Mature females ALWAYS have follicles, most of the time they just aren't big enough to feel.
The cloth thing is how I started paling 8 or 9 years ago ... I was told to start with a paper towel under the snakes belly until I got the "feel" for it.
When I started, I mixed up "stuff" in the digestive tract and follicles all the time ... once you "know" you've gotten follicles the difference is unmistakable, but for a lot of beginners, it's easy to confuse the two.
ROCK ON Robin!
-adam
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