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