My large female waited until spring last year before locking up about 3 times with a male in the course of a couple weeks--and then she stopped locking up, and a month later, laid her clutch.
This year, she's locked up with our lesser about 3 times, and has stopped...should I re-warm her and forget about the cooling cycle, and assume we'll have eggs in December, or should I continue cooling?
What would all of you do, if you thought a female was 'caught', but you were right at the beginning of the cooling cycle? Would continuing cooling delay her ovulation, or would it interfere with the development of her clutch? Would it improve fertility or decrease it? Anyone know?
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