Another one for maternal incubation...

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Originally Posted by Quiet Tempest

I didn't realize that 2006 thread existed. I just finished reading the 20+ pages and some of the opinions there were a bit... well.. conflicting would be one word for it.. :rolleyes: I love seeing images of brooding mothers, though, and eggs hatching within mother's coils is just awesome. Thanks for that link. :)

There are a few pics of females maternally incubating and maternally incubated eggs hatching on RC Reptiles' Collection page. I'm a sucker for those sorts of images. Figured I'd share the link with anyone else who enjoys them.
http://www.rcreptiles.com/collection.html

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Oh my goodness... sorry Quiet Tempest! I don't know why I thought it was your snake in that link. It is Rapture's snake!

Although, I've enjoyed reading your maternal incubation thread as well!

Thank you for that link! Yeah, I found a liking for maternally incubating snake pictures. I've been searching for more of them on the internet. :)

Here's a link to my thread from last year ;)

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=95885

Good luck on taking that road less traveled. :gj:

It does amaze me that one of the main reasons we like to keep snakes because they have interesting behaviors. Then when we have a chance to actually witness and keep records on what is probably the most interesting behavior of all snakes, we go the safe route and set 'em up in an incubator. I understand not wanting to take the risk on a clutch of spider het lavender pied x het lavender pied, but why not do something a little different with a clutch of pastels or spiders?

It's funny how we keep something because of our interest in their behaviors, but then set them up in racks on newsprint, feed F/T, and incubate artificially. :8:

Just imagine if everything goes good you'll have done something most BP "experts" have never done.

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Originally Posted by garweft

Good luck on taking that road less traveled. :gj:

It does amaze me that one of the main reasons we like to keep snakes because they have interesting behaviors. Then when we have a chance to actually witness and keep records on what is probably the most interesting behavior of all snakes, we go the safe route and set 'em up in an incubator. I understand not wanting to take the risk on a clutch of spider het lavender pied x het lavender pied, but why not do something a little different with a clutch of pastels or spiders?

It's funny how we keep something because of our interest in their behaviors, but then set them up in racks on newsprint, feed F/T, and incubate artificially. :8:

Just imagine if everything goes good you'll have done something most BP "experts" have never done.

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Garweft, your comment made me trust my instincts to see how this all goes.

We went ahead and fed mamma snake on schedule. We went back and forth on it - my husband and I - and finally decided to go ahead and feed her. It gave me a chance to candle the eggs, check for poop, mold, etc. And it gave my husband a chance to check mamma snake's health. Everything looks good although mamma is down to 1400grams.

We offered a slightly smaller ASF rat than she's used to. She went for the rat in 2 seconds flat. We put her back in the tub after she ate and she went straight to the eggs and coiled again.

Everything is fine except I noticed that one of the eggs is squooshed like she had her coil on top of it the whole time. It has good fat veins. I tried to press it a bit to see if it re-shapes but it looks like it's stuck just like that.

Admittedly, I'm really not as worried about the eggs than I am about mamma snake but it would be really cool if all 5 of these eggs hatch out fine.

THIRTY-EIGHT MORE DAYS. Sooooooo looooonnngggg....

Because mom does put the squeeze on the eggs from time to time, they can sometimes end up looking a bit misshapen during incubation. One of the eggs from my clutch last year had a permanent dent but it, and the rest, hatched out perfectly healthy babies. :)

how about an update?