Circle of life stuff ;-)

Hi,

Cora (my little 2006 girl ) laid her clutch of eggs today 33 days after her pre-lay shed. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

This is the first snake I have bred who then went on to breed herself - kind of a hippy moment. :oops:

She locked up with her father (my normal male ) and my lesser male - the lesser was the last lock so fingers crossed. :please:

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1...010clutch1.jpg

She laid 5 eggs and one slug - but egg number one might also be infertile as I couldn't see any veins when I candled it earlier. The eggs weighed 439g and, after laying Cora only weighs 1033g.

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2...010clutch2.jpg

The eggs are in the incubator and Cora and the tub have been cleaned and I may try her with an F/T mouse later.


dr del

Thats soo cool! I cant wait until I can do that!

Congrats on the eggs!

Congrats!

That's what it's all about. So many people get blinded by possible $$$$ that they forget about why this is such a cool hobby.

Hi,

Thanks folks. :)

She just ate an adult mouse F/T as her first meal since 13th September 2009. :banana: :banana: :banana:

Once I know her digestion has kicked in and is working ok I'll offer her something a bit more substantial and start getting the weight back on the skinny lil gal. :gj:


dr del

Nice Looking clutch, congrats!
Mike Kelly

Wow Derek! Congrats! If I read that correctly, this is a girl you hatched out yourself, and now she is all grown up and having her own babies! That's awesome! For some reason I thought your first breeding was within the past few years since I joined this site.

If I misinterpreted that, don't blame me... there's more than one way to interpret this:

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This is the first snake I have bred who then went on to breed herself - kind of a hippy moment. :oops:

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Where's that out of context thread when you need it?

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Originally Posted by SNIKTTIME

That's what it's all about. So many people get blinded by possible $$$$ that they forget about why this is such a cool hobby.

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Thats the only reason i do this. I love having that bottomless stomach during incubation to see if i uncovered that new morph. Very exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time.

Congrats :gj:

That is so cool Derek, I can't wait till one of the first girl I produce lays some eggs.

Got to be a great feeling and you must be a proud daddy :P ;)

Wow that is so cool.......I can totally foresee my future...I would be an emotional basket case until I knew she was fine....lol

Nice looking clutch!

congrats and good luck.

Congrationlations with that nice clutch. I hope that the odds are with you! Good luck.

Congrats, it's a really cool achievement.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by kc261

Wow Derek! Congrats! If I read that correctly, this is a girl you hatched out yourself, and now she is all grown up and having her own babies! That's awesome! For some reason I thought your first breeding was within the past few years since I joined this site.

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Yes she came from an accidental breeding of my normal male (Herman ) and Natasha in 2006.

She is the hatchling in the second pic of the first post in this thread.

She was the only female out of the three hatchlings and the only one I ended up keeping.


dr del

See? There was a reason you kept her. ;) It's great to see your TLC and attention to her upbringing pay off with a nice looking clutch. Congrats!!!

I missed this thread. Congrats Dr. nice to see a clutch so early and also a 2nd generation. Very cool my friend:gj:

Thanks, :D

But this is the end of my season not the start - my girls can't seem to get a grip of reading the calendar. :rofl:

I candled them all and egg number one is butter yellow and empty of all veins so far - but it is in the incubator anyway until I lose all hope. :please:

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6...1stcandlia.jpg

The other 4 eggs have nice healthy veins though. :gj:

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1...1stcandlig.jpg

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9...h1stcandli.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9...h1stcandli.jpg

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/9...h1stcandli.jpg

And I candled the slug as well out of curiosity;

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9...h1stcandli.jpg


dr del

That's a girl after my heart. She laid numbered eggs. So organized. :D

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I am officially as happy as a dog with two.......di...tails. :carrot:

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ggcutting1.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ggcutting2.jpg

My first ever morph hatchlings. :D

I cut them about an hour ago ( on day 58 at 1:30am my time ) and cannot get the grin to leave my face. :D

I can't wait to see them out fo the egg and possibly even have a go at sexing them. :ninja:


dr del

Congrats! Very exciting!

Congrats!! That's so exciting! That has got to be the coolest thing ever :D

Congrats that great!
Mike Kelly

hey man what kind of incubator do you use? a budy of mine plan on breeding his corns and he needs an incubator... and was#1 fertile?

Hi,

I have the ugliest most basic incubator known to man.

Insulated fishtank 1/3 full of water with an aquarium heater in it and a suspended grating I put open boxes on. And a lid siliconed together out of pieces of styrofoam.

I put lids on just before they are due to hatch.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...03adjusted.JPG

It looks like ass and paranoia makes me replace parts every year and watch the temps like a hawk. I have been planning on replacing it for more years than I can count and somehow never get round to it.


dr del

Super cool! Congrats Derek!

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Originally Posted by dr del

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I am officially as happy as a dog with two.......di...tails. :carrot:

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ggcutting1.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ggcutting2.jpg

My first ever morph hatchlings. :D

I cut them about an hour ago ( on day 58 at 1:30am my time ) and cannot get the grin to leave my face. :D

I can't wait to see them out fo the egg and possibly even have a go at sexing them. :ninja:


dr del

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Than grin will NEVER EVER leave that face. I dont care if you hatch 1000 clutches. That first clutch will be there for LIFE and very very exciting CONGRATS

Congratulations! That ghetto incubator is great too! I'd keep it, it produces and it has personality.

Cheers,
-Matt

I bet you will just like i did on my first ever clutch is keep all them babies. Its hard to sell them even if there just normals


there gorgeous no matter what morph they are.

Heh heh,

I am tempted I won't deny it. :P

But I still have 10 babies to sell from the last two clutches and I am trying to avoid filling the livingroom with snakeracks. :rofl:

If I have a female lesser in there she will be a keeper for sure ( I have BEL fever :rolleye2: ) - and if it is three males I will probably try and trade for an unrelated female.

I do have to appologise to my male lesser for calling his manhood into question on no less than two continents. :oops:


dr del

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Originally Posted by dr del

Heh heh,

I am tempted I won't deny it. :P

But I still have 10 babies to sell from the last two clutches and I am trying to avoid filling the livingroom with snakeracks. :rofl:

If I have a female lesser in there she will be a keeper for sure ( I have BEL fever :rolleye2: ) - and if it is three males I will probably try and trade for an unrelated female.

I do have to appologise to my male lesser for calling his manhood into question on no less than two continents. :oops:


dr del

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be honest your first morph clutch, keep all the morphs and use them to your advantage to mae what you want.

IM in this hobby for ME not others. I could careless what others want from me per seasom

REMEMBER ITS ABOUT YOU AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

Congratulations!! :gj:

Very cool my brother, Congrats!:banana:

I am so exicted for you.

Your joy has made it all the way to the west coast here, feels good:)

Congratulations Derek! Can't wait to see more pictures of them when they're out of their eggs!

Congrats Derek!!!! Thank you for taking the time to share this wonderfull moment with all of us BP.net'rs. That is a very nice clutch and i cant wait to see the babys out of the egg. Once again congradulations!!!

I just adore "new mommy" shots with them curled around the brand new eggs, self-incubating. It brings the wilderness home. :gj:

Congrats on you first morph clutch. Only problem is the addiction seems to get worse after you hatch your first. Like the ghetto incubator, I used almost the identical thing once.

Congrats! Now keep every female you get. :gj:

what a great feeling, getting to breed a snake you produced (I get to do that next year).... and to get such great odds.

Congrats Derek.

You totally deserve this. :)

Hi,

The last one came out earlier so here is the first set of pics. :banana:

The first two look to be female to my cowardly popping technique.

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7...chfirsthat.jpg

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2...chsecondha.jpg

And these two seem to have a toolkit. :ninja:

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/4...chthirdhat.jpg

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8...chfourthha.jpg

As can be seen I still suck at taking pics. :P


dr del

Awwww. Little cutie pies!

I cannot wait until I have that joyous experience.

Gale