Het Axanthic x Het Axanthic

I have a fairly large collection and have been building to breeding sizes.

My het SK Axanthic pair I got when they were a bit older, and I wait her a few months back, 1490 I thought what the heck. never bothered cooling as I was just going to try and see (plus they are in the basement and in the winter the ambient drops a few anyway, figured this may be enough)

Checked today and Boom she's all bumpy :)

I am tempted to let her incubate the eggs herself, as I have yet to do it and figure she has more knowledge on the subject than i do :)

is this a worthy thing to try? Will I regret it? or do most who let there snakes incubate have success?

Shawn

You can let her incubate them herself, but be prepared to have a whole year of recovery (aka not being able to use her next season) due to the 2+ months of her not eating due to incubating.

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Originally Posted by takagari

I have a fairly large collection and have been building to breeding sizes.

My het SK Axanthic pair I got when they were a bit older, and I wait her a few months back, 1490 I thought what the heck. never bothered cooling as I was just going to try and see (plus they are in the basement and in the winter the ambient drops a few anyway, figured this may be enough)

Checked today and Boom she's all bumpy :)

I am tempted to let her incubate the eggs herself, as I have yet to do it and figure she has more knowledge on the subject than i do :)

is this a worthy thing to try? Will I regret it? or do most who let there snakes incubate have success?

Shawn

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Shawn in my opinion it would be a waste of time.A friend of mine tried this with his het albino pair and the whole clutch died of slowly :(.Unless you can get the enclosure at the perfect temps and humidity i would incubate them instead.

I have never let a mother incubate her eggs. It's not that I have anything against it but I guess I have more faith in the environment in my incubator than in my racks.
I think I might try a maternal clutch or two this year though;) All these years and I have never tried it.

From what I hear about having your snake incubate, is you have to keep the heat and humidity up pretty high for the eggs as the snake will give almost no heat to the eggs like other snakes will. Also as far as the mother not feeding during incubations, I have heard that BP are one of the few breeds that actually "will" leave the eggs and drink and feed during this process.

If You're expecting eggs You need an incubator.

Not all females will incubate their clutches...If I had expected this girl to incubate her clutch I would have lost them.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ino_012121.jpg

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Originally Posted by coldbloodaddict

If You're expecting eggs You need an incubator.

Not all females will incubate their clutches...If I had expected this girl to incubate her clutch I would have lost them.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ino_012121.jpg

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Good point Jon.....I too have had females abandon their eggs. Not often but I have seen it.....especially with younger or smaller females.

Hmm

okay maybe I will go the incubator way.

how long after she is lumpy should I expect eggs? I wanna say 60 days but i'm not 100% sure?

Shawn

Got a pic of her being "lumpy"?

sure I snapped three. mind you she did eat for me a week ago, and one of the lumps may be that. I believe shes 1670grams right now also.

http://www.stonereptiles.com/public/...hots%20(1).JPG
http://www.stonereptiles.com/public/...hots%20(2).JPG
http://www.stonereptiles.com/public/...hots%20(3).JPG

Shawn

Last year was my first time breeding balls and I let my female maternally incubate. I didn't have to do much more than I usually do for my snakes during that time besides providing her with a lay box, which is something I always do for my corns so I figured it would just be just as appreciated by my ball. The idea that you have to regulate the humidity and temperature in the cage is wrong. The female coiling tightly or loosely around her eggs regulates the humidity. As long as the humidity in her enclosure is adequate for her, she can do the rest for her clutch.

I would say go for it because it was very rewarding in my experience. I've incubated corn eggs and jungle carpet eggs and while watching those eggs pip was great, it just pales in comparison to having little heads pipping out within their mother's coils.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1486/cimg3705a.jpg

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Originally Posted by Quiet Tempest

Last year was my first time breeding balls and I let my female maternally incubate. I didn't have to do much more than I usually do for my snakes during that time besides providing her with a lay box, which is something I always do for my corns so I figured it would just be just as appreciated by my ball. The idea that you have to regulate the humidity and temperature in the cage is wrong. The female coiling tightly or loosely around her eggs regulates the humidity. As long as the humidity in her enclosure is adequate for her, she can do the rest for her clutch.

I would say go for it because it was very rewarding in my experience. I've incubated corn eggs and jungle carpet eggs and while watching those eggs pip was great, it just pales in comparison to having little heads pipping out within their mother's coils.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1486/cimg3705a.jpg

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Nice.....that pic has me thinking that I have to give one or two a try this season;)
Good stuff.