On Wednesday I split up 2 of my breeding pairs to offer them some food. Everyone ate, and they were paired back up Friday night. That night I think I had an ovulation in one cage, and on Saturday night I think I had another ovulation in the other cage. Here are some pics. It's a little hard to tell, so I'll explain what's going on in each pic.



Friday night: This females sides are normally vertical. The rat I fed her was approximately 8" long, the tub in the picture is 16" long. She is swollen along approximately 20" of her body. She excreted all of her food from her last meal so I know she isn't backed up. This was also the first night I witnessed actual copulation (penetration), not just courting. I'm not sure if this was an ovulation only because I didn't see the vertical swelling that usually accommodates an ovulation.



Another pic of the same female before I decided to put the male back in with her.





Saturday night: I walked in the snake room and noticed this girl was actually swelling out of her hide box. I lifted the hide to take a look and noticed she was larger than normal. When I feed this snake XXL rats, you can't tell. Her sides are also normally vertical, but not this time. This was also the first night the male decided to stop courting her (he's usually all over her, non-stop).



Vertical swelling:



Sides swelling:





Niether of these swellings look as promising as my first ovulation did.



First pairing is TH moonglow X DH snow, second is Kahl arabesque X Surinam.

Thanks for looking,

Anthony

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