Ah nuts - Salome finally laid.

Hi,

Not the result I was hoping for but it could have been worse.

At first I was all :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6...010clutch1.jpg

Then I was all :tears: :tears: :tears:

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/579...010clutch2.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7...010clutch4.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2...010clutch3.jpg

We're not out of the woods yet as the three eggs don't exactly have the strongest veins I've seen but Time might fix that. :please:

I had planned to use some big new egg boxes and rigid plastic grate but it hardly seemed worth filling a big box with only three small eggs and the plastic grate hasn't arrived yet. :rolleyes:

So cobbled together from available junk it is. :gj:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8...010clutch6.jpg

The two that are stuck together are the first two I have had that I didn't feel comfortable seperating but the third one was stuck to a slug initially so I had to find some way of stopping it rolling about that was easy to clean and moisture proof - I found an old cocktail stirrer so thought I would see how that works out.

"Shcrambled not Shtirred"
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/534...010clutch5.jpg

Mama is down to 1768g and is now washed and back in her disinfected tub - I will try a small rat tonight but the excitement will probably prevent her eating.

This is my second clutch of 2010 so far and I think I felt small marble sized follicles in Cleo last night. :cool:

Just hoping I get better viability odds as I'm sitting at 7 good eggs from 13 items laid so far. :please: :please: :please:


dr del

Well Gratz on the three little eggys doc hopefully somethin killer comes out for ya!

Gratz on the clutch. I know you were hoping for something better but three little eggs is still 3 great little eggs! I hope you get great odds on them.

Thanks,

I'm wondering if it was because the only confirmed lock I saw with her was with my normal male and that was back in December?

I did pair her up with the lesser and the little black pastel ( bless his little cotton socks :wuv: ) but never saw a lock from either of them.

Or maybe the lesser needs to switch from briefs to :b0x0rz: :rofl:

As it's her first clutch for me though I think I'll be happy with a healthy snake. :please:


dr del

Congrats on the eggs Derek, hope you get a Black Pastel girl out of it (since you already have a female lesser ;))