Leliana the BEL, progression thread

Thanks guys! :)
This morning, Leliana laid a beautiful clutch of 8, all healthy and strongly veined!
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CONGRATS! Such white, plump eggs.. beautiful clutch.

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Congrats to the both of you! She did a great job. :3


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Congrats!!! looks like a clutch in awesome shape. I can't wait to see her little worms!!!

You were going to do maternal incubation, correct?

Wow what an amazingly gorgeous mama. Congratulations!! I am excited to see those little nuggets :D

Thanks everyone! I am very excited :D
And yes, she will be doing maternal :) She has already been doing an awesome job keeping them wrapped, and just in case I have the thermometer probe right in the center of the eggs to make sure they are at the correct temps the whole time. I also have a back up incubator should anything go wrong!
I will keep this thread updated with her and the eggs progress :)

I hope all goes well for you, good luck. 😊

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She is doing very well keeping them wrapped! Gonna offer food today and see if she will take :)
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Day 6 of maternal incubation, the mixture of substrates has dyed her scales and skin a little bit but no biggy. She's keeping them in the 89-91 degree spectrum, and is being very attentive. Good girl!

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`Is she being hissy at all when you try and offer food or change the water?

Not at me, but she body slammed her food last time I tried to feed her and hissed at it, haha. I've had no issues with her being defensive at me luckily :) I've built up a lot of trust with this girl

So mama rejected one of the eggs because it didn't stick to the pile. I've tried pushing it gently back in to the pile but she keeps pushing it back out. Luckily I had a back up incubator so little 'lone eggy' as he has been dubbed, is getting artificially incubated by himself. He is healthy and has strong veins, but I think she didn't want to risk not being able to heat the whole clutch just because of a single egg who didn't stick to the others.
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I miss having this doofus out <3 I'll be glad when the eggs are done incubating because babies, and also so I can start having her out of the cage again. I think its been about 4 months since I've properly handled her? Possibly more?
I get too attached to my snakes, hah. (Also, my mixture of substrates seems to have dyed some of her scales dark brown -.- )
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I miss having this doofus out <3 I'll be glad when the eggs are done incubating because babies, and also so I can start having her out of the cage again. I think its been about 4 months since I've properly handled her? Possibly more?
I get too attached to my snakes, hah. (Also, my mixture of substrates seems to have dyed some of her scales dark brown -.- )
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I bet you miss handling her!! ! A 14 days shed feels like the end of the world to me lol She's so pretty btw and such a good mommy. Good luck lone eggy <3

I do! I miss having her out, she has the best personality :) (And my favorite thing to do when I let her explore the living room, is yell out "Please don't step on the ice cream!" as a warning to my husband that I have her out so he doesn't accidentally step on her, haha)

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I do! I miss having her out, she has the best personality :) (And my favorite thing to do when I let her explore the living room, is yell out "Please don't step on the ice cream!" as a warning to my husband that I have her out so he doesn't accidentally step on her, haha)

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I feel the same way! My snake is prego and I can't wait for her to lay so I can start snuggling her again [emoji4]


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Update! Maternal incubation day 18, she took food. This is the third time I've offered her food and the first time she took :)
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Day 24! She has taken another meal and the eggs are very healthy :)
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Here is her lone rollout, the baby is moving in the egg!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hfhgBLF8B4

Holy crap that's an amazing shot

Thanks!
Well, some bad news. We lost one of the eggs :/ My choice of substrate was bad and I lost an egg because of it. Perilite is only good for artificial incubation, and not maternal. So I had to move all the eggs into the incubator. The remaining seven are doing well though :) Here's the eggs, and updated pic of mama snake
http://66.media.tumblr.com/a70ef44d9...mz4o1_1280.jpg
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Leliana is mostly clean from the stains, except the top of her head. The eggs are still doing well in the incubator :) Here are some goofy pics of Leliana :)
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Eggs are doing good, with strong veins!
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Leliana had a nice full shed, and is back out and about :)
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pretty snake.

Thank you! :)
She is here spreading peace and love today <3
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Omg I love Leliana's flower crown! She looks like a little princess [emoji7]


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Thank you! :)
She is here spreading peace and love today <3
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OH MY GOODNESS! This is absolutely priceless ❤️

Squee!


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Those pictures are absolutely adorable!

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she made the reptile report

http://thereptilereport.com/pretty-as-a-princess/

Thanks guys! And thanks for the heads up, I saw that :D

I have to be Leliana's biggest fan. I follow you on Tumblr and I see her there too, I just love how beautiful she is.


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my first baby has peeped out of it's egg, so this clutch should be ready for their first photos any minute now

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...pszcz4u3zp.jpg
"Loucie" our BEL says good luck!!

Thanks guys! The first egg has hatched and the rest are starting to pip! I am starting a new thread in the breeding sub-forum if you guys want to see :)

here's the link for the lazy:D

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...nstripe-clutch

These pictures were taken before the fact, but today is a huge day for Leliana! She has finally taken a f/t rat after 2 years of trying to convert her from live :D Hurray!
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She got to take a nice trip outside today! And I don't know if I've announced it yet, but after 2 years of refusing all but live food, she is finally taking f/t again! Woo! :)
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Cutest snoot!

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Looks like she made it famous on facebook!

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Yep! she actually went viral all over the internet, instagram, facebook, tumblr, ifunny, etc. Its so cool to see her everywhere :)
She is such a big goof too, she periscopes constantly
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Wishing a happy hatch day to Leliana! <3
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Happy Fall everyone! Can you guess what Holiday we're excited for?? Lol
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This is the prettiest BEL I have ever seen !! Looks to be totally white which I love personally .

What are the genetics ??


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Thank you! :D She is very lovely I agree. She is a lesser/mojave :)

She is at 1900g again, which was her weight before she laid this year! I'll be waiting till next year to pair her again, planning on putting her with a disco fire male :)
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She is a lesser/mojave :)

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The parents or her ?


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The mom was a lesser, the father was a mojave. Leliana herself is a lesser/mojave BEL

Phenomenal snake. Can't get much whiter than that! :gj:


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