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I started lowering temps the 1st of sept and place male in with female at that time over the months to come i obeserved several copulation attemtpts, i say attempts because the angle never allowed me to see for sure, and i wasnt about to interrupt. any way i began to raise temps the first of jan and on jan 8th the female shed she does appear much larger than before breeding began and i have not offered any fod items to either of them. so i counted this shed as her pos and that gave a due date around april 23rd well. Last week the male shed for first time since before place with female.(they are still together by the way)today i make my daily check and the female has shed again. now i am confused could the last shed not have been her pos? what do you think?

My motley het albino bred to my albino motley has had an intermediate shed between her post ovulation shed and parturition for two seasons in a row now. She is due on March 23 and had her second shed about three weeks ago. I too was a little concerned last year when she went through the same process, but was thrilled when she gave birth 104 days after the first post ovulation shed.

I know there are others who have witnessed the same obseravation and have ended up with healthy litters.

I'm not saying that your female is truley gravid I'm just saying that it does happen. The only thing you can do is wait.

Good luck with the litter.

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

"Candy" the mother to my "Reeses Pieces" litter last year had not just one but two interim sheds and still delivered a very nice litter for me almost on time, couple of days late. All you can do is wait and provide the proper care as if she is gravid.
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats