Caught in the act!!

Nearly 3 weeks after her "due date," Nerissa has finally laid her eggs... well, at least she WAS laying when I had to leave for work. :mad: Yeah, literally 10 minutes before I had to leave this morning, I found her IN THE ACT of laying #1 - which looks good and healthy, from what I could tell. We had a meeting at 11am sharp (the time I go in to work), so I really did have to snap a couple pics and run out the door. Now I'm stuck here until 8pm, and sooooo anxious to get home and check on the final tally/condition.

Btw, I decided to have them incubated at East Bay Vivarium (Berkeley CA), since it wasn't feasible to do it myself this season... they have incubation services for $25, and will also buy any/all babies right out of the egg. And wish me luck on getting her to eat asap, since she's a super problem eater & hadn't fed for 6 months prior to now - wasn't going to breed her even though she's technically heavy enough, but an early-season lock apparently did the trick. I'll get her a fresh pre-killed rat (she prefers p/k or f/t over live) at EBV tomorrow, and hopefully that will spark her interest. Anyway, here are the pics!!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...ersonal029.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...ersonal032.jpg

P.S. She was bred to a Mojave & Pastel, but I'm pretty sure the Mojo will win this round (again).

GRATS! can't wait to see an update tonight.

Congratulations! :banana::banana::banana: :gj::gj::gj:

Congrats!!

congratz:gj:

Thanks all! I got home a little while ago, and found her tightly coiled around (I believe) five large non-slug eggs. :) All look beautiful and plump, but I can't candle them until tomorrow - since I'll be leaving her alone until I can get to the vivarium. Or is there a way to candle while she's on them? Hmmmmm. Anyhoo, here they are!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/IMG_0681.jpg

I had to peel her back to get a count - she hissed but didn't strike.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/IMG_0683.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/IMG_0684.jpg

Grats!!!

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P.S. Do you think she'll be okay incubating them until tomorrow afternoon? I put in a tub of damp sphagnum moss a few days ago, so the humidity's around 82 right now... also turned down the temps a little, to probably just under 90 on the hot-spot. Sound good?

That'll help! Hopefully!

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They look great. She finally laid eggs. I hope there are more mojave than before.

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They look great. She finally laid eggs. I hope there are more mojave than before.

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LOL... no kidding, huh? :D My odds were terrible last year with 1 to 5, but at least that mojave was/is a beautiful one!

Congrats :)

Muchas gracias. ;)

On a weird note, I just found 10 slug/infertile eggs in my Hognose's tub! WTH? I don't even have a male, so that was quite a surprise! At least I know she's ready & willing, if I ever do get her a mate - and she's now a confirmed female, LOL. I'll post more about that on the hognose forum... but wow, there must be something in the air today. :weirdface

Are you going to sell the baby mojaves if there are any?

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Are you going to sell the baby mojaves if there are any?

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Yeah, most likely... I already have 1.1 Mojaves, so I might keep a REALLY nice female, but all others will be sold. :gj:

I ended up getting an incubator from a friend, AND bought one at the store (before I knew she had one for me) - so I'll return the one I bought tomorrow. Got Nerissa off the eggs without much resistance, and the FINAL tally is 4 perfect eggs, 1 "window egg," and 1 slug... that little slug & the windowed one were hiding yesterday! They all candled well, except the slug of course, so hopefully all 5 fertile eggs will hatch nicely.

Do you think the "boob" will do okay?
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/IMG_0694.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/IMG_0695.jpg

She's thin, but not quite as bad as I'd predicted - hope she eats soon. :oops:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...4/IMG_0696.jpg

Taking a bath (with a drop of dish soap) to get rid of the egg smell... she actually seemed to enjoy it!
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