follicles?

just had a quik question. Was wondering if you can still feel follicles in your females even if they haven't been bred?

was watching a Snakebytes.tv episiod when brian was checking for follicles so i tryed with my females that haven't been bred and in one i can feel i think 4 egg like humps in her and in another female i could feel for sure 6 ? none of my female have been breed though they are all right around 1500 grams and this is there second winter was going to wait till next year to breed them

Yes, if they are female and are ready, you can feel follicles even if they haven't been bred.

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Originally Posted by klonedskillz

just had a quik question. Was wondering if you can still feel follicles in your females even if they haven't been bred?

was watching a Snakebytes.tv episiod when brian was checking for follicles so i tryed with my females that haven't been bred and in one i can feel i think 4 egg like humps in her and in another female i could feel for sure 6 ? none of my female have been breed though they are all right around 1500 grams and this is there second winter was going to wait till next year to breed them

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Yes you can...if you don't breed her the follicles will just reabsorb...if you were to breed her they would develop into eggs.

i cant ever feel them i dont have that feeling in my fingers to fell them

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Originally Posted by nixer

i cant ever feel them i dont have that feeling in my fingers to fell them

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Sounds like time to invest in an ultrasound machine.:gj:

there definatly hard to feel untill she calms down and relax's her belly but i perty sure its what im feeling

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Sounds like time to invest in an ultrasound machine.:gj:

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i plan on it eventually

You can feel them and count them to give you a pretty good idea on how many eggs to expect.

Maybe youll have better luck with your toes? Or better yet your tongue? :P:D:gj:

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Originally Posted by nixer

i cant ever feel them i dont have that feeling in my fingers to fell them

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Yes, you can feel follicles. Considering you know what you are feeling. If your snake has had a meal within a week, it can be the meal still in there. I have felt follicles on my females 1000 grams or less as well (these were over 1 year old). So I don't think size matters much, as long as they are healthy enough they can develop follicles. This is my experiences.

Follicles are normally the same size when you feel them and they are one right after the other. They start about mid body. So when you feel for them it will be like bumps in a row not spread out or anything.

A good question is if they have follicles should you breed them regardless of age/weight? Health issues? anyone anyone.. hehe
Maybe I should start a thread on this..

I bred a female 2 months ago kinda gave up becuase i didnt feel anything, im still working on getting good at feeling for follicles. But anyways i took her out yesterday and felt 5 big old ones :D So ill be breeding her again. :salute:

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Originally Posted by Hyper Joe

Yes, you can feel follicles. Considering you know what you are feeling. If your snake has had a meal within a week, it can be the meal still in there. I have felt follicles on my females 1000 grams or less as well (these were over 1 year old). So I don't think size matters much, as long as they are healthy enough they can develop follicles. This is my experiences.

Follicles are normally the same size when you feel them and they are one right after the other. They start about mid body. So when you feel for them it will be like bumps in a row not spread out or anything.

A good question is if they have follicles should you breed them regardless of age/weight? Health issues? anyone anyone.. hehe
Maybe I should start a thread on this..

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it definatly as you described one right after another and all my females are right around 1500 grams give or take a 100 grams

So how much is an ultrasound machine for a snake?

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Originally Posted by Hyper Joe

A good question is if they have follicles should you breed them regardless of age/weight? Health issues? anyone anyone.. hehe
Maybe I should start a thread on this..

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As I remember Barker saids that females that do breed before they are big enough, can slow down its growth rate for life ...

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

So how much is an ultrasound machine for a snake?

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Someone quoted one for me last year at 4,500 us dlls, but there are many options ...
http://www.fisherbiomedical.com/ultrasound/reptiles.htm

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Originally Posted by nahual

As I remember Barker saids that females that do breed before they are big enough, can slow down its growth rate for life ...

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I agree with you & Barker. I noticed this with all species I have had even lizards. I also noticed once you breed period they will slow their growth no matter if they are big already or not. It seems like a switch. Breed = slow growth.

Now what about dwarfs? retics? Boas? etc..?
Can we engineer a dwarf form by breeding early?

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Originally Posted by Drew87

I bred a female 2 months ago kinda gave up becuase i didnt feel anything, im still working on getting good at feeling for follicles. But anyways i took her out yesterday and felt 5 big old ones :D So ill be breeding her again. :salute:

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If they are big it may be too late. Normally I look for cool seeking, bellyside up and water bowl hugging behavior as keys to when to put the males in. By the time you can feel them you should have already put that female with the male.