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i have a female bp that i bred this year to a mojave ph extreme hypo. i pulled the female out today and i can see what look to be developed eggs. how long does it usually take for her to lay from this point in time

Did she ovulate? How long has it been since she ate? You COULD assume she has eggs in her, but if you haven't witnessed ovulation it would be doubtful. This doesn't meen she wont lay, but there's a lot of signs the months leading up to egg deposit. They will cool their body after lock-ups to develope follicles. This takes usually 2-3 weeks of cooling,bowl wrapping, or staying as far at the cool end as possible. Then they have a pre ovulation shed. Then they have a "GLOW" to them before they ovulate. The glow will give them a very high irradesance (spelling?) After ovulation they will have a post ovulation shed. You can expect eggs about 30 days after POS. After eggs they should hatch around 54 days at the correct temp. This is just a very brief breakdown of the process. Good Luck Chris Hall

last time she ate was on 4/23/10 and she ovulated 4/6/10

If she ovulated on 04-06-10 you should get eggs in the next 4-5 days, but it's uncommon for them to eat after ovulation. Good Luck and let us know when you get eggs. Chris Hall

>>i have a female bp that i bred this year to a mojave ph extreme hypo. i pulled the female out today and i can see what look to be developed eggs. how long does it usually take for her to lay from this point in time

Our time frames this year on the 13 clutches we got have been:

From ovulation to post ovulation shed:
15-22 days with the overall average being 19 days

From POS to eggs laid:
23-34 days with the overall average being 30 days