Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
As I explained previously you do not know if it was pre-lay, if your snake was building up which means developing follicles it does not mean she ovulated (egg fertilization) nor that she will ovulate especially since there is no male involved and that parthenogenesis is highly unlikely.

Female will build up (developing follicles) however if not bred they just simply absorbed their follicles (some rare cases of ova being expelled have also been documented)

Follicular development is something that last 4 to 8 months and during that time females will shed, those are not pre-lay shed, a pre-lay shed is something happening withing 14 days of ovulation and an ovulation is hard to miss and very different than just building up, the animal is VERY swollen in the mid section and hard nothing like the picture you posted.

Worst case if you missed the ovulation (again unlikely without a male) and the animal had a pre-lay shed your eggs would be laid 30 days after the pre-lay (on average)

I will say it again drop your vet he has NO CLUE.
Thanks, but those pictures were a few days after I noticed the heavy swelling, it had gone down quite a bit by then, I should have took pictures when I first noticed it.

So I think it might have been an ovulation, it does tie in with the pre-lay shed.

On the other hand, she does look pretty much back to normal, only slightly wider around the bottom third of body, so perhaps all follicles have been absorbed.

Is it possible for a large follicle to not be reabsorbed, and not develop into an egg (fertilised or unfertilised), and just sit there doing nothing???

The vet is gonna phone me today, I'm gonna tell him I'm just gonna wait to see if any eggs get laid.

Thanks for your help.