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I checked on this girl earlier and this is what I saw... I thought I had missed it but now im not so sure what does anyone else think??? thanks

the animal. She looks to have some scale seperation. Not a huge swell for sure but could be bigger tomorrow. Also, sometimes the ovaries swell individually days/weeks apart so just keep that male in there until you see the long POS shed and make a note of the possible swell(s). If it is 2-4 weeks after and takes longer than usual you probably have a gravid boa. You can also look for the heat conservative position and if you have a temp gun shoot her temps. She will be warmer than the non gravid boas (male or female) usually around 86-88. Hope that helps. I am sure some one else will give their 2 cents but, that is mine. Good luck with her.
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Ty Hege
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I'm going to say,..... That's not an ovulation.

First, it looks like she's in shed cycle. Boas don't normally shed and ovulate at the same time.

Then the posistion of her body. A boa that's ovulating isn't capable of being in that posistion. The ovulation would prevent that. Boas that are ovulating are normally laying out straight. Ovulations "look" very uncomfortable and even "painful". I don't know if it is, but I've felt a female boa that was ovulating once. Her body was very solid and she had so much scale seperation, I thought she would explode.
The scale seperation you're seeing could be from the fact that her body is folded, forcing the scales to seperate.

Does this mean she's "hasn't" ovulated??? Not really. She could have already ovulated and you missed it. This shed cycle "could" be her POS.

It's all about what you've observed.