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Jonathan_Brady
at Sat Mar 7 06:40:04 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jonathan_Brady ]
These are my notes on Rose's last breeding ('07/'08). I also have notes from my '06/'07 season in there but they weren't NEARLY as detailed. You can see I saw her swelling multiple times in the last season. I posted a picture timeline one time and you can see the same thing in that post.
A curious thing about this last season is that I didn't expect to breed her, but then I looked in towards the end of February and her body weight looked great, so I dropped the temps and gave it a try! 
Hope this helps!
jb
'06/'07 season:
Dropped temps gradually from end of Oct til end of Nov. Turned off heat for one month, then turned back on and introduced on 12/23.
Noticed swelling 2/28/07 and she had her POS on 3/31/07 and delivered 120 days POS on 7/29 around 8:30pm which was 152 days after last observed swelling (ovulation??).
'07/'08 season:
Lowered temps throughout Dec. Turned off heat 1/1/08, turned back on to 85 on 1/14, to 92 on 1/29.
Introduced: 2/24/08 - dropped hot spot back down to 85
Male pulsing and tail waiving: 3/2/08
Slight swelling: 3/3/08 (probably similar to swelling on 2/28/07)
MAJOR swelling on 3/10/08 (ovulation?? pre-ovulation??)
Some decrease in swelling 3/11/08
Male hiding in water bowl after repeated attempts to remove him 3/12/08
Witnessed copulation early AM 3/13/08
Rose returned to normal size 3/15/08
Male heavily courting for hours (5:30pm-after midnight) 3/17/08 - tail waiving frequently with pulsing but no witnessed copulation despite looking... a lot
Rose on cool side Mr. I on the other. Rose is noticeably but not substantially swollen just past midesection 3/18/08
Mr. I pulsing and tail waiving. Was just aligned and then I introduced male Cay Caulker to stimulate. Mr. I immediately started pulsing. 3/22/08
Fed a small meal on 3/23/08 and reintoduced on 3/25/08
Aligned with tail waiving and saw sperm on Rose's side - Rose began to move her tail abruptly and Mr. I held on like he was attached although I didn't see copulation - 3/29/08
Possible ovulation - swelled dramatically horizontally and only slightly vertically although backbone was exposed a bit - 3/30/08
Mr. I was all over last night (although not very active), confirmed copulation this morning and she's still pretty swollen - 3/31/08
Fed a small meal (medium rat), looks like she ate an XL - 4/3/08
Swelling has gone back to normal before meal, reintroduced male this morning - 4/5/08
Has swollen HUGE. Girth of a baseball. Saw some vertical swelling this morning and this afternoon - 4/11/08
Put Rose in sweater box w/ Mr. I 2 days ago and she swelled a tad more, pulled her out tonight and put her back in her regular cage. - 4/16/08
Unsure if it's important, lots of VERY dry urates in the cage, obviously from Rose, too big to be Mr. I, done overnight - 4/17/08
Ovulation!!! - 140 days (20 days from ovulation to POS, then 120 days after that) from now is approximate due date (9/4/08) - 4/17/08
Witnessed copulation!!?? - 4/20/08
Separated Mr. I from Rose because she is going blue. She's probably 3 days into the cycle, fed a medium rat - 4/25/08
POS today, due around September 2nd (120 days POS) - 5/5/08
Fed a medium rat - 5/11/08
Fed a medium rat about every 10 days until 70 days POS.
Birth on 9/8/08 around noon 126 days POS and 144 days post ovulation
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Hey Joel, I think this might help... - Jonathan_Brady, Sat Mar 7 06:40:04 2009