So excited!!!

[DooLittle]

That's so exciting to open a tub and see!! Congrats! !

[Schmee123]

Awesome!

[SnowShredder]

Lock #4 and she also shed 12/2. Could that be the pre ovy shed? Or am I getting ahead of myself?
Sorry about the poor lighting, found them like this early this morning when I got up for work and it was still dark outside.

[SnowShredder]

So sorry for the poor quality photos, I'm always in a hurry when I need to get a picture of her.

This was her yesterday, in a very tight coil



And this her this morning "lumping". I'm a little confused on the significance of lumping. Mainly I've heard it means she's building still, but have also heard it's a sign she'll shortly ovulate, and have also heard it's a sign she's already gravid.



Here is her "breeding" timeline.

Date	Info
10-16-13	Bowl wrapping on cool side
10-25-13	Together for first time
11-1-13	lock
11-9-13	lock
11-18-13	lock
11-24-13	Bowl wrapping on cool side
12-1-13	shed
12-4-13	Has not left the hot side since about 11-30
12-6-13	lock
12-10-13	Tight coil
12-11-13	Lumping , still has not left the hot side

And here is her feeding records since beginning breeding

10-22-13
10-30-13
11-8-13
11-13-13
11-25-13
12-1-13

[Badgemash]

I'm voting it's pre-ovy lumping, have you palpated her? The shed could have been the pre-ovy shed, or not, it's kind of hard to say with certainty but that pic certainly looks promising! Would you say that's representative of her normal coloration?

[SnowShredder]

I'm voting it's pre-ovy lumping, have you palpated her? The shed could have been the pre-ovy shed, or not, it's kind of hard to say with certainty but that pic certainly looks promising! Would you say that's representative of her normal coloration?

The very first picture I posted of her in this thread is the best representation of her normal color. Photos besides that have been very poor, poor lighting, poor camera, and mainly just to get the act of what she's doing rather than quality. I have not seen a glow whatsoever.
I was hoping this last shed could possibly be pre ovy shed. If so I should expect an ovy soon. I keep thinking oh she looks so fat! But I think that's been her building.
This is my first go around so am questioning everything she's been doing lol worried mother hen

[Badgemash]

The very first picture I posted of her in this thread is the best representation of her normal color. Photos besides that have been very poor, poor lighting, poor camera, and mainly just to get the act of what she's doing rather than quality. I have not seen a glow whatsoever.
I was hoping this last shed could possibly be pre ovy shed. If so I should expect an ovy soon. I keep thinking oh she looks so fat! But I think that's been her building.
This is my first go around so am questioning everything she's been doing lol worried mother hen

Sometimes the glow can go pretty fast and you can miss it. I gave up guessing where Bubbles was last year, she was always on the warm end, and I never caught her lying inverted, but I checked her 2x a day, turned on the incubator, and waited, and she finally laid (turns out I wasn't too far off anyway). I think you're right though, and I think you'll see an ovy soon.

[SnowShredder]

Pied boy locked with a different het pied female on the 15th

[SnowShredder]

Does this look like an ovy to anyone?
Weighed 1800g on 12/29, ate a rat about 100g that night. This morning (12/31) she weighs 1988g and didn't look nearly this fat yesterday

[DooLittle]

Does this look like an ovy to anyone?
Weighed 1800g on 12/29, ate a rat about 100g that night. This morning (12/31) she weighs 1988g and didn't look nearly this fat yesterday

I'm new to this breeding stuff, but doesn't really look like an ovy to me. From what I've seen, will be more isolated literally like she swallowed a pop can. Maybe building? Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in.