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rainbowsrus
at Wed Sep 15 12:20:23 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rainbowsrus ]
IMO she could be gravid with a small litter. Many good signs and timing seems good. All you can do is watch and wait.
Screeeeeeeccccchhhhhhhhh - drags out soap box...  
It's hard to give a good opinion with missing info. From your first post IMO it did not look good. With the additional details in your reply it looks much better. Partially my fault missing your due date and assuming the 118 days you mentioned as where she was today. But had I had the additional info I would have likely caught my mistake.
Kachunnnnnkkkkkkkkkk - puts soap box back away...
I've done a lot of work over the last few years recording and comparing mating details on many pairings. From all that I believe I have a "typical" mating sequence with timing....
October (actual date depends on if/when indian summer is over) - begin cooling cycle, lower temps slowly over the next few weeks to be at low temp (low - mid 70's) by November.
2 months at cooler temp.
Introduce males ad raise temps over a few week period back up to 82.
First mating can be anywhere from next day to a few months later!
After first sign of mating (tail wrap) mating will occur on and off for about 2 - 4 weeks. I've seen good litters come from only one mating and I've also seen the mating process go on for 5 plus weeks but typical is about 3 weeks on and off.
Ovulation - not commonly seen / noticed but is fairly obvious.
Mating - POS Typically 3 - 5 weeks
Ovulation - POS Only have three few data points (don't typically catch the ovulation) but they were 16, 16 and 15 days, very consistent.
Due date - I set it at POS plus 117 days. Plus or minus one week is typically the actual delivery date.
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Thanks,
Dave Colling
www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders 
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
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So, to sum it up..... - rainbowsrus, Wed Sep 15 12:20:23 2010