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What happen to my female.

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I had this lesser female 2 month ago. She was sold to me as 1100 gram. I knew I need to keep her alone for 6 month before I can introduce any male to her. I thought I will have lots of time to get her up to 1500 grams+ in 6 month.

She was all by herself. She shed 2 weeks ago. And today, I found her lay like this

What happen to her? Ready to leg eggs?? or Sick??

Thanks
 

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she looks like a female that is laying inverted from building follicles. that being said, you did not introduce a male to her. did the past owner introduce her to any males? whats hot spot temp? tub size? is she showing any signs of IBD? keep her quarantined for a few months to see whats going on.
 
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She is on the cooler side right now. She was on the hot spot last night and she just ate a big small rat 3 days ago.

The temp is 89 hot, 78 cool. Room temp is 76 but inside the tub always higher. I check temp at least 5 times ago.

so should I breed her?

This is a pain. It is almost the end of breeding season now. If I breed her right now, does it mean she will always breed this time of the year? every year? Can she breed early next year?

Thanks again
 
mc5guy said:
Thanks

She is on the cooler side right now. She was on the hot spot last night and she just ate a big small rat 3 days ago.

The temp is 89 hot, 78 cool. Room temp is 76 but inside the tub always higher. I check temp at least 5 times ago.

so should I breed her?

This is a pain. It is almost the end of breeding season now. If I breed her right now, does it mean she will always breed this time of the year? every year? Can she breed early next year?

Thanks again
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Personally, I'd stick with your original plan and wait 'til next season.
 
She is an 09 and now weight almost 1400 gram.

The ex owner told me she is ready to breed and she can smell the male in her room before he sold her to me. But when I knew her weight is only 1100 gram I already decided not to breed her this year, and that is why I bought her, because I want her to be up size for next year. But I don't want to breed her next year this time. a bit too late.
 
mc5guy said:
then will she breed the same time next season? This late? I am not sure if my male will last this long if I let them breed from Dec or Jan

Thanks
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i would just wait. it can be hard to breed when you are caught off guard. when you start introducing december/january like you want to, you will have a lot better success than introducing the male now.
 
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i would just wait. it can be hard to breed when you are caught off guard. when you start introducing december/january like you want to, you will have a lot better success than introducing the male now.
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Thanks. so I have chance to breed her early next year right? That is actually what I want. I don't want to breed her this time of the year. I am just afraid this will be the time for her to be ready next year. :(
 
From what I understand of it, she's just making follicles, and if you don't breed her she'll just reabsorb them, unless she was bred to a male by the person you got her from.

Plus, if she is sick and you introduce a male to her, you risk contaminating him.

So I say let her chill out on her own and wait until next breeding season, just to be on the safe side. I don't know if there'll be any effect on when she'll breed in the future though. 'Course I'm not anywhere near an expert in these matters, so feel free to disregard or correct any misinformation, this is just what I've gathered having read around and such.
 
Thanks buddy !!! I rather do you that way too. And that is the reason I bought her. I am still so excited if she is building. Then this is my first time seeing it !!! WOW
 
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