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Does anybody else feel like this?

boaphile Mar 30, 2010 07:52 PM

Does anybody else feel like this?

It’s that time of year when the last of the girls that still have males on them, that either look like they are going to kick over any moment and ovulate or not. I’ve seen enough of them do it that I can usually tell that the awaited event is going to happen. Or is it? As it really winds down and I am waiting on those last few stragglers, like I am right now, I tend to check on them… a lot. Part of me is just really anxious for it to go ahead and happen, and part of me almost feels like somehow… just by virtue of looking, over and over and over again, that somehow I may be able to just “will it to happen”. You know what I mean? So close and yet so far away but it usually happens. And that on a day that I have checked a dozen times. However, I wait and wait sometimes.

Probably my most important female to have ovulate for me this year, is what I think is the best or lightest adult Ghost I have ever seen. Bar none. She is about seven and a half feet long too! The only one that is even close is her slightly smaller sister that lives in a Boaphile a couple isles over from this girl.

I just feel like I have been “willing” it for a month on this beast. Yet she continues to torment me. She just doesn’t seem to want to kick over. She is really really really thick and has to be full of egg follicles, doesn’t she? But, so far she just won’t kick over. Is there any hope for me? Does anyone else think that checking on the female over and over makes it more likely that the ovulation will occur?
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Jeff Ronne Sr
The Boaphile
Director USARK

Originator of Boaphile Plastics
The Boaphile Boa Site

Replies (5)

dan80woma Mar 30, 2010 07:58 PM

It works , or at least I hope it does. I play Barry White when I really need it to happen.

Wirlwindboaz Mar 30, 2010 10:56 PM

I wish it was possible to "will" them into ovulating. LOL.

I didn't breed anything this year. I still have some left from last year, but I know the feeling.

It seems like the ones you want to ovulate the most, seem to take the longest.

So, be brave and wait them out. It's either going to happen or it's not. I'm hoping it does happen with that girl. Looks like an interesting boy you've got on her.

Hopefully, the ones he makes this year will be as good or better than the ones he produced last year.

AbsoluteApril Mar 31, 2010 11:08 AM

>>Does anybody else feel like this?

Yup... I keep walking by my one hold out lady with the male all over her and scream 'Just Do It Already!!'. I don't think she realizes the depth of stress she is causing me. It's probably the constant checking on her that is making her not ovulate. lol

Can't wait to see what surprises you have for us this year Jeff, take care,
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

Raybrooks1 Apr 07, 2010 12:38 AM

Read my post pad your door it helps and people wounder why the men of the boa world loose their hair i mean hell look at me and you would say he is to young to go balled lmao
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2 triple het sharps m/f
1 motley with attitude
1 sharp anery albino f awesom girl from classareptilia
1 ghost f when i get off my butt to go get her from classareptilia
1 fridge with a 12 pack in it

Raybrooks1 Apr 07, 2010 12:35 AM

Jeff
you might need to set the mood for her bottle of wine some candle light bar stool (the bottle of wine is for you and the mrs lol and the candle is so you can see lol) good luck and for a minute there i thought that was the lustrous key west male i see in the back ground got me drooling still

Best of luck brother

p.s i padded the inside of my snake room door it dosnt hurt as much when i slam my head in it lol

Ray
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2 triple het sharps m/f
1 motley with attitude
1 sharp anery albino f awesom girl from classareptilia
1 ghost f when i get off my butt to go get her from classareptilia
1 fridge with a 12 pack in it

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