Ovulation?

[dreese88]

So, my pastel has been breeding my pewter since late December. In the words of Brad, she's been chewing hard, a small rat every 5 days since about Thanksgiving. Every time I've introduced the male, I've witnessed at least 1 copulation. This weekend I tried to feed on Friday and she refused. Then, Saturday we had a nice little low pressure front move through and I introduced my male, and she wasn't having any of that either. I just checked on here and saw this. I think it's an ovulation, but I'm not sure.






Here is a picture of her when her & the pastel first started breeding. So you can see how much lighter she is now.



What are y'alls thoughts on this?

[SNIKTTIME]

1st pic I don't see anything, but 2nd pic I do. Not feeding is a good sign, good luck on your sterlings ^^

[dreese88]

The 2nd pic was when I first checked her and that's what made me think she was going. Thanks for the good luck.

[bones93]

Second pic looks good to me. Just keep watching her over the next wek and see if you see any other signs. Good luck with the pair. That is a very nice pastel male BTW

[2kdime]

Keep pairing up if she will accept it.

If not, you may be good to go.

Id keep an eye on her and see if you have a shed in the near future.

You may have just missed the bulk of the ovy

[twistedtails]

I'm gonna say no it's not, but, she looks close. This is just a guess though. Of course, your guess' will most likely be better than mine. A quick note, I haven't seen any of my females put such extreme bends in the area that the ovulation is taking place. They will normally put a bend right in front of the ovy and right behind it.

[dreese88]

I didn't want to start another thread, so I'm jus going to bump this one.

I thought I caught an Ovy on Wednesday night, but wasn't 100% sure as it definitely wasn't the meat of it. I just palpated her and sure enough, there were 5 bumps the size of a small water balloon.

Now it's all up to the snake gods for all of them to be healthy eggs and for the odds gods to give me like 3.2 Sterlings

[Sariel]

Grats and good luck!!!!

[jeffh231979]

Dylan, keep an eye on her they best way to tell is to just wait the 2 weeks out for the pre lay shed, then the FINAL countdown begins!!! Did you build your incubator yet? Can't wait to meet up again in 2 weeks!!!

[dreese88]

I haven't built it yet, I need to order a T-Stat but that's about all that I need