Ok, so here is what's going on. My big normal female has been paired with my fire a few times.... I have not witnessed a lock, but I have walked in on them in what seemed like a partial lock. They are left to be for about 10hrs a day, so I'm guessing I could of missed it. My female went through all of the tell tale signs of being Gravid. First she was coiling her water bowl... Paired through all that. Then she was seeking her hot side, laying inverted for hours. I would catch her laying inverted everytime I went into my snake room. She would form perfect coils inverted, and lay funky inverted also. Then for about a week ( last week) she would lay in a perfect coil on her hot side. Then she had a shed come out of nowhere. Now this week she is hanging on her cool side, and is all over. To me these all seem like signs of her being Gravid.
The problem is.... I think I missed ovulation, I didn't see a huge noticeable lower build to her. She also doesn't seem huge towards her lower end. She's a big 2500gram girl, but she is also long. I measured her at close to 6ft. I'm not sure if her build would be less noticeable because of her length? She eats like crazy, and I know she isn't thin. I just don't see a huge build on her lower end.... I'm setting up my incubator as we speak, and am picking a herpstat up tomorrow. Should I be worried about her not looking like she's full of eggs? I have not really had a chance to feel her to well, she's seems awfully cranky. Did something go wrong in the last week? Would she show all those signs and not be Gravid? She hasn't gone off feed, and will take anything I drop in there....
Please shed some light on my situation if possible. This is my first clutch, and I'm really nervous. Thanks in advance and I know the wise will chime in.