First eggs of the season for me. :)

Omg that was awesome! Yay babies coming! So exciting. I still have 30 something days left. I'm already a wreck. 

Any update? Should be getting pretty close right?

Well, I went against my own advice and cut one of the eggs because worry had been nagging at me. It's the little one that had spent some time at the top of the pile as a chin rest for mom. It had wrinkled much earlier than the others and though it reflated a bit after I moved it, it has just stayed smaller than the rest and I wasn't sure if the baby inside was going to have much room in there as a result. All of the eggs have been sweating like crazy this week and I was getting water spots on the little egg and one other. I just didn't want to wait any longer on the little one so I snipped it yesterday. Inside I saw a perfectly healthy looking, albeit small, baby and it was definitely alive so I placed the egg back on the pile and left it alone. I didn't get any pics then but got a couple this morning.

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The other seven eggs have still not pipped yet and I'll not cut them unless something seems amiss. Today makes Day 61.

Awwwww! That is the cutest picture! Can't wait to see the other babies! :D

Awesome! Good luck with the rest! These threads are always so much fun to follow! I think I am going to let one of our girls incubate the eggs next year!

Hehe, what a cute mother/child picture :) i love this thread.

awwwww so cute.


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I needed to add some water to the egg because it was looking a bit dry in there. I had my camera handy so I got some pics of the little one. I'm really not experienced with egg cutting. I'm more accustomed to just seeing heads peaking out of slits they make themselves so I don't typically see what else is in there. Could those of you who are more experienced in cutting please chime in here and let me know if the yolk sac looks normal? Should I even be seeing that?


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Looks like he's got a bit to go. I beleive the veins should be going grey If he had been ready to pip. I'd keep him moist and I think hell be fine. I suspect the others won't pip for a few days.

I'm keeping an eye on the egg to see that it doesn't dry out. I do have a deli cup lined with wet paper towels sitting in the female's enclosure next to the nest so that it can warm up and be ready just in case I need to remove this little one because of the possible cord issue.

You can use Saline solution used for contacts as its sterile

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I'm not sure if I have any onhand right now but I'll definitely keep that in mind. Thanks.

You might turn me into a BP owner yet...

They're definitely worthwhile. ;)

Favorite thread at the moment. :)
Thanks for posting those pictures of you previous maternally incubated clutches pipping. That is the absolute cutest thing I've ever seen. Babies slithering around their mother. :P

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Thanks for posting those pictures of you previous maternally incubated clutches pipping. That is the absolute cutest thing I've ever seen. Babies slithering around their mother. :P

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Thank you! Soon I'll have more pics like that of new babies with this new mom. ;)

Found this after checking on my deli cup baby.

Two of the eggs are pipping. I'll check in again later today to see if I have new heads peeking out.

Day 62 :D

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WooHoo!!!! BABIES!!!

Hope they're out soon!

It's official! :) I've hatched my very first morph!



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congratz!!


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The wait is driving me crazy! lol

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Still five more eggs to hatch and no signs of slitting on any of them yet. Maybe tomorrow. ;)

Oh how I HATE the waiting game. Especially when they have started to pip.

This raises a question on maternal incubation in my mind...

When does the momma leave the nest? When all the babies have crawled out of the egg?

I love your methods here. I really like that you're debunking the myths of moms incubating their own eggs and not eating. You should post more pics of them eating on their clutches.

Oh, and CONGRATS! on the morph!!!

I HATE the waiting game with a PASSION!!! I can't take it!!!!

Once the eggs start pipping, the moms loosen their coils and/or move off of the clutch. They don't stray far from the nest if they move off of the clutch in my experience. At least not until the babies leave. They seem to stick around and watch what's going on in the nest. This female has been flicking her tongue over each of the newly pipped eggs and keeps repositioning herself in there.


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From the look of things, I believe I have 3 mojaves and 2 normals so far with three more eggs left to pip. :)

Great odds so far! That is one good momma you got there. I will definitely be trying maternal incubation in one of my clutches next season. You have inspired me! :D And I look forward to pictures of the babies once they are out!

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been missing a lot! I've been away from bp.net... well, yeah, because I haven't had any questions. LOL...

We're not breeding this year so I'm very relieved I didn't have to go through that drama again. LOL!

But man... reading about your maternal incubation kinda made me miss that excitement of it! I'm looking at my momma snake right now and I swear she gave me that look of - I wanted to do that this year! Why didn't you breed me! Waaa waaa waaa... :D

Congrats!!!

Tempest- has anyone cone out yet? I want pics  I have to live vicariously through everyone else until mine hatch soon. Arg

I still have four babies sitting in eggs but it looks like I've got four mojaves and four normals. :) I must say, though, my female and her enclosure are going to be cleaned as soon as all the babies are out. She and her tub are just a gooey mess right now. lol

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Oh congrats!!! so happy for you! I can't wait till mine hatch! This is my first year that I'm doing recessives so I'm darn excited. I want babies NOW. They are little beauties! Congrats on the lovely clutch!

That is so cool! Congrats on that clutch! :gj:

They're all out finally. I'll have new pics up tomorrow. One of the normals has a weird belly pattern I need to try and get shots of.

Fantastic thread, well documented:gj:

The last two babies finally hatched out and were moved to a hatchling tub with the other. There are 4 Mojaves and 4 Normals. They haven't shed yet but I wanted to get some quick snapshots of the group anyway. Not that they were very cooperative. I'd forgotten just how much baby balls like to move when you have a camera in hand. ;)


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Here's the baby with the odd belly.

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At least.. I thought it was odd until I took a closer look at mom's belly.

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She's supposed to be het burgundy according to her previous owner's receipt. This is the only normal baby that really has the same belly markings. If it's male I might hold this one back. I'm waiting until they shed to get more pics and to sex them all.

congrats them some good lookin' babies:gj:

Congrats, I've been quietly reading this thread and you did a great job documenting everything! :gj:

Just wanted to show off this bunch now that they've finally shed.


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Female (64 grams)

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Female (61 grams)

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Male (63 grams)

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Male (60 grams)


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Male (56 gram)

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Female (63 grams)

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Female (49 grams)

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Female (60 grams)

Those babies are spectacular! :O I love love love the first mojave girl and the first normal girl. :D Congrats on such an awesome clutch! Momma did well!