My first clutch EVER! Normal X Lemon blast

Wow, is all I can say right now. I'm literally shaking with excitement. I can't believe this day has come. The proud mama weighed around 2500 grams before laying the eggs she is now 1806 grams. I was so excited that I forgot to weigh the eggs before placing them in the incubator. It looks like I ended up with 9 good eggs and 1 slug. Not bad at all for my first clutch!!!

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I tried peeling the top egg off but it wouldn't come and I didn't want to rip anything. The problem is the top egg is barely touching the lid on the tub. I have read before that they shouldn't be, I tried taking a bunch of the perlite/vermiculite out and it is still touching. Should I be worried about that or what do I do?

Thanks for looking and sharing my excitement!

Very nice!!! Congrats!

Gratz, I hope you nail the odds....you may have trouble with condensation gathering on that egg thats touching the lid. If the egg is not lose enough to come off the pile you may wanna get a bigger box.

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Congrats!

Awesome pictures, congrats and good luck!

Nice clutch!
Not incubating the slug, ehh? Does it look like it could be good?

Congratulations, that's awesome! I picked up a normal breeder girl to pair with my vanilla mojave if he ever gets to size. Can't imagine how excited you are with actual eggs in the incubator! Little jealous here, to say the least, lol! Hope you hit the odds and they all hatch out for you. Good luck. :gj:

Congrats :gj:

Congrats!

Whoop whoop! Great job! Congrats!

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Congradulations Lee! Really nice pics.

Congratz! Good luck, hopefully in the next 60 days you will have 9 beautiful new babies!

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

Very nice!!! Congrats!

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Reddog

Gratz, I hope you nail the odds....you may have trouble with condensation gathering on that egg thats touching the lid. If the egg is not lose enough to come off the pile you may wanna get a bigger box.

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Thanks, I hope the odds love me at least a little for my first clutch. I decided to get bigger tub. I found a 7.5qt that was taller and wider than a normal 6qt. They all fit perfectly now.

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Originally Posted by RobNJ

Congrats!

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by John1982

Awesome pictures, congrats and good luck!

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Jason Bowden

Nice clutch!
Not incubating the slug, ehh? Does it look like it could be good?

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I've read some crazy stories about slugs, so I am incuating it. It's just off to the side of the healthy clutch. I'll keep it in there until I see it starting to mold.

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Originally Posted by youbeyouibei

Congratulations, that's awesome! I picked up a normal breeder girl to pair with my vanilla mojave if he ever gets to size. Can't imagine how excited you are with actual eggs in the incubator! Little jealous here, to say the least, lol! Hope you hit the odds and they all hatch out for you. Good luck. :gj:

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That will be a great pairing. You shouldn't have a problem having him up to size if you are feeding him every 5 days or so. I got my male from Josh Marki around early fall time he was around 300-400 grams. When I started pairing him he was around 800 grams.

Thanks, I have always been jealous of seeing peoples eggs. I doubt that will change anytime soon for me. Good luck in the future pairing!

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Originally Posted by dragonmoon

Congrats :gj:

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Kinra

Congrats!

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by sookieball

Whoop whoop! Great job! Congrats!

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:D Thanks!

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Originally Posted by piedplus

Congradulations Lee! Really nice pics.

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Thanks, how are your beauties doing these days?

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Originally Posted by Sama

Congratz! Good luck, hopefully in the next 60 days you will have 9 beautiful new babies!

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Thank you, I hope so too.

Congrats and welcome to the "cool" kids group:cool:

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

Congrats and welcome to the "cool" kids group:cool:

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Haha, I am honored! :bow:

:sweeet: Awesome dude :) Congrats.

Regards,

B

Good stuff.....hope you hit the big one...

Huge congrats!:gj:
Hopefully you end up getting several baby Lemonblasts.

Outstanding looking clutch! Can't wait to see the hatchlings in a couple months :gj:

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Thanks, how are your beauties doing these days?

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They're doing great. Should get my first clutch next year. Besides that, my son's coming home for good tomorrow. Life couldn't be better!