First clutch of the year!

[MPenn]

Well, I finally had my first clutch of the year drop today. Andromeda is an IJ I produced about 5 years ago that is owned by Caleb Hinojos, a good friend of mine. I have "custody" of her while he is doing his time for the Marines. I bred her to a very nice Spitfire male, Shamino.
This is her first clutch and I am stoked to see what these two lines can produce.
Here she is on the eggs.

13 nice fluffy eggs!


And here is a pic of Caleb holding her when he was here visiting last year.

[kellysballs]

Awesome! Is that a large clutch for this species?

[MPenn]

Awesome! Is that a large clutch for this species?

13 is a good average. My largest was 16 eggs by her mother. I have heard of larger clutches but 12 - 17 is average.

[kellysballs]

Cool, thanks for the info. Keep us posted can't wait to see those babies pipping!

[wendhend]

Congratulations! How do those eggs compare in size to ball python eggs?

[Lucas339]

that is a beautiful IJ!! congrats and good luck with the eggs!!

[BPelizabeth]

so cool. I hope your friend has access to email(not sure where he is) that will be so amazing for him to see. Beautiful snake.

[Laooda]

WOO-HOO! You go MPIMP! Great looking eggies!

Can't wait to see what you produce this year....

[MPenn]

Congratulations! How do those eggs compare in size to ball python eggs?

The eggs are a bit smaller than ball eggs with the hatchlings weighing about half or less than a hatchling ball.

that is a beautiful IJ!! congrats and good luck with the eggs!!

Thanks so much.

so cool. I hope your friend has access to email(not sure where he is) that will be so amazing for him to see. Beautiful snake.

He does. He is currently in LeJune but heading to Afghanistan soon.

WOO-HOO! You go MPIMP! Great looking eggies!

Can't wait to see what you produce this year....

You know it hon!!
There are a few surprises in the works! Stay tuned!

[Crusader71]

Congrats !!! can't wait to see how the babies look