First eggs of the season for me. :)

[Quiet Tempest]

She's still not quite finished so I won't have a final egg count until tomorrow because I'm going to leave her alone to finish and rest. I intend to allow her to maternally incubate and I'll try to post regularly here with her progress.

She's het for burgundy according to her previous owner's receipt. I paired her with a mojave and a pastel though I only saw locks with the mojave. I'm not terribly familiar with the burgundy trait but I'm looking forward to trying to prove her out in the future.

[llovelace]

Congrats Please do keep us posted

[ClarkT]

Congrats!!!! I look forward to seeing your documented progress on these! Do you put another tub over the mom and eggs? Or do you just leave them the way they are? And what % humidity in the tub do you need to keep?

I really would like to leave a mom on her eggs, but I'm not sure about the conditions...If the hot spot is 91-92, will that be too warm for the eggs. I'm glad you do maternal incubation and show how much hearsay is out there that just isn't the case.

[Quiet Tempest]

I don't do anything different. She's in a 41qt tub with cypress bedding. I'll put a hygrometer in there today to get an idea of where the humidity is at but unless it's reading below 60%, I won't be doing anything to adjust it.

Thanks for the well wishing, guys.

[dragonboy4578]

Best of luck.. Please keep us posted on your progress.

[Quiet Tempest]

Well, I checked the hygrometer and it was reading 55%. I wasn't happy with that so I've added more cypress in the tub along with some moistened sphagnum moss to boost the levels just a bit. Oh and while I was doing that I was able to see that she has 8 eggs in her clutch. She definitely didn't want me meddling in her tub, though, so I didn't linger to take any new pics tonight. lol I'll wait a few days and see about getting some candling pics if she'll agree to it.

[ClarkT]

When will you start to offer food? And how big of rat?

[Quiet Tempest]

At the moment all I have available are a handful of mice. My supplier comes through on Wednesdays so I may get an extra small rat to start her out on then. She usually eats medium and large rats but I'll probably keep offering her on smalls while she's on eggs.

[Quiet Tempest]

I pulled Freckles out of her coil just long enough to candle each of the eggs tonight. All eight are definitely fertile with strong veins. I tried to get a shot of candling the eggs but between trying to figure out how to set up my new camera to get a clear shot and trying to avoid provoking a bite from an irritated mother, it just wasn't happening. I did get a pic of her with all of her eggs, though.

Here she is on Day 5.

[Xan Powers]

I pulled Freckles out of her coil just long enough to candle each of the eggs tonight. All eight are definitely fertile with strong veins. I tried to get a shot of candling the eggs but between trying to figure out how to set up my new camera to get a clear shot and trying to avoid provoking a bite from an irritated mother, it just wasn't happening. I did get a pic of her with all of her eggs, though.

Here she is on Day 5.

very cool glad to see you going the maternal route again this season, I read your last seasons maternal incubation thread awhile ago and hope you have great luck with this clutch


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