Small Clutch

Hello, a friend of mine has 1800g female that laid only two eggs. I was wondering if this is something that will always happen? Has anyone ever experienced a small clutch in one season then a bigger clutch the next?

I havent personally seen less than 6 eggs from a female but I know it does happen. My females tend to lay the same or more the next year, but most it ever went up from one year to the next was a 6 egg clutch to a 9 egg clutch.

Maybe she absorbed some that werent fertilized before OVY?

How sure are they that she laid them all?

The clutch of two eggs was laid about 50 days ago. I don't think there are any more eggs. :) I'm just a little surprised because she weighed 1800g when she was bred. I would expect at least 4 eggs?

How old was she?

You're incubating urates.


j/k...I have no idea...it is odd that she only laid two eggs though...:confusd:

I believe she is two years old.

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Originally Posted by sho220

You're incubating urates.


j/k...I have no idea...it is odd that she only laid two eggs though...:confusd:

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I actually laughed out loud

Haha thats some good size urates. So in about the next 5 days or so we can see those urates hatchlings!!!

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Must be mighty big urates!

what was the breeding? pics of the eggs?

I don't have pics... the female is a pied. I don't remember the male.

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Originally Posted by digizure

I believe she is two years old.

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Could it be because of the age? Weight's not the only consideration in breeding and she's on the younger end of sexual maturity.

Is it a healthy 1800g? Or was she rushed to breeding weight?

It seems to me the snake was well feed, average of 8 days feeding schedule. Looks like we will have to wait until the next breeding season to see if she produces another small clutch.