That's a much bigger response than I ever expected! So basically she could go but I should really wait a year. Personally I think she's still too small. Out of curiousity, to find out if she really had lumps or if she was just laying wierd, I took her out of her cage for a little while, she does seem slightly swollen on the tail end (and she hasn't pooped). Her weight was 846 grams yesterday and she hasn't eaten since starting her shed. I have heard of 1500 gram females having viable litters...Vin Russo just did it this year with his anery nic female. She was really thin when I got her and she is putting on good wieght, my concern would be that she wouldn't have the fat stores to complete a prengnacy.

So to my other question...could that be pre-ovulation swelling in the pics? I have had snakes for 12 years and have never bred any so I really don't know what it will look like when mine are ready and there isn't much info on pre-ovulation...I have looked at tons of actual ovulation pictures...

Amie

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• Opinions needed....is she ready? - amiemac9, Mon Oct 9 08:26:50 2006
• another picture - amiemac9, Mon Oct 9 08:28:01 2006
• a picture compared to the male - amiemac9, Mon Oct 9 08:31:11 2006
• i would say no too small n/p - FRoberts, Mon Oct 9 12:30:14 2006
• RE: a picture compared to the male - BillyBoy, Mon Oct 9 12:50:29 2006
• that's what I was thinking... - amiemac9, Mon Oct 9 14:34:50 2006
• RE: that's what I was thinking... - BillyBoy, Mon Oct 9 16:00:01 2006
• RE: Opinions needed....is she ready? - ajfreptiles, Mon Oct 9 12:51:56 2006
• RE: Opinions needed....is she ready? - vcaruso15, Mon Oct 9 14:05:18 2006
• My Bad, I thought they were BCI - ajfreptiles, Mon Oct 9 14:25:58 2006
• RE: My Bad, I thought they were BCI - vcaruso15, Mon Oct 9 14:33:42 2006
• Hey V..... - ajfreptiles, Mon Oct 9 16:26:27 2006
• RE: Hey V..... - vcaruso15, Mon Oct 9 17:27:34 2006
• actually... - edkim, Mon Oct 9 16:33:05 2006
• RE: My Bad, I thought they were BCI - vmartino, Mon Oct 9 20:54:13 2006
• RE: Opinions needed....is she ready? - amiemac9, Mon Oct 9 14:56:43 2006
• I say breed her, and here's why... - bcijoe, Mon Oct 9 18:21:59 2006
• RE: I say breed her, and here's why... - vcaruso15, Mon Oct 9 19:41:54 2006
• RE: I say breed her, and here's why... - metachrosis, Mon Oct 9 19:53:03 2006
• didn't know she was only 1.5 lbs! - bcijoe, Tue Oct 10 14:05:06 2006
• RE: Opinions needed....is she ready? - voodoomagik, Mon Oct 9 21:04:57 2006
• RE: If it was my boa..... - PastelDream, Mon Oct 9 21:35:09 2006
• Wow, Thanks everyone.... - amiemac9, Tue Oct 10 06:12:58 2006
• RE: Opinions needed....is she ready? - Amanda_Burke, Tue Oct 10 11:18:54 2006