4 Lucy's (BEL) in the clutch! Great odds

Thanks everyone for the kind words! The pairing was Super mojave X Mojave.

A reminder to myself and a lesson for others: the smallest egg in the clutch looked terrible, moldy, smelled bad etc. When the clutch started pipping, I slit them to make a small window to peek inside. When I cut the smallest egg, I was very disappointed to find an undeveloped baby inside. I actually left that egg inside a separate container in the incubator to throw away later. Yesterday, as I was tidying up I was shocked to that the position of the egg had "moved" in the container and decided to open the entire egg. To my amazement, inside the egg were TWINS! The one on top (which was the one I saw when I slit the egg) was underdeveloped/deceased and underneath it, curled up in a small ball was a tiny fully developed super mojave! My jaw just dropped! I'll post pics when I get a chance

Wow,that was amazing! You're super blessed.
I have a question tho, at what day did you cut open the eggs? And after that how many days after did the hatchlings abandoned the eggs after absorbing all the yolk?thanks in advance and congrats on your hatchlings! :)

Great question! I usually only cut the eggs after at least one egg has pipped in the clutch. However, every clutch varies because I may be busy or out of town so some clutches I don't slit at all and they hatch out naturally. I know some keepers cut on a specific day, but in my experience there may be "minor" development differences between clutches from genetics, incubation/temperature fluctuation, period of time before mom laid the eggs, etc. There isn't any harm in cutting them a bit early, it just means the babies just take longer to absorb the yolk and emerge from the eggs.

Thank you for your quick response. Two already pipped, I will cut the rest now. Wish me luck. :)

They are all out of the egg now and dang they are so cute!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEm6LRyd5JE

Ugh... :bow: Such wee little ones! So cute! Keep us updated :gj:

Thanks! Here's the last baby to crawl out of the egg...the "runt"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXuOarzbwa0

Thanks! Here's the last baby to crawl out of the egg...the "runt"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXuOarzbwa0

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So only BC I'm looking for one. Do you plan to sell any of them?

Awesome stuff!