CD Constrictors 2013-2014 Breeding thread

Complete insanity here for a new breeder!! Eggs three days straight.

Enchi Fire x Champagne. Can't wait to see the difference in this clutch with Wilbank's brown Champagne and Dave Green's awesome line of Champagnes :)

Small 4 egg clutch that I totally missed the ovy on. Needless to say "bed check" was a surprise this morning :O

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps9f695874.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psaafe41c2.jpg

Wow :O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O

You are having a killer season. Hope you hit tons of combos.

Insanity has stricken here!! Caught this nice Albino girl pushing out an 8 egg clutch today. Paired with an Albino Enchi and Banana :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psyqxmn5ce.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvXvKiDPdZ4

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psb8f3a30d.jpg

Forgot the pairing pics.....

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps37dcb279.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psd0bee10f.jpg

Awesome stuff Corey. You've certainly done your homework and careful planning this season for a great outcome. Gl on the odds my friend. :-)

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Clutch #6 this season :D

There is a project, albeit how small, that all gets us started into breeding. Back in the summer of 2012 I bought this little Butter with the intention of making BEL's with my Lesser. Plans changed and I paired her with a 1.0 Mojave. I have passed on dozens of BEL's with plans on making my own. Let's see how this works out :gj:

She laid 6 perfect eggs this morning at a pre-lay weight of 1453g.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...pscbe294cd.jpg

Cut the first clutch.... just a dime sized window. Incredible odds from a Black Pastel 100% Het Pied x 100% Het Pied.

3 Black Pastels and 2 Pieds. One Pied is awfully white. Possible Black Pastel Pied :gj:

Pics when they pip in a few days on their own.

Oh my goodness thats amazing! I'm planning to go to the daytona show this year (for the first time) so I can't wait to see all your beautiful babies!

Clutch #7 in the incubator today :gj:

Fire 100% Het Clown 11F2 on 5 eggs this morning. This gives us 10 shots at a Nuclear Clown with both our pairings this season.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psa8b660ec.jpg

A few promising looks this morning from some females that have been dragging along!! I hate it when the girls make a mess of the tub, but the Enchi I don't mind at all :gj: The Spider ovulated in early May last year and the Enchi is a first year breeder. Both paired to Bananas :banana:

The incubator is looking mighty fine for this time of year.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psaef226d7.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psb28be138.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps1553d1f8.jpg

:gj::gj:Looking good

I believe we have hit one of our goals for this season on the first clutch....... a Black Pastel Pied!!

Great outcome if it is so with 1/16 odds on a Het x Het pairing. 0.2 Pieds remaining to lay eggs gives us slightly better odds paired with the Black Pastel 100% Het Pied.

We will know for 100% sure when it crawls out of the egg, but this is either a VERY high white Pied or a Black Pastel Pied. It is all white except for what I can see of the head :gj:

Killin it this year Corey! Lots of good stuff!

Posted these pics in the Picture forum, but thought I'd post here as well for those following this thread. Thought we only had one Black Pastel Pied till they crawled out of the egg!! Two is better than one in this case!!

1.0 Black Pastel Pied. All white except his head. 77g:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psa1affd3e.jpg

0.1 Black Pastel Pied. Just one spot on her back. 61g:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps368448cc.jpg

A 0.1 Black Pastel 66% Het Pied emerged last night.. Decent Pied markers. No ringer like her dad.... 72g:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psc954316d.jpg

2 more clutches this morning...... clutches 8 & 9. Both first year breeders from The Herp Vault. Really like the second girl :gj:

1.0 Sugar Fire x 0.1 Normal 11F1 HV (6 eggs- 558g):
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps7e9bc5e4.jpg

1.0 Banana x 0.1 Normal 10F1 HV (5 eggs- 588g):
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps235b1a33.jpg

God that normal girl is fabulous! 😍


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Incubator is reaching capacity. Only 4 slots left. Reading a very steady 88.7F top to 88.2F bottom. I'll take it :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps98d2e5b5.jpg

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Incubator is reaching capacity. Only 4 slots left. Reading a very steady 88.7F top to 88.2F bottom. I'll take it :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps98d2e5b5.jpg

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Do you use a temp gun in your bator to read top to bottom or do you use something else?

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Do you use a temp gun in your bator to read top to bottom or do you use something else?

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All those cables are temp sensors inside actual tubs. I have 5 sensors and rotate them around every so often. 4 can be read from the outside with tiny 1/4" holes drilled through the side of the fridge. The other stays inside the incubator and has temp and humidity readings. Humidity is excellent.... 98%- 99% in each tub I have checked. The probes are a bit larger and I did not want to drill large holes in the side of the fridge.

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

All those cables are temp sensors inside actual tubs. I have 5 sensors and rotate them around every so often. 4 can be read from the outside with tiny 1/4" holes drilled through the side of the fridge. The other stays inside the incubator and has temp and humidity readings. Humidity is excellent.... 98%- 99% in each tub I have checked. The probes are a bit larger and I did not want to drill large holes in the side of the fridge.

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Nice I was just curious because my temp in my bator always seems off when using a temp gun I assume this has to do with only being able to get a reading on surface temps instead of air temps like probes is that right?

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Here are my 4 outside temp sensors. I have found that the more actual eggs I put in the boxes, the temps equalize from top to bottom...... more heat load??

I can't complain about a 0.4F difference top to bottom :gj:

Top Right (Albino Enchi x Albino clutch)- 88.3F
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psccb708bc.jpg

Top Left (Banana x Pastel clutch)- 88.5F
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps9fd3b0db.jpg

Mid Middle (Enchi Fire x Champagne)- 88.7F
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psea370fcd.jpg

Bottom Left (Banana x Normal- laid today)- 88.4F
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps383b15a5.jpg

Overflow wine chiller- holds 5 tubs. No eggs in here yet, but the probe is in a tub filled with media ready for eggs- 88.5F
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psd34d83e5.jpg

Pied 11F1 ovy. Paired with Black Pastel 100% Het Pied and Banana. Let's see who wins this clutch!!

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psdac96803.jpg

Super Pastel in "razorback" form. About 10 days from laying eggs. Post ovy shed on 5/10/14. Paired with a Sugar Fire.

This is our most anticipated non-recessive clutch of the season!!

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps1fbb6dd8.jpg

Great stuff so far Corey, can't wait to see what pops out once they start hatching for u! :)

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I don't think she is going to be late laying her eggs. Due to lay 6/10/14 :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps161f0fe3.jpg

Really exciting pied and clown projects!! Keep us posted


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Clutch #10:

Pretty much right on time!! Due 6/10 and laid 6 nice eggs on 6/12 :gj:

She was our first pickup from a show.... Daytona 2012 at a whopping 70g from Family Reptiles!! Got her to 1653g pre-lay weight (clutch 533g, post lay weight 1120g).

Sugar Fire x Super Pastel- this is our most anticipated clutch, less recessive projects and maybe one other pairing (Enchi Fire x LemonBlast.... if she goes).

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psf5356ee1.jpg

Baby pic right after Daytona August 18, 2012 :)

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps13538b68.jpg

One of many locks.... A GREAT couple!!

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psb3474cde.jpg

A few new lock pics and an ovy from our Super Pastel 12F2 (to Enchi Pastel)

Enchi Fire x LemonBlast:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps05f760ef.jpg

Albino Enchi x Albino:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps39ba9c8e.jpg

Super Pastel 12F2 ovy:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps618167da.jpg

Looks like the last pairing with the Albino Enchi pushed this girl right into an ovy :gj:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psb8559e2a.jpg

Spider girl snuck in an ovy here. Shed last on 5/18/14 and was looking in razorback form today. Looks like she is ready to push some eggs out soon to a Nuclear pairing.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps915fa6cf.jpg

Just a quick video tour of our current progress.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbzPUxKVVO0

One of 3 females we were expecting to lay in the next week went today. Clutch #11 at 62 eggs. Well on the way to our 120 egg count goal with our girls.

Nuclear 12M2 x Spider 11F1. 5 good eggs at 456g. Not bad for a first year girl :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psf48888b7.jpg

Second of three females we are expecting to lay this week.

Clutch #12..... Sugar Fire x Normal 11F2. 6 nice eggs at a nice clutch weight of 656g :gj:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps8d115aa6.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps058b5361.jpg

Just an update on the 0.1 Black Pastel Pied. She is not afraid to eat. Hatch 5/25/14. 120g before her 8th meal today :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps4eeab5c5.jpg

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

Clutch #6 this season :D

There is a project, albeit how small, that all gets us started into breeding. Back in the summer of 2012 I bought this little Butter with the intention of making BEL's with my Lesser. Plans changed and I paired her with a 1.0 Mojave. I have passed on dozens of BEL's with plans on making my own. Let's see how this works out :gj:

She laid 6 perfect eggs this morning at a pre-lay weight of 1453g.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...pscbe294cd.jpg

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The good thing about the BEL'S is you will be able to tell how many you got before its time to cut the eggs. You'll see pink and a dark spot for the eye somewhere in the eggs

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The good thing about the BEL'S is you will be able to tell how many you got before its time to cut the eggs. You'll see pink and a dark spot for the eye somewhere in the eggs

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These eggs have such a thick coating of calcium it's hard to even see the babies move at all.

Banana x Pinstripe laid 5 nice eggs this morning!! Caught her pushing a few out here:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps0b8d7779.jpg

What could this one be??

Butter Het x Fire Het ;)


http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps0bbedf9a.jpg

So..... 15 clutches in the incubator and 10 hatched out so far..... well #10 is on it's way out soon :gj: Three more have already ovulated and we are waiting on 3-5 more to ovulate. Our goal was 20 clutches, so it will be close.

Black Pastel 100% Het Pied x Het Pied:

1.1 Black Pastel Pieds, 1.2 Black Pastel 66% Het Pieds
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps52e9ef15.jpg

Albino Enchi x Albino:

0.3 Albino Enchis, 2.2 Albinos, 0.1 100% Het Albino

Holdback on the top right of first pic.....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...pseddd67a3.jpg

0.1 Albino holdback on top left .....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps070d4086.jpg

0.1 100% Het Albino holdback.....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps008a9395.jpg

Mojave x Butter:

1.1 BEL, 1.0 Mojave, 1.2 Normals
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps5cf5eadc.jpg

Enchi Fire x Champagne:

0.2 Champagnes, 0.1 Enchi, 1.0 Fire
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps37a87efe.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psc3201686.jpg

Holdback 0.1 Enchi....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...pse93f6335.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps21c5ef41.jpg

Banana x Pastel

1.0 Banana Pastel, 2.0 Bananas, 0.1 Pastel, 0.4 Crazy Normals!!
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps3ff67892.jpg

Banana x Normal:

3.1 Bananas, 0.1 Normal
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psd41a5ded.jpg

Holdback 0.1 Banana....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps61995245.jpg

Butter 100% Het Clown x Fire 100% Het Clown 11F1:

1.1 Clowns, 1.0 Nuclear 66% Het Clown, 1.0 Fire 66% Het Clown, 0.1 66% Het Clown

Clowns are both holdbacks.....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps2377a7b4.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps6dfc1047.jpg

Butter 100% Het Clown x Fire 100% Het Clown 11F2

0.1 Nuclear 66% Het Clown, 0.2 Butter 66% Het Clowns, 1.0 Fire 66% Het Clown (will prove out ;))

0.1 Nuclear 66% Het Clown top left holdback......
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...pse96bcf40.jpg

0.1 Butter 66% Het Clown holdback on left....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps983321ed.jpg

Sugar Fire x Normal

0.2 Sugar Fires, 1.1 Fires, 1.0 Normal

Will choose a 0.1 Sugar fire for a holdback once they shed.....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps7afe9b96.jpg

Sugar Fire x Super Pastel- cut a few days ago: our first triples in this clutch!!!

Calling out..... 2 SugarFlys, 1 Sugar Pastel, 1 Super Pastel, 1 Pastel

SugarFlys :gj:

Might hold back both if they are 1.1.....

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps3a80599a.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps276d12bd.jpg

This girl needs to get moving (2010 proven breeder- laid 7 eggs last year)..... looking promising in shed here!! Banana and KillerBlast locks :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psee1e0540.jpg

Clutch #16:

Enchi Pastel x Super Pastel.... 7 eggs this morning. One egg has a window on the end you can see in the pic, but still candles good :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps40fc596e.jpg

You have a lot of amazing stuff Corey! I'd be holding back all of them lol!

After a "small incident" in the snake pit this morning (see my Facebook page), I decided to cut a Banana x Pinstripe clutch.

Amazing odds have come upon us again..... 2 Banana Pins and 3 Pinstripes. Can't wait till they are out!!

All pins??....maybe she is a super pin. That would be sweet.

First Banana Pinstripe out of the egg. He's a looker ;)

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps22d4545e.jpg

With our last clutch of the season sitting in the incubator, we can say this season was a great success. The last clutch is a 7 egg clutch from a Banana/Black Pastel 100% Het Pied x 0.1 Pied. The suspense is killing us!! Day 55 is on 11/11/2014.

99 eggs produced from 17 females- 5.82 egg per clutch average. Considering half of the females were first year girls in the 1500g range that is not too bad.

We had a total of 7 eggs not go to term this season. 3 were infertile from a first year 0.1 Albino, 0.1 Het Pied laid 2 slugs, 0.1 Pastel and a 0.1 Super Pastel each had one egg go bad mid incubation. Talking with some others breeders a 92.9% hatch rate is nothing to sneeze at.

We hit a majority of what we were looking for..... Albino Enchis, Banana Pinstripes, Clowns, Black Pastel Pieds, Sugar Firefly and Enchi Super Pastels.

Stay tuned for the 2014- 2015 breeding thread. We have added a lot of females into the rotation ;)

Congratulations on your seaseon, glad things went well for you. Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for the next.

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Congratulations on your seaseon, glad things went well for you. Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for the next.

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We are adding a few 100% Het Clown breeders, VPI Axanthic breeder pairs, and a lot of our holdback males will be ready by December/January to start breeding- Sugar Firefly, Banana Pinstripe and Enchi Super Pastels. Along with a 1.0 GHI Mojave and 1.0 Pastel Clown we picked up, we are planning on pairing 40+ females this coming season. We paired 25 females last season and 17 laid eggs. A lot of 2012 females that did not make it to size last year will be coming online..... 0.2 YB, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Firefly, 0.1 DH Albino Pied, 0.1 Albino Spider, 0.5 proven Normals we added, 0.1 Mojave, 0.1 Enchi, 0.3 Pinstripes, and a few additions yet to arrive.

Nice stuff Corey. Your nuclear and sugar projects are awesome. Can't wait to see what you do with the ghi Mojave!! :)

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

So..... 15 clutches in the incubator and 10 hatched out so far..... well #10 is on it's way out soon :gj: Three more have already ovulated and we are waiting on 3-5 more to ovulate. Our goal was 20 clutches, so it will be close.

Black Pastel 100% Het Pied x Het Pied:

1.1 Black Pastel Pieds, 1.2 Black Pastel 66% Het Pieds
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps52e9ef15.jpg

Albino Enchi x Albino:

0.3 Albino Enchis, 2.2 Albinos, 0.1 100% Het Albino

Holdback on the top right of first pic.....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...pseddd67a3.jpg

0.1 Albino holdback on top left .....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps070d4086.jpg

0.1 100% Het Albino holdback.....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps008a9395.jpg

Mojave x Butter:

1.1 BEL, 1.0 Mojave, 1.2 Normals
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps5cf5eadc.jpg

Enchi Fire x Champagne:

0.2 Champagnes, 0.1 Enchi, 1.0 Fire
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps37a87efe.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psc3201686.jpg

Holdback 0.1 Enchi....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...pse93f6335.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps21c5ef41.jpg

Banana x Pastel

1.0 Banana Pastel, 2.0 Bananas, 0.1 Pastel, 0.4 Crazy Normals!!
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps3ff67892.jpg

Banana x Normal:

3.1 Bananas, 0.1 Normal
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psd41a5ded.jpg

Holdback 0.1 Banana....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps61995245.jpg

Butter 100% Het Clown x Fire 100% Het Clown 11F1:

1.1 Clowns, 1.0 Nuclear 66% Het Clown, 1.0 Fire 66% Het Clown, 0.1 66% Het Clown

Clowns are both holdbacks.....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps2377a7b4.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps6dfc1047.jpg

Butter 100% Het Clown x Fire 100% Het Clown 11F2

0.1 Nuclear 66% Het Clown, 0.2 Butter 66% Het Clowns, 1.0 Fire 66% Het Clown (will prove out ;))

0.1 Nuclear 66% Het Clown top left holdback......
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...pse96bcf40.jpg

0.1 Butter 66% Het Clown holdback on left....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps983321ed.jpg

Sugar Fire x Normal

0.2 Sugar Fires, 1.1 Fires, 1.0 Normal

Will choose a 0.1 Sugar fire for a holdback once they shed.....
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps7afe9b96.jpg

Sugar Fire x Super Pastel- cut a few days ago: our first triples in this clutch!!!

Calling out..... 2 SugarFlys, 1 Sugar Pastel, 1 Super Pastel, 1 Pastel

SugarFlys :gj:

Might hold back both if they are 1.1.....

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps3a80599a.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps276d12bd.jpg

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What's that crazy looking ball next to the BEL? The one from the butter×Mojave pairing?? I want it!

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Nice stuff Corey. Your nuclear and sugar projects are awesome. Can't wait to see what you do with the ghi Mojave!! :)

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0.2 YB for sure. Mulling over the 0.1 Mojave, but she may see the Enchi Piied ;)

We have a few months to get our game plan together!!

Our last clutch of the season is coming due none too soon!!

Banana/Black Pastel 100% Het Pied x Pied. We're excited to see who the daddy of this 7 egg clutch is ;)

We are going to video cutting the eggs. Stay tuned!!

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps6bcc015f.jpg