gravid. Thanks for giving me hope!

Yeah I thought it was crazy and miss took her ovy for building bc she was still eating.

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Going through the same thing with my enchi girl. Showed all the progression signs and all of her behavior was spot on. Now she is 47 days after a what i believed to be a pre lay shed, and eating, I'm really confused. Just gotta wait it out I guess.

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Originally Posted by MrLang

Eating post ovulation?.

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I eat after every ball python ovulation.;)

While the majority of my females will not eat after ovy, I have had a few exceptions that have.

She stopped glowing and is going into shed again for the third time in 3 months. At 2500g it seems likely to me these are breeding related sheds and not growth related. I feel pretty good about this!

Most of our females seem to quit eating shortly before ovulation, but I have had a few keep eating the entire time they were gravid. One female in particular had me completely fooled. I missed her ovy, and she was pounding food so aggressively that I was sure she wasn't gravid. Opened her tub one day to find eggs....

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Originally Posted by FireStorm

Most of our females seem to quit eating shortly before ovulation, but I have had a few keep eating the entire time they were gravid. One female in particular had me completely fooled. I missed her ovy, and she was pounding food so aggressively that I was sure she wasn't gravid. Opened her tub one day to find eggs....

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I'm like 80% sure this is what's happening to me right now. Works for me - she'll be up to weight for next year even sooner!