First ever clutch!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, she is still laying them, so I am going to go to school for a couple hours and leave in the middle of the day to come take care of the eggs. This is my first BP clutch, so I am very excited!

Now how long do I have to wait until the eggs hatch?


http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/...8/c63bd296.jpg

between 50 to 60 days

Congratulations! Eggs look good, and mama looks protective. :D

Congrats, but why isnt there any substrate in the tub?

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Congrats, but why isnt there any substrate in the tub?

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Not sure about the OP but I use paper towels and when it gets close to lay time I remove them so they don't stick to the eggs. I would do the same thing with newspaper if I used it. It is probably not that necessary but it makes me feel more comfortable to not worry about paper sticking to the eggs...

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Well, for my first year breeding and a first time female, I did not expect this! 10 beautiful eggs, no slugs, all eggs have veins! They weigh in at 881 grams! The eggs are now all in an incubator, with the temp between 89 and 91.

I am concerned about the girl though, because she dropped all the way down to 1263 grams, and she was about 1600 grams when breeding season started. What should I start her feeding on tonight? She was taking medium rats before she went of feed.


Yep, it is exactly a Zombie said, I had newspaper there, but she burrowed under it, so I took it out when I saw she was laying.


I will post more pictures tonight, I need to get them off my camera, and I can't right now.

Well, may the odds gods be in my favor- hoping for female Mojaves!

Great first clutch. Before you offer food you should clean the tub and mom really good. She will probably not eat untill she no longer smells her eggs. After washing everything give her a day and try a smaller meal. Some females will start right and some will wait a little while.

How should I go about washing her?

I wash my females with dish soap just make sure you rinse her off thoroughly.

You can wash her in a spare tub or similar container. Put in enough water to reach about half way up her body and add a single drop of dishwashing liquid or baby shampoo.

Use your hands to wash her off and then let her crawl through a towel that you hold in your hands to dry off.

EDIT: zues beat me to it!

Always wondered this... How do you get mom away from the eggs with out getting bit or disturbing the eggs?

Ok. I'll do that tonigh, and then get her a fresh kill small rat tomorrow

All I had to do was lift her off. She was cranky, but not biting cranky. The eggs stick together.

Oh ok that makes sense about the substrate. I wasnt trying to question your methods btw, just curious.
Is it bad for newspaper to stick to them...? I cant imagine a little bit would hurt them that much.

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Oh ok that makes sense about the substrate. I wasnt trying to question your methods btw, just curious.
Is it bad for newspaper to stick to them...? I cant imagine a little bit would hurt them that much.

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my guess would be it would cause mold maybe? im not sure.

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Wow, 10 eggs! Thats fantastic! Congrats!

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my guess would be it would cause mold maybe? im not sure.

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A little newspaper stuck to the bottom of the eggs will cause no harm.

Congrats. What was the pairing? She's a beautiful girl and you'd be cranky too if you just dumped a bunch of younguns out and someone was trying to move you. LOL (being a female i sympathize with her attitude)

Pairing was Mojave to normal. I also put my firefly in the day before she Ovy'ed, but I don't think he did anything.

I actually had the paper in her cage, but she hid under it to lay her eggs, so I took it out this morning. Now she is back on paper.

Congrats on the large clutch :)

Congrats! You have roughly 60 days till they hatch, you can cut them around day 52-54 if you really want to.

Ok, I got busy and forgot about pictures, and I didn't have time to get the ones I took on my DSLR onto the computer. Here are a couple from my phone though.

The Eggs:

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/...8/b3dfca17.jpg


In the incubator:

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/...8/4744c675.jpg