First clutch ever! 9 huge eggs

This is my first clutch ever - from a lesser x normal pairing. Been a while since I posted photos, so here's all of it :) cross your fingers for me please!


Picture of my normal female from a couple years ago

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...ailon/bea7.jpg

my male lesser, just under 2 years ago - I know, I need to get on some new pictures

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...stpictures.jpg

First lock I caught them in! :banana:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...eaandZues1.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...eaandZues2.jpg

Yeah, they made a mess in their tub...sorry for the nastiness

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...eaandZues5.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...eaandZues6.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...eaandZues4.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...eaandZues3.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...eaandZues7.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/IMG_7400.jpg

Thanks for looking!

Nice!! Congrats!!! I See 9 lessers there :gj::gj::gj:

Congrats :)

Exciting! I can't wait to see baby pictures! :)

Congrats! Hope you get yourself a few female lessers so that you can go for the BEL in a few years! :gj:

Congrats! Must feel nice to raise them up and have a clutch drop :)

Regards,

B

That female is a healthy lady ;) and nice looking lesser 9 huge eggs = 9 healthy babies (hopefully).

Congrats, Tony!!! You totally deserve it! :)

Thanks, Everyone!

Heather, I owe an especially big thanks to you - I paired them up (obviously) but over the months I started to think that she wasn't going to go for me. I must have missed a ton of signs (ovulation, post ovulation shed, the building of 9 eggs inside a relatively small snake...:confused:) - but the thing that spurred me to action was her EBP that I noticed after reading your blog

http://heathersherpsblog.blogspot.co...butt-puff.html

Her butt was looking kinda funny last weekend, so I pulled up your blog thing, looked at the picture, looked at my female...then I started freaking out and went and got the incubator and egg tubs all set up.

Looking at my female today she looks like a limp, stretched out balloon. It's amazing that two weeks ago I wasn't even sure she was gravid - not sure how I missed it.

Heather - THANK YOU SO MUCH!! :D Love the blog


-Tony

Anytime, my friend :) I'm glad I could be of help.

I checked this morning - just a bunch of wrinkly eggs.

came home from work and look what i found! :D

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/IMG_7475.jpg

thinking about cutting the rest...afraid to shank one of my babies. we'll see.

congrats man:gj::gj:

I love the look of your male lesser by the way

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Originally Posted by scutechute

...afraid to shank one of my babies. we'll see.

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Haha, the visual is too much. You with a sharpened toothbrush cutting open eggs...

Congrats! Must feel great.

EPB should be sticky'd. Congrats brother man!

Congratulations! :banana:

Congrats!
Your making me so excited for my lesser x normal this breeding season. :D

Are all the hatchlings out yet?

Thanks, everyone!

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Originally Posted by mues155

Are all the hatchlings out yet?

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Not, not yet. Last night I ended up cutting the rest of the eggs that hadn't pipped yet. I checked on them again this morning before work and three had their heads out - so cute! So I guess none of them are completely out yet. Something to look forward to when i get home i hope!

Thanks,
Tony

So how many Lessers? :)

Congrats! Love your lesser!

So? Let's have the pics!

All but three are out of the egg now - they took their time and I didn't want to disturb them too much. Out of the 9 eggs, only 2 lessers - could have been better odds, but at least they're all healthy. I'm very happy! :banana:

Heading to the Anaheim show in about 2 hours - i'll get pictures when I get back! Hopefully they're all shed out and looking good by the time i get home.

Thanks again for all the comments! :D

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/DSCF2303.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/DSCF2306.jpg

My two lessers!
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/DSCF2307.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/DSCF2309.jpg

This lesser has a nice stripe going on
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/DSCF2310.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/IMG_7501.jpg

This lesser has almost no stripe down the middle of the back - My wife likes this little ones pattern
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/IMG_7498.jpg

one of the normals
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/IMG_7497.jpg

The lesser with the stripe was the first one out of the egg, and the only that's shed so far. I took pictures of him post-shed, but they turned out terrible (too much light) i'll work on better ones soon.

Thanks for looking

For just two Lessers you got two smoking ones! Congrats on a healthy clutch.

Regards,

B