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PLEASE HELP My female was laying inverted a few times and now shes not any suggestions

XtremeXteriors Jun 05, 2005 11:47 PM

i thought she was preggers she was totally inverted once or twice and laying on her side about 2-3 times but now there is nothing i put my male back in with her tonight and it looks like shes gonna hook up again with him i have not witnessed ovulation she layed eggs back in august if that helps

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jmartin104 Jun 06, 2005 12:22 PM

>>i thought she was preggers she was totally inverted once or twice and laying on her side about 2-3 times but now there is nothing i put my male back in with her tonight and it looks like shes gonna hook up again with him i have not witnessed ovulation she layed eggs back in august if that helps

What's the big emergency? Don't worry, if she is, she is. If not, you can keep the male in with her. I don't consider this an absolute sign of being gravid. I have males, females and hatchlings that all do it. I had one female that swelled up, layed inverted for about three weeks and is now belly down again. I have a theory that BPs my do this when too warm. Look at other animals that lay on their backs when hot.

Maybe?
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

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