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Confused as I'll ever be

E. g. guttata

E. g. guttata

Her name was Mary-9/17/05
Okay, my female just shed about 20 min ago. The problem I'm having is this. She came out of brumation on Feb. 4. Now, I know that about 2 weeks or so after brumation, the female should shed, but she didn't. This happens to be the first shed she's had since being brought back up. This shed happens to be strategically placed to be perfect timing for either the post-brumation shed or the prenatal shed. I'm not very good at assessing whether there are eggs there or not, and I have her cohabitating with her mate (pulls out whip to fend off attackers). Should I reasonably expect eggs given this circumstance? She normally lays 2-5 days after her prenatal shed, which is convienent, so I have at least a little time before I see my little white globes of joy.
 
My experience this season was an average (from 12 brumated snakes) of 32 days from 1st meal out of brumation to shed. (Last year with 3 brumated snakes it was 33 days) The least number of days was 23 days, and the longest was my last female (on Tuesday) at 53 days. All my snakes came out of brumation on either 1/8 or 1/23. I don't house the females with their mates until they have that 1st shed out of brumation, so can't comment on that part of your dilema, but would assume you have a post-brumation shed on your hands.

One recommendation to avoid this in the future would be to house them on newspaper during the cohabitation period so you can find evidence of insemination (proper term here?).

D80
 
brumation to shed

I brought my snakes out of brumation about the same time you did.
I had 15 brumating.
The first one shed two weeks after comming out of brumation and it has been staggered since then. I still have two that haven't shed yet but they have both gone through the blue and cleared back up so they should shed today or tomorrow. I had one shed yesterday and two the day before.
All and all I would say yours is pretty much in the norm.
Limited experience over two years but the numbers seem the same
 
I have some

that will not breed until their second or third post brumation shed. If you have the males living with her dont sweat it. Let nature take its course. Just study her size and habits. If she gets opaque and you're not sure if shes gravid, take her into her enclosure with a nest box anyway just to be on the safe side. If you dont have eggs in ten or twelve days and she is still eating, put her back in with the males. If shes gravid, as she gets closer to laying her clutch she most likely will begin to refuse meals. Best of luck
 
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