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View Poll Results: Do your females eat between ovulation and laying?

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  • My females always stay on food after ovy and before laying

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  • My females never stay on food after ovy and before laying

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  • There is an even split - off feed is not the best indicator

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  • I haven't had enough clutches to give good input

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    While the majority of my females will not eat after ovy, I have had a few exceptions that have.
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    She stopped glowing and is going into shed again for the third time in 3 months. At 2500g it seems likely to me these are breeding related sheds and not growth related. I feel pretty good about this!
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    Most of our females seem to quit eating shortly before ovulation, but I have had a few keep eating the entire time they were gravid. One female in particular had me completely fooled. I missed her ovy, and she was pounding food so aggressively that I was sure she wasn't gravid. Opened her tub one day to find eggs....

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    Re: Eating post ovulation?

    Quote Originally Posted by FireStorm View Post
    Most of our females seem to quit eating shortly before ovulation, but I have had a few keep eating the entire time they were gravid. One female in particular had me completely fooled. I missed her ovy, and she was pounding food so aggressively that I was sure she wasn't gravid. Opened her tub one day to find eggs....
    I'm like 80% sure this is what's happening to me right now. Works for me - she'll be up to weight for next year even sooner!
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