my male pastel had been breeding my female from feb.15 all the way til march 3..she showed ovulation symtoms and and is big as a house...she not eatin since march 14...i went to clean cages today and they were hooked up again..what did i miss???
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gravid or not??please help...
morphevolution
Apr 19, 2007 10:42 PM
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erikm
Apr 20, 2007 09:22 AM
She showed ovulation symptoms?? Either she ovulated or she didn't... its quite obvious when they do! She will look like she swalloed a football 
Perhaps what you saw is her building towards ovulation. Keep pairing them up until you see the ovulation! You can't miss it if you check your snakes once a day
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utilaboas
Apr 20, 2007 03:31 PM
Some male balls will try to breed a stick if they could, so I don't think you nessasarly missed anything. Males will breed with the females whether they are ready or not. Just a trick I like to use, hold the female behind the neck and let the snake hang and relax if she has a bulge in the last 1/3 of her body she has probable ovulated or is getting ready too. Hope this helps a little.
utilaboas
Apr 20, 2007 03:41 PM
Just adding a little to my last post. You need to look at the belly to see the bulge better.(you can give the snake a slight shake up and down to let the eggs settle)also look at her back if the spine is poking out in the lower 1/3 of her body she probably has ovulated and has eggs.
