Eggs Hatched, Eggs Laid!

We don't breed very many ball pythons, so this was really exciting for us. :P

On Wednesday, our two little surprise eggs pipped! They came from Betty, a normal we picked up in Portland, along with another female, Lyla, and a mojave that they'd spent some time with back in November. Betty surprised the crud out of us with two eggs and three slugs. Scrambling around in the middle of the night to get the incubator up and running, priceless.

Both appeared to be struggling, so we helped out, slitting their slashes a little wider, and BOOM they were out like lightning! BOTH mojaves, one male and one female! :banana: I've wanted a female mojave FOREVER, so this is a really big event for me!

The Boy:

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http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/mojoboy3.jpg
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And our little girl:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/mojogirl.jpg
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And not minutes after our little mojos flew their eggy-prisons, we discovered Tinyfeet in the process of laying her eggs, finally! :D

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...tinyfeet-1.jpg

She was waiting for the incubator to be empty, we decided. Which she didn't have to do, we were pretty excited to fire up the new big one (we hooked it up to the thermostat and checked it earlier this year), but we can't justify the beast for one clutch. She laid six beautiful eggs, no slugs, all candled nicely, although I have my eye on one. The veins are a little bit skinny and weak, but it looks like there might be big strong ones at the bottom.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ove/eggnew.jpg

I'm so excited! Daddy's such a handsome yellowbelly, one of my favorite morphs (I like the subtle ones, what can I say?). Both parents (unrelated) are 66% possible hets for caramel. We gotta win the lottery sometime, but we're just hoping for healthy, robust little babies. :)

Talk about a weird day! I think this might be our last clutch for the season. With our boas getting ready to drop in a few months, that's probably for the best, lol!

OH, one question. We have one egg that has a perfect little mass with gorgeous veins on one side, then an absolute blank stripe down the middle, and the same thing on the other side, perfect little mass with lovely veins. The middle's just completely clear. Is this normal, or could it be indicative of twins? Just something weird we noticed...

Thats awesome! Its so nice to get surprises like that :)

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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

Thats awesome! Its so nice to get surprises like that :)

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It is! It totally made my month!

Looks like a great snake day!
The mojaves look awesome. Best of luck with the other clutch and the boas:gj:

Cute babies and nice-looking eggs! Congratulations! :)

Thanks everyone!

The mojaves are blowing my mind, they're so cute! They weighed in within a gram of each other, 74 and 75.

Wow! Hatchlings AND eggs all in one day. You can't beat that! Congrats!

I'm interested in knowing if that one egg you mentioned is twins also.

the bp gods are on your side, congrats

Congrats! :gj: :gj:

Alot of excitement over there!
The mojaves look great!

I just want to say that I think your mojave babies are soooo gorgeous! good luck with your other clutch that was just laid also!

Congrats on the mojaves and the new eggs...:gj: glad you got the mojo female you were looking for and hopefully the odds are in your favorite for your next clutch... :D

WOW! Glad things are going well.......Nice looking Mojo's Congrats

Congrats :D

Congrats! Beautiful little guys!

Congrats! Those mojaves are beautiful, and the new clutch looks nice and healthy... :gj:

Congrats! I'm jealous! I'm still waiting on my eggs :tears: Talk about the ball gods being on your side! 2 eggs, 2 mojos, 1 of each sex! !!

That's awesome--congratulations. To unexpectedly get just what you want, that's fantastic!

Cheers,
-Matt

Thanks again, everyone! They were such a surprise to begin with, I can't believe that they ended up both being mojos, let alone a brother and sister!

I think we're going to name the female Ilithyia, and the male Claudius. Been on a Roman kick since we watched Spartacus: Blood and Sand, lol. But the girl definitely strikes me as an Ilithyia. :gj: