So....I have been breeding my mojo x normal since August, which started out as just a test to see if they'll breed, and have kept at it as long as they've been keeping at it since then. She started showing signs of bowl wrapping, swelling, etc. Two weeks ago she shed the second time in a month..after being really bloated looking. To add to all this she's been off feed for a month or so as well. I tried to palpate her based off of pictures that I had seen once and a description that I had read, to no avail. Then I watched this Ralph Davis Video : YouTube - Pet Project 08 - part 1 ( follicles )
And found out that palpating females is so much easier than Ive been making it out to be. When you put your bottom finger on their stomach it's like hitting a switch that flattens them out. RD showing the "pop" that your finger does as it goes over every follicle explained a lot, and I palpated my female to find 6 golf ball sized lumps in her belly. Yesterday I palpated her and they are the size of plums (best analogy I have lol sorry). So now we're going to get the incubator fired up.
I do have a question though...I was told that in this stage she is just approaching ovulation. How fast do the eggs grow into almost full sized eggs which I assume is the size they are during ovulation?
Here's some pics, of him, her and some snake love. Not really new pics of them, but a lock from 3 weeks ago. Camera got lost in the move, still searching. Ive been meaning to get pics of the new herp room anyway so Ill get those up as soon as my camera turns up.
Him
Her
Snake Love:
3 weeks ago
5 weeks ago...messy love. They sure do make a mess when breeding.
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