1st time breeding

[DCR]

Hi me and my girlfriend we have 23 bps and 2 Cali kings and we were interested in breeding this year, we did alot of research on it prior to taking the leap, we currently have 2 incubators, 1 that I made from an old monster energy drink mini fridge, it's only capable of holding 1 clutch box, and we also bought a pretty nice one which is capable of holding 6 clutch boxes. But long story short, after getting everything ready to go we decided it was time to start pairing. We started pairing this female about a month and a half ago, maybe a month, I introduced the male 2 times for 3 days and took him out for 4 days and fed them both and then reintroduced them again for another 3 days, both times I never visually saw a full on lock however I was not checking on them constantly either, both times they were paired I did observe alot of interest between the 2 snakes and they were practically laying on each other the whole time or curled up in a ball together etc.. and at the end of each 3 day session there was an extreme amount of excrement, both pee and poop, which I read was normal and thats what they do when they mate. But anyways, I stopped pairing her for about a month and was going to start pairing her back with the same male again but today when I went to clean her tub out I noticed she's looking extra lumpy and the 1st time I observed her laying inverted and then after I cleaned her tub and replaced her in it a few hours later I observed her wrapping her water bowl up, just curious if you guys/gals would assume she's pregnant/gravid or what your thought are?
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[nikkubus]

It's way too soon to be visually seeing anything like that as a result of breeding even if you missed a lock unless I am misunderstanding your timeline. Have you had any success palpating her at any point to get an idea for where she is in follicle development? Is she still cool seeking most of the time?

[DCR]

It's way too soon to be visually seeing anything like that as a result of breeding even if you missed a lock unless I am misunderstanding your timeline. Have you had any success palpating her at any point to get an idea for where she is in follicle development? Is she still cool seeking most of the time?

I have not palpated her, although I was wondering if right now would be the perfect time to pair her again incase she is building follicles right at this very moment, she's been on the cool side wrapped around her water bowl since I posted the original thread, the first pairing was a month and a half ago and the last pairing being about a month ago

[nikkubus]

yeah, I would pair her again if she is still cool seeking. you may get better luck with a lock now. try to get a lock per month if you can.