Palpating is basically feeling for developing follicles in the females belly. I palpate a few times during the season. It can also give you a rough idea of how many eggs she'll lay. For example on this female I felt 5 definite follicles. So I should get five eggs.
I'm so excited! Pics to come as soon as she lays
Really? I'm used to palpating bladders on dogs and cats, lol But snakes to find out how many follicles? Wow, ok now is this something you do gently or rather aggressively because I counted around 6 if I'm not mistaken on my normal when she was all bulgy. I know it's late in the season but they are definately in the lock mode, if I wasn't such a dee dee dee and knew how to do the picture thingy I could post some awesome pictures I got of their locks. Thank you for the info.
Palpating is basically feeling for developing follicles in the females belly. I palpate a few times during the season. It can also give you a rough idea of how many eggs she'll lay. For example on this female I felt 5 definite follicles. So I should get five eggs.
I'm so excited! Pics to come as soon as she lays
So how's the female doing? She still curling and laying upside down, any eggs yet?
No eggs as of 5am this morning when I checked her but about half an inch from her cloaca was bulging out this morning. Im putting my money on today or tonight. :-) I wouldn't be surprised if I found eggs when I get home today.
YOUR impatient! Ha! I have a hard time waiting for my toast to be done toasting and I toast at the lowest setting! That is how impatient I am. This girl is going to drive me nuts.
We got our 3rd clutch this morning! It was about 2 days after due date... clutch 2 was about 7 days late...clutch 1 was 2-3 days late.
Clutch 2 for us was the weirdest, though. She shed 2 times before laying, after her ovy. She ended up laying 5 days after she shed. Being a newbie, that sure threw me for a loop.
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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny
Good luck and keep us updated! 
