4th ovulation of the year

[David Kwok]

Here is a Het for NERD Orange Ghost ovulating.

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/202HG_Ov_001-1-med.jpg">

Wish me luck! =)

Dave

[nita]

GOOD LUCK!! Beautifull girl you have there!

[Ron]

Sweet Dave, about time she ovulated.

[Vanan]

Good luck man!

[David Kwok]

Thank Nita and Vanan....

Yeah its about time she ovulated lol, I should bitch slap my other ones in to ovulating too haha


Dave

[Tim_Cranwill]

If the "bitch slap" thing works, let me know! ;)

[mykee]

Very nice, I've only witnessed two so far. Your way ahead of me.

[David Kwok]

Thanks Mykee, there are many ppl way ahead of me as well.....

The pic above was the begining of the ovulation, I have also managed to catch the middle of it when the swelling is the largest. Check this out:

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/202HG_Ov1-med.jpg">

This looks very uncomfortable....

Okay Tim which one should I be slapping? ;)


Dave

[Tim_Cranwill]

Come over for a few drinks and slap all of my snakes for me! :D

[Jeff_Favelle]

Cranwill wants Kwok to come over to his house and "slap his snake".

What the he!! has this hobby come to??

;)

Best of luck! Hope something coo hatches.

[elevation24]

Good luck!! :)

[KaHane]

Best of luck David, what a beautiful sight!

[BoidKeeper]

Great shots! I think I caught one but I'm not sure. I've had one shed so I'm counting the days just incase.
Good luck,
Trevor

[Tim_Cranwill]

Jeff, you're just jealous because I didn't invite you! :D

[Jeff_Favelle]

Freak.


;)

[David Kwok]

Thanks for the vote of confidence everyone, hopefully get some good healthy eggs.

Zoolander slap that dirty bird. Be seeing you soon Jeff.

Dave

[BoidKeeper]

Oh oh I feel magnum coming on!
What was it you said Jeff? "It'll make you cry."
LOL
Trevor

[Corey Woods]

Congrats.

Corey

[beth wallbank]

what is it with the men on this site wanting to slap each others snakes?

[Jeff_Favelle]

I will partake in no snake-slapping other than my own. Let it be known peeps.

;)

[BoidKeeper]

Too much!
On a brighter note (wish I had the camera here) I think one of my balls is ovulating tonight. If so then that makes number 2 for sure so far for me. Of the 4, 2 have moved to the heat. If this one switchs over I'll feel better about it.
Cheers,
Trevor

[Jeff_Favelle]

Heat is good. That's what you want to see. Pics is better though. Wish we could see too.

[Clownfishie]

Hahahhaah... you guys are something else....


David, congrats :D Best of luck...

[David Kwok]

Corey

How do you get your snakes to ovulate? do you slap them too? :)

Dave

[Corey Woods]

Well.........that's a trade secret..............lol.

13 of mine have ovulated so far.............45 females were bred. My females are going early for me. They started ovulating in Feb. In years past most didn't start ovulating until April. I have a good array of animals on the way. Het Red Axanthics, Het Pieds, Het Albinos, Het Orange Ghosts, Pastel het Orange Ghost x Pastel het Orange Ghost, Pastel het Orange Ghost X Orange Ghost, Super Pastel x Green Ghost, Banded x Banded, Pastels (from Super Pastel breeding)........and more to come!

Corey

[David Kwok]

Trade secret? I told you how I got mine to ovulate lol. Give us a tip you grand master....

Glad to hear you got all that stuff going! I can't wait to see what a super pastel ghost looks like. I'm just hoping to produce lots of spiders this year.

Dave

[Corey Woods]

David,

I maybe interested in picking up a spider this year. However, I believe the price on spiders is inflated. I've been offered 2003 (300 gram) females for $9K and males for $12.5K..........so I just have to laugh at the other guys trying to sell males for $18.5K and females for $15K.

Corey

[David Kwok]

I don't mean to sound ignorant, but I haven't really been keeping up with the business side of the hobby. I am sure you can get spiders for a good price, but as the saying goes, you usually get what you pay for. You have been in the hobby for long enough to be familiar with the implications for buying cheap snakes. I paided $30,000 cdn for my spider and I do not regret it at all. I could have went with "the deal" but you never know maybe that cheap one will turn out to be a real "homo" if you get my drift.

There are a lot of ball python morphs out there that are over inflated for what they are. Just depends on what cup of tea you like.

Dave

[Piers]

You go Davie boy! I've gotten a few "deals" that I'm still screwing around with trying to get them on track. Peace of mind usually costs more but I think its worth it.
Piers
guppyranch@uniserve.com

[Corey Woods]

I guess I should buy albino balls in Canada for $4500 CDN instead of getting them from Ralph Davis for $2000 US.......................LOL!

Corey

[David Kwok]

Corey, I think you were missing the point.

Dave

[Corey Woods]

David,

I got your point...........and it is a valid one. However, I was just trying to point out that just because something is more money doesn't mean it is of better quality.

Corey
PS 19 clutches now on the way.

[Piers]

2000 U.S. with the exchange + shipping+cities+ duty+vet inspection+ phone bills + the wait for the paper work +++ = almost what the Canadians want!
And look at what Pastels go for here in Canada a lot less than the U.S. market, so it all works out in the end.
Piers

[David Kwok]

Okay Corey, I don't want to argue with you anymore. Your point is acknowledged. This thread started out as a nice "joking around" one with a few friends. I thought that you had good intentions and didn't want you feel left out so I started a friendly joke around session with you as well.

That was a mistake however b/c all you cared about was letting everyone know how much better you are then them and how their breeding is not as good as yours. You rambled on about what you are going to be producing like a cheap car sales man that has 30 seconds to sell a car.

Do you understand that I don't plan to get rich off of this like you do? You want to become a self made millionaire from ball python morphs or become famous from doing this, I do not. This is fun for me, please don't forget that and make this hobby a big soap opera. If I wanted that I would be doing something different.

It is very nice that you have 19 clutches on the way, thanks for pointing that out as well. I am sure there are ppl lined up give you their soul for them. I hope you sell them all and get back your investment, time and a good return.

Dave

p.s. this is now a DEAD thread

[Corey Woods]

David,

You crack me up. I wasn't arguing with you. I was stating my point. You seem to have taken offense my comments and that was not the intent.

I don't know where you get the idea that I think I'm better than everyone else. I guess it's alright for everyone else to state how they are doing but it becomes offensive when I do it.

If it makes you feel better that you think I'm just into balls to make a million $$ then you are entitled to that. I'm a person with intengrity and if selling snakes for a high price ticks people off then I don't really give a ****.

I've already made my investments back.................are you jealous?

I thought you had changed from years ago. I see you are still a little prick.

Corey

[Grant vg]

Guys,

Rather then close, delete or chop up this thread, i ask that you please continue this in PM's.
I'll leave this thread open with hopes that it will get back on topic.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation,

Grant vg

[David Kwok]

My appologies Grant.

Dave

[UpscaleBoas]

glad to see everyone is doing so well...
i have two questions
1) for ball's how long is the gestation period? I think i remember reading that its about 50 something days from laying to hatching but how long is the gestation in the mother

2) does this slapping this work on all boids or just ballpythons?

thanks

[Corey Woods]

For most pythons you have ovulation, 10-14 days later you have ovulation and then 25-30 days later (average is 28 days at a hot spot of 92F) you get eggs. I have found that keeping track of the ovulations isn't all that's important......what is important is keeping track of the sheds. The reason being is that if you have 2 females ovulate on the same day but shed 2 days apart usually you get eggs from them 2-3 days apart.

Corey

[David Kwok]

I have received eggs as early as 47 days after ovulation and as late as 60 days.

Snapping the males will only provoke them to breed harder as I was told by a good friend of mine.

Dave