Gravid Girls 2011

[FAY]

hahaha pythonmum, that is why I photographed her outside the glass. She is the cow from hell!! lol

 

[Bez84]

Some awesome looking mums to be, just a quick question when do you start counting days after prelay.. when you first notice cloudy eyes or the day the snake actually completes its shed cycle..
cheers

 

[OLAY89]

When it full sheds

 

[pythonmum]

Start counting when they actually shed. The day of the shed is 0.

 

[Bez84]

Cool thanks for that

 

[Squinty]

Speaking of prelay sheds my other WA girl just had hers!! Yay!!

 

[reptilesrkool]

my girl last night

 

[jamesjr]

Congrats pythonmum and reptilesrkool

That's a decent olive clutch mate!!!

 

[pythonmum]

Thanks Jamesjr. Those are brilliant shots reptilesrkool. I love the spiral. I didn't catch my girl in the act, as I was out visiting an old folks home with my fluff dog. The oldies think I am a bit crazy raising snakes, but they always ask how my snakes are doing! They can't believe anyone would pay money to buy a snake, even a white one

 

[reptilesrkool]

Congrats pythonmum and reptilesrkool

That's a decent olive clutch mate!!!

thanks mate did ya get my text

 

[Gabe]

Had her prelay yesterday

 

[pythonmum]

Nice stripe there Gabe. Should have some stripey babies, too, I assume.

 

[xterra]

This girl is looking noticeably bigger today.

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[Gabe]

Nice stripe there Gabe. Should have some stripey babies, too, I assume.

Thanks pythonmum . Yes, hopefully. The male has a nice stripe too.

 

[veenarm]

This girl is looking noticeably bigger today.

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Is that her ovulation? or just coming along in the period and coming upto pre-lay?

I ask as my jungle girl weighed in at 2.2kg the other week and is now 2.4kg , my male is only 1.6kg and they both I assume weighed the same before they were put together.

 

[orientalis]

This 2004 F1 (1st generation) RSP has about 15 days until she is due to deposit her 4th clutch.
Got a new Nikon and very happy with it.

 

[xterra]

Is that her ovulation? or just coming along in the period and coming upto pre-lay?

I ask as my jungle girl weighed in at 2.2kg the other week and is now 2.4kg , my male is only 1.6kg and they both I assume weighed the same before they were put together.

I am hoping that is her ovulation based on sudden swelling and the way she is now holding her body when touched..........so pre-lay to come shortly. No idea on weights but this girl is no where near 2kg.
Being my first attempt at breeding I found the Doc Rock articles on SXR website useful as they explain the breeding process in simple terms and the behaviours/changes you can expect to see with your animals throughout the process. Having said that I am pretty sure I still mistook follicle development for ovulation in my other female.
Cheers,
Paul

 

[deebo]

she looks massiva paul!

Good luck with her mate.....

 

[pythonmum]

Wow, Mick - she is massive! What sort of clutch sizes has she been producing?

 

[deebo]

Caught my RSP girl ovulating tonight so VERY happy with that....now I just have to hope they are all fertile but only time will tell on that. She looks very swollen in the flesh.

I only ever caught this pair mating a handful of times and it was always very late at night around 10:30-11:30....not sure how long they did it after that but I never saw much interest during the day or early evening.

Cheers,
Dave