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If you have a female ball python that has produced eggs, I'd appreciate it if you could contribute some real world data in the form of the weight of your female (in grams) just before she laid her eggs and the # of eggs she produced. The more info you can provide the better, so if you've got data for just one BP or 100, please do share.

Thanks for contributing. Joe

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Jason

Most of the weights are well before the eggs were laid but they were all taken after follicle development had started so it should still give an idea.

PRF01-3 to Het Pied
Last Weighed 1-23-05 1878g
Ovulation 1-25-05
Pre Lay Shed 2-12-05
Laid 6 good Eggs 3-11-05
85g
100g
113g
116g
117g
120g

PRF98-1 to Orange Ghost
Last Weighed 12-24-04 2704g
Ovulation 2-5-05
Pre Lay Shed 3-5-05
Laid 8 Good on 3-28-05
118
118
123
123
125
125
127
127

PRF01-11 to Pastel
Last Weighed 12-24-04 2450g
Ovulation 2-9-05
Pre Lay Shed 3-3-05
Laid 6 Good 1 Slug on 4-3-05
90
90
92
93
93
97

PRF01-2 to Pastel
Last Weighed 12-21-04 2295g
Ovulation 2-23-05
Pre Lay Shed 3-21-05
Laid 6 Good Eggs 4-18-05
119
121
123
125
125
127

PRF01-12 to Butterscotch Ghost
Last Weighed 1-23-05 1610g
Ovulation 3-8-05
Pre Lay Shed 3-22-05
Laid 4 Good Eggs 1 Bad 4-21-05
88
87
92
101

George Knaack
GLK HERP
www.reptilenews.com

My female was 2535g before she layed, she layed 10 eggs 7 were good and the eggs weighed 978g