First ovy of the season!

[BHReptiles]

Last season my girls made me wait until JUNE to get my first ovy. Luckily, this season, I was surprised by an early ovulation from a proven female. I had to maul over this ovy all day because I was getting mixed "signs" from my female. She has been SLAMMING rats. On the 22nd in the early afternoon, I fed her a small rat. approximately 30 hours later, I opened her tub to check on her and she looked pretty swollen in the abdomen. I got excited because it looked like an ovy...but I thought maybe I had fed her a much larger small rat than I thought I did. I woke up this morning to check on her again, and I saw this:



This female never glowed for me. She never went off food for me. She was NEVER witnessed locked with my YB het hypo male (she's a 2000g het hypo female). I have no idea who the father of this clutch will be (I need to figure out who she was paired with last year). However, her eggs should be due around Easter...so I'll settle for Easter eggs or birthday eggs (my birthday is on Good Friday). I was watching another female closely because I thought she would be the first to ovulate. Miss Primrose, here, decided that she needed to be the center of attention for once.

[Orlandoflor]

if it is an ovulation then congrats. but who knows it is kinda hard to tell if it is one. was her tail sucked in?

[BHReptiles]

This picture was taken about 5 hours prior to the one up above:



I originally thought it was "food belly" but she got bigger over the course of 5 hours, putting her at about 35 hours post meal. Considering that I only fed her a 125g rat, it SHOULDN'T leave that huge lump in a 2000g girl (ovys can also be hard to see in big girls). I ended up posting pictures on Facebook and the general consensus is that this is an ovy and not just a food belly. I suppose I'll know in 2-3 weeks if she sheds for me.

[BHReptiles]

Here's an ovy from last year from a similar sized female...it's hard to tell in this picture but this female did in fact lay about 37 days after her shed following this picture

[Reptile Frenzy]

I think its an ovy. Just wait for the shed if she does a pre lay shed. Some dont shed and just lay eggs 40-45 days after ovulation.

[coldbloodaddict]

don't see ovy.


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[BHReptiles]

To make matters more confusing, I checked on her this morning to find her dull and going into shed. Coincidence?

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

I have never had a female eat within weeks, much less a day of an ovy. I think she is building.