Surprise!!! (major omgomgomg moment here)

[SatanicIntention]

So.. a few months ago, Sarah, her husband Jeff and I went to this woman's house in Dallas. I had found her on Craigslist and she had two snakes for adoption. One was an adult female Granite and she was being kept with a similarly aged nice-looking male(black-backish).

Now... She hadn't been eating and I kept wondering if she was just not interested in the mice or what. I had palpated her when I got her and didn't feel anything whatsoever at the time(she was probably just past the stage of ovulation). She shed about 2-3 weeks after I had obtained her.

Low and behold.. I go to change her water tonight, because I go around and give everyone fresh water before I feed, and there she's sitting, in the back of the tub... On 5 eggs...

Needless to say... Becky about died. I rigged up an egg box in about 5 minutes flat, egg crate and everything. I got her washed up, tub cleaned, and fresh water like originally planned

So, these 5 eggs are just slightly dehydrated but nicely firm to the touch. All are white/not discolored, and I will attempt to candle them later on. They are in a 6qt sterilite shoebox, perlite and 2 sets of egg crates(just in case). I have press N seal between the tub and lid so it's airtight.

Thank you for any help!

[cueball]

You are going to have SOOOO much fun hatching baby ball pythons noobEcky

Now..where are the pics???

[SarahMB]

You sure do have a lot of eggs for a woman who wondered if she would get to hatch anything this season

It's going to be cool to see what happens with this clutch!

[LadyOhh]

Congrats!!!


That is awesome

[dr del]

Hey,



Now that's the kind of surprises we like!!

Oh and I second the picture request made by the honourable gentleman a moment ago.


del

[tigerlily]

Big congrats! What a nice surprise! (but it couldn't have happened to a nicer person, except maybe me ... jk)

[cueball]

made by the honourable gentleman a moment ago.

Have a drink with me barkeep??

[SatanicIntention]

Haha, thanks everyone

Here's a pic of mum, if anyone has forgotten her pretty face. She was about 1800g before laying and was 1300g or so tonight. So I guess the eggs are fairly good sized.

So, if there are granites in the clutch, does that mean she's genetic, or do I need to do some more dinking(not that that wouldn't happen anyway, hehe)?







I love this girl, she's so calm about everything and didn't even give me grief about taking her away from her eggs. Such a good mom. Now, hopefully she'll start eating so she can be put with my YB boy this coming season(if she's up to size, that is) :-D

[cueball]

Oooooooooooooooohhh..she's hawt :eek:

[Sputnik]

Wow, what a surprise!

Congrats!