7/7/07 Lucky Day

Well yesterday was a lucky day as my girl Hestia started giving birth (ok it was at 11:59pm but whose counting :) ) This morning I woke to find her sitting on 4 nice big eggs. (422 grams total)
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/IMG_0734.jpg

She is a Poss. Het VPI Axanthic bred to my 100% Het Axanthic - so here to hoping to odds like Tim got :D (Note to Tim: feel free to send the gods my way)

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...s/IMG_0732.jpg

I do have a question for the experienced breeders. I really didn't think she took when bred (she had a very none descript pregnancy) . She never balloned out when she ovulated, she ate right up to her pre-lay shed (she did lay at 37 days ), she coiled around her water dish once and layed on her side (sort of) twice, and when looking at her you really couldn't "tell" she had eggs in her...but here is what I thought was strange. I bred her at 1582 grams (jan) , I weighed her 2 weeks ago and she was 1362!! Do they normally lose weight while being pregnant? The eggs were 422 so she is a tiny 912 grams now.

I had a couple girls that lost a massive amount of weight this season. Yours seemed to do a lot of eating. Most of mine stopped by the mid point of breeding season and didn't eat again until they layed. Feed her light the first couple meals. Smaller prey size then you normally would. Nice job!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Feed her light the first couple meals. Smaller prey size then you normally would. Nice job!

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Thanks Jamie...I will go light on her next meal (Thursday). She had a bath and and got her tub cleaned and new bedding so she is all relaxed.:)

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Thanks Jamie...I will go light on her next meal (Thursday). She had a bath and and got her tub cleaned and new bedding so she is all relaxed.:)

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Sounds good! Glad to see she made it through fine...

Wow, Sean, that's awesome! Congrats on the eggs, I hope that poss het proves out for you! :D

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Originally Posted by SarahMB

Wow, Sean, that's awesome! Congrats on the eggs, I hope that poss het proves out for you! :D

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Thanks Sarah...Me Too...I have my fingers, toes and ears crossed. :)

Congrats Sean. We have a couple of females we aren't sure took or not, so maybe there's hope for us too. She looks lovely and her eggs look great. Crossing all my crossble bits that she proves out for you.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Congrats Sean. We have a couple of females we aren't sure took or not, so maybe there's hope for us too. She looks lovely and her eggs look great. Crossing all my crossble bits that she proves out for you.

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Thanks Joanna

*sends Joanna some late season luck* :)

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

(Note to Tim: feel free to send the gods my way)

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Note taken. I have dispatched them your way. However, they wouldn't tell me if I have used up all of my Axanthic luck yet. I hope she proves out for you Sean.

Congrats,

I've had a couple of females this year that didn't do any of the usual "I know it's gravid because it ______ (fill in the blank)" things before they laid. Stange year.


Here's hoping that the ball pythons gods that Tim sent your way stop at your house. Good luck!