Breeding Progress

[Cazador]

At about three weeks is the earliest that I've been able to feel babies. If she's already conceived, she shouldn't still be attractive to him. She redeploys the pheromone (vitellogenin) that stimulates him from her subcutaneous deposits to the yolk sacs after she conceives. That only takes about three days. There's always the scenario of delayed implantation, though.

Rick

[Stefan-A]

I have no idea what's going on with those two. The male tried to mate with her 3 days ago, but they've both been hiding for the last couple of days. The temperature is still the same as before, he just shed a little over 2 weeks ago and I expect her to start her shedding process in the next week or so, if she sticks to the schedule. None of the usual signs of that yet.

Basically just thinking out loud here. Can't get the whole scenario to fit together.
The only thing I can be sure of at 03:45AM, is that if it is pregnant, it's a delayed pregnancy.

[Stefan-A]

Ok, so she looks much thicker than the male.

[Stefan-A]

Ok. They are connected by their cloakas at this very moment. Looks pretty rough, really hope that the female doesn't hurt the male in the process. Is it possible, by the way? After all, he's the one stuck to her by his wee-wee.




Edit: They're finished. The whole thing took just over 15 minutes.

[adamanteus]

Congratulations Stefan......now you just need to count the days until you're a daddy! Good luck.

[Stefan-A]

Thanks. I'm almost panicing already.

[adamanteus]

Why? You'll be fine. And she'll be fine.

[Stefan-A]

No. First, she'll eat the male, then she'll delay the pregnancy by 4 years, then she'll give birth to 32 headless babies and the last one will get stuck on its way out and kill her.

What can I say, I'm an optimist.

[adamanteus]

Typical day at the office then? I'm sure everything will go okay, she's obviously a very healthy snake.

[Stefan-A]

I know it will go ok, but you're supposed to panic when you are about to become a "daddy".