Follicles aborbed

[colin-java]

It sounds like ovulation occurred 2 weeks ago and now she is entering her pre-lay shed. It’s typically 30 days (give or take) after this you should see some eggs. The eggs will pass whether they are slugs (unfertilized egg) or viable eggs with life inside. Did the vet by any chance measure the follicles during the ultrasound? Ovulation occurs when the follicles are around 40-45 mm in diameter (roughly the size of a golf ball). Have you tried palpating? This method is very helpful as they near the lay date. Fertile eggs will feel soft, squishy, and marshmallow like while unfertilized eggs will feel hard.


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Thanks for the help, its all a bit bewildering for me at the moment...
No he didn't measure them on the ultrasound, but I saw them, or a cross section of them, hard for me to say how big they were to be honest.

I understand the follicles become the eggs when fertilized by a male, that's kinda obvious,
But without a male (and without parthenogenesis) can follicles become unfertilized eggs (slugs)?
And if so, I suppose that still counts as ovulation as they are still eggs?

Right now, her eyes are going cloudy, so that matches her swelling up 2 weeks ago.


I didn't try palpating at the time she was bloated as I thought she was a male at that point, she basically just felt squishy underneath in that area, as opposed to firm like under the stomach area.

Thanks for the help.