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Spiderman · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject: Ovulation or not??

Not sure if one of my females is on the way to ovulating or has ovulated. She is just going into shed and has not eaten for 2+ weeks, she has been mated around 8+ times from two different males since i began cooling late october early november. Would like to know if she looks like she has potential eggs inside her?? Here's a few pics of her taken today;

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Lynne · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject:

am waiting on someone replying to this too!!
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Scott W · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

kinda hard to tell, she does look big but big all over, if you have one of her more in a line looking straight down it should be obvious (will look like she's eaten a giant rat!)
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johonny · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

well i think she is she does look huge any clearer pics Question

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angel148 · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject:

Ovulation tends to be through the lower 2/3 of their body, she looks big right through. If you can get a stretched out pic or hanging pic like Scott says then it would be easier to see. Having said that I could not palpate any follicles on my girls and the vet confirmed using ultrasound that ALL the ones I took today had them. Times like this I LOVE being wrong Embarassed

Paul

Spiderman · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject:

I'll get some better pics of her later tonight and post them Very Happy

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Dracowoman2 · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject:

She's certainly a nice big girl, and I love her colour and pattern.

I'll be interested in this as well Very Happy

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RegiusCo.com · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject:

Hard to tell from those pics, if she hasn't ovulated, she's definitely building towards one! Is she hugging the heat or laying cold side?

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Young_Gun · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject:

From that it doesn't look like she has to me, she may be thinking about it but nothing there shouting 'I gots eggs' to me.
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mike h · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Posts: 778

when they ovulate you cannot mistake it. I asked and wondered last year the same question. When she finally did ovulate I knew,

Have a look at the ovulation pic on my website.
Below is the pic of her ovulating last year. Rather than looking huge along the length, it is a definate swelling in one area, like ate a large meal.
Hope helps.

mike
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