They always have follicles - but when breeding season starts and they are introduced to males, they commit a certain amount of the follicles for eggs - these then grow over the next size months (this is what people feel when palpitating or see when ultrasounding - when the snake ovulates is when the follicles are being moved into the oviducts and fertilized and they become eggs.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"



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