My First Clutch!! W00t w00t!

So Today was a day of ups and downs. First my car broke down on my weekly 300 mile drive to pick my daughter up and come back home. About an hour into the drive my car starts to over heat and I have to park it. Had to have my GF come pick me up and continue the long drive and get my car on the way back home and hope i can still drive it when it cools off.

Well i was able to pull that off and get my car home but it still needs parts and work. But I went to do my evening watering of the snakes and I found something...
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My Orange hypo female I paired with just my normal male(my first pet snake ever) dropped a healthy 4 egg clutch. This is my first clutch ever and I honestly didnt think that she was going to lay anything this year. I didnt notice any of the normal signs either.(not that I am a pro at that either) But she was also on the smaller size to pair when i did just for giggles.

Anyway long story short, I really wasnt expecting to get a clutch this season and have been very pleasantly surprised.

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I missed a few myself this year - what was the pairing?

It was my Normal male and Orange hypo. Nothing special by today's standards but I am all kinds of hyped up about it. One of my goals as a hobbyist doing this, is to always have a snake from my very first pet's blood line. If I can hatch at least one of these out I can say I have started down that path.

Awesome! Grats! Beautiful girl.

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It was my Normal male and Orange hypo. Nothing special by today's standards but I am all kinds of hyped up about it. One of my goals as a hobbyist doing this, is to always have a snake from my very first pet's blood line. If I can hatch at least one of these out I can say I have started down that path.

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That is a great plan - I remember my first snakes ( Cleo ) first clutch very well for that exact reason. Her daughter also let me become a "snake grandpa" :wuv:

Not every breeding has to have intrinsic value simply because it has some fancy gene in it. :cool:

I'll stop now before I sound like an old hippy. :oops:

I just weighed the Eggs and the one that wasnt stuck to the rest was 83 grams and the other 3 totaled 249, so they all averaged 83 grams. Not the biggest eggs but like i said, i lighted them and they look good.

I will get more pics tomorrow once i get their temps in their egg box settled. Im so pumped up about this. Its like being a kid again on christmas morning.

Congrats and good luck. Looking forward to some pics of pippers in about 60 days.

Nice first of the month eggs!

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Congrats! Isn't that the coolest thing to find eggs?! Doesn't look like she wanted you to take them either! :D

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Finally got to the store to get the grate and set the eggs up a bit better. I flashlighted them too and everything looks good so far. It seems like this is taking forever, sad part is, I'm not even halfway there yet. :rolleye2:

Anyway Enjoy.

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Nothing special by today's standards

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With BP's, you just never know. Eggs look great so far. Good luck!

Congrats on the clutch.:) Keep us posted on your progress.

Congrats!!

I think the very worst part of all the waiting, is once you've seen their head and waiting for then to come out of the egg....

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i think the very worst part of all the waiting, is once you've seen their head and waiting for then to come out of the egg....

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I think the very worst part of all the waiting, is once you've seen their head and waiting for then to come out of the egg....

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:tears:

I remember a while back when I worked for a breeder,waiting on that was very frustrating. and at the time i was just a spectator. I was mainly on clean and feed duties never on the eggs/pairing side. June and July are going to drag out this year.

Congrats and good luck with them! I'm glad to see them on egg crate, seeing them on the paper towel stressed me out for a second there!

Woo! That's great!

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Congrats and good luck with them! I'm glad to see them on egg crate, seeing them on the paper towel stressed me out for a second there!

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Like I said I really wasnt expecting them.

And you know, i wish someone somewhere had listed what type of mess it is trying to "cut" those grids. They just shatter and break off in every direction.

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Like I said I really wasnt expecting them.

And you know, i wish someone somewhere had listed what type of mess it is trying to "cut" those grids. They just shatter and break off in every direction.

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I used wire cutters and they didn't break or shatter really.

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I used wire cutters and they didn't break or shatter really.

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I will have to try that next time.

Yeah, I used wire cutters too and I still had little bits of white plastic flying all over the place...

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Here I am at the halfway point and I just flashlighted the eggs and I can see all of have little wiggly worms in them :D the babies are doing well!

I cant wait until the end of the month. this is taking forever!!

Well a few days early isnt always bad..... YES!! super excited!

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Awesome.. did u cut or is that the way they cut threw the egg.... I have always gave a little cut in the egg...

The first picture is their work, I then stepped in and cut a small window for them.

I cant even tell you how excited I am about this. First clutch all 4 eggs made it. now onto hatchling care.

Congrats!