Can't Wait......!!!!!!

uhm.... yeah. I would have stiked too. I will personally pick her up from the breeder though,... so it should be a less stress move for her. Hope that your breeding project goes the best for you next year.... I all ready havea boyfriend for my little girl..She will be paired with the Normal male that I bought a couple months ago,... that is also a 09 baby. That will give them a couple of years to get to know each other...lol

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Originally Posted by k2l3d4

Oh yeah... quick question.... I have looked around on the stickies and have not found the answer...... How long does it take for the baby to absorb the yolk? What happens to the unbilical cord? Ect?/? I am lokoing for all info on the baby when they are that young. By the time I get the snake it is past that stage, and I am wondering what all happens at that time, especially since in a few years I plan on breeding Rios and the new little one.....

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I haven't seen anyone else comment on this yet, but it kind of concerns me. I guess it could be confusion on someones part, but did the breeder twll you that it needed to finish "absorbing" yolk? I only ask, because I would love to know who would sex a snake before it absorbs yolk. You said you were buying a female, but it wasn't done absorbing yolk yet.

Just curious,

my boyfriend was the one talking to the breeder.... and he is still some what new... He has two ladies that he got from her that are three years old, and then he has past experience with larger snakes... but that was awhile ago... I think that she was explaining the process to him about it all and he mixed it all up. ... and I was too excited to hear that there is a little girl waiting for me to correct him. As you can see from just a little bit farther up the thread... she is a beautiful girl... and that is before she shed....I am so eagerly awaiting the arrival of her....

Quick update.... Just got an email this morning... She ate her first meal last nght!!!!!

The photo appears to be post-shed. They look like they're plastic-wrapped before the first shed.

Perhaps the breeder simply meant that the baby was living off of absorbed egg yolk, and until its store of yolk was used up, it would not be interested in eating. This is usually between 3 days and 1 week after the first shed.

Very possibly.. my boyfriend had no clue that they absorbed the yolk.. or that they have a belly button.... so he was a bit taken back by the whole thing.... I really am not too concerned about that .... I am just so very excited for her to come home after a couple more meals...

Adorable spider:)

Ok.... so we just got an update.... the little girl has gotten five meals in her and took a F/T mouse!!! so she is healthy and ready to come home.... Looks like we will be able to pick her up this weekend!