or must they be cycled in order to ovulate
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do females bp's have to ovulate every year
XtremeXteriors
Mar 04, 2005 06:29 PM
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TomChambers
Mar 05, 2005 07:12 PM
Ovulation is part of the reproductive cycle, so no; females do not have to Ovulate.
If they do not breed, they will not ovulate, irregardless of if you cool them or not.
Ovulation is when the ova (mature follicles) are released from the ovaries.
Afterwards they will be fertilized and shelled.
This will only happen in females that will become gravid.
Cooling acts as an indicator for the female to start follicular maturation.
If the female resorbs her follicles before they fully mature, ovulation will not occur.
Without male contact, the follicles will be resorbed before they fully mature.
I hope that made some sense, I’m very tired at the time of this writing
TomChambers
serpentcity
Mar 06, 2005 04:47 PM
...females CAN ovulate without being bred, but almost always (9999.9% of time)lay duds...my original female received in 1969 as a juvenile did ovulate and lay good eggs in her 22nd year without exposure to another ball python, let alone a male, in the previous 8 years...3 of 4 eggs hatched, one went full term dead-in-egg...this is obviously an EXTREME example but clearly illustrates the potential of female BP's...much more recently is the verified example of parthenogenesis in the burmese in the Netherlands...
Scott J. Michaels DVM
Serpent City
