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ASK BTS feature pregnant

Postby realis88 » Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:25 am

I want to know what pregnant BTS characteristic features that look? because I 've never had tiliqua gigas which gave birth to a child without sy tiba2 know that she is pregnant...
I want to know the physical characteristics of the pregnant BTS
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Postby Jeff » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:58 am

The best thing to do is to wathch the weight. My gravid female will gain 15%-25% of the body weight during pregnancy. For example, I had a female northern that weighed 699 grams when she mated. the week she gave birth, she weighed 845 grams. That means she gained 146 grams while she was gravid. 146 / 699 = 21%.

Sometimes they look fat after about 8 weeks, but sometimes they don't. You really need to weigh them to be sure if they are gaining weight. Most of mine stop gaining weight at about 9 weeks after mating.

Also many will not eat for 3-4 weeks after mating if they are gravid. Some will bask in their hot spot more than usual. There are other signs to look for for like heavy breathing, but that doesn't happen until the very end.

Sometimes it is very easy to know that a skink is gravid, and other times you can't tell at all.
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Postby Zach » Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:41 pm

Yep, Pearl LOSES weight during pregnancy. I have absolutely no idea how that is possible. The #1 way I tell is either 1), they balloon up, and 2) very slow labored breathing with breaths about 3-4 seconds apart, sometimes longer.

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Postby realis88 » Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:18 pm

ok
terimakasih
now that I see BTS aya looks shortness of breath and his body became larger but I doubt it because he ate so ravenously

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