Pastel Butter x Spider (Maternal Incubation)

Day 39. Egg temperature today is at 89 degrees.

I tried offering her a prekilled soft fur based on a suggestion from a friend.

Unfortunately she wouldn't take it. I tried leaving it in with her, but she ignored it. Today I offered a live weaned soft fur instead and she immediately snatched it. This is her fifth meal on eggs.

The eggs are still a bit dehydrated, so I'll be doing what I can to correct that. The brown staining seems to be from the sphagnum moss.

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Only two or three weeks to go right? Don't forget, we want pipping pictures.

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Originally Posted by TurkeyPython

Only two or three weeks to go right? Don't forget, we want pipping pictures.

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Oh, definitely. I'm taking daily pictures of butt-ugly eggs, just wait and see how many I take when there are adorable baby snake heads. :P

Temping at 88 degrees tonight. Still incubating the marshmallows. Despite having four or five meals, she hasn't defecated. I also haven't seen her drink water at all since her pre-lay shed.

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She's probably drinking you just havent caught her yet. I know depending on the nest location they stretch and reach all the way to the other end of the tub to drink with out leaving the eggs.

Hey was looking back over your thread and never did notice her body weight or what the father looks like or his body weight what day did you catch them conceiving what day the eggs were laid can u give some of that info please love the thread though man keep it up

Thanks for posting! I think this is the first thread in a long time I didn't skip one post while going through. I really want to try maternal incubation when my girls get up to size.

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Originally Posted by aceruxer

Hey was looking back over your thread and never did notice her body weight or what the father looks like or his body weight what day did you catch them conceiving what day the eggs were laid can u give some of that info please love the thread though man keep it up

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The last time they were paired was in August of 2013.

The eggs were laid on February 19th, 2014.

This is the male:

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did u ever hook up the acurite and get a humidity reading ?

No, I plan on hooking it up for my next female, who is due in a couple of weeks.