Follicle size and ovulation question.

[broadude]

Thanks Doc

That was a good help. Iv also noticed on the videos explaining this that they always put the ball in the tub and let it drape down abit. Does this help?

Ill have to get them ultra relaxed tonight and have a go with them. I did feel a couple of marble sized lumps in my smallest female the other day and was dancing around the room like a man posessed . my Missus wasnt so happy for me. Since then i cant feel anything in any of them

Brilliant post tho doc Thanks again

I don't think it matters, I let mine go down into the tub, while I hold the upper body up.

Don't be discouraged..it took me a while to get the hang of it. But when you have put enough pressure on it and she's guiding though your fingers (thumbs underneath her belly and fingers pressing her down) they feel like a string of pearls if it's before ovulation.

[docturgonzo]

I have a couple of females i started introducing in September and the rest are from late october onwards.

Maybe im not applying enough pressure. I do apply a fair bit but i also ahve been feeling more towards the sides with my fingers.

You could be right and they haevent stared developing yet but the earlier couples have locked constently since Sept so would hope id feel something (the one i did feel them in was an early breeder)

Ill get some practice in tonight but its defenately a skill i want to master

[dr del]

Hi,

Robin suggested having something like a t-shirt on your hands to help cut down the friction of them passing though your hands - might be worth trying.

I have always used both tumbs on their back and both sets of fingers on their belly when letting them go back into the tub. But this might be because I am ambi-sinister about these things.

I still can't pop anything older than a hatchling - aside from my male lesser for some reason .


del

[Jay_Bunny]

Last year was my first breeding season and I could not feel follicles even though I tried several times before she ovulated. I finally felt follicles this season and it is amazing to feel them get bigger over time. It just takes practice.

[Jay_Bunny]

So I just palpated Akina and her follicles feel either just under the size of a golf ball or right at the size of a golf ball. I looked up the diameter of a golf ball in mm and it said about 42mm. So I'm guessing they are somewhere between 35-40mm.

[twistedtails]

So I just palpated Akina and her follicles feel either just under the size of a golf ball or right at the size of a golf ball. I looked up the diameter of a golf ball in mm and it said about 42mm. So I'm guessing they are somewhere between 35-40mm.

Your getting closer...........................Keep waiting! I have girls that seem to have been sitting at 35-40mm for a while. I need ovulation pics when it happens to believe you though.

[Jay_Bunny]

I found this page that helped me estimate how big her follicles were. They are not life size but you can get an idea. Akina's follicles are right around 35mm now that I look at it. When I first felt them they were probably around 0.5 inch.

[twistedtails]

I found this page that helped me estimate how big her follicles were. They are not life size but you can get an idea. Akina's follicles are right around 35mm now that I look at it. When I first felt them they were probably around 0.5 inch.

What site is that?

[Jay_Bunny]

http://glassmarbles.com/size.htm

Sorry my internet was messing up on me. The image to the left is not true to life size but its close.

[BjDavid]

Hi guys. here are the pics of my females. i think my spider is ovulating.