Pipping last night! This never gets old =)

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Awe! Proud mamma!

What a beautiful sight! I have a few questions just around your maternal incubation:

Did you feed her during the time?
How did you keep the temperature and humidity?
And overall, how was it all?

Aww she looks so sweet with her baby :)
Congratulations

If there were a forum hall of fame for the cutest picture, that one with the mama and baby with their heads together would top the list! Congrats!

Oh my goodness!!! This picture is precious [emoji7]


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Originally Posted by AlyssaLu

What a beautiful sight! I have a few questions just around your maternal incubation:

Did you feed her during the time?
How did you keep the temperature and humidity?
And overall, how was it all?

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Yes, I offer small meals to my females every 7-10 days. Most females will eat during maternal incubation, although on occasion they may skip a meal or two. I don't do anything special, if you have proper husbandry- any fertile eggs will hatch. Overall, it's always a blast. I'm one of the few people that have hatched over 100+ ball pythons using maternal incubation (many photos to prove it, just search my posts). It makes me happy to see other hobbyists doing maternal incubation too! I remember in the old days, people laughed at me but then they got all jealous when my eggs would hatch and their incubators had heat spikes or malfunctions! Technology is great, but nature knows best =) I do also incubate many clutches using artificial incubation but my maternal clutches are definitely the most memorable! I always keep at least 1 or 2 from every clutch!

Update:

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Next morning:

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Hi guys!!

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Just amazing. Congrats on the clutch and thanks for sharing with us!

Thanks! I'll try to post more update photos

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I was out of town so I couldn't capture more photos but when I came back the following night, the babies were out! http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/...psm8qwp5mo.jpg

What a beautiful moment caught! That momma/baby snout picture is one in a million. Congrats!!

Awe! Look at them all with momma! They look great!

Such awesome pictures! Mama looks so proud. The babies are gorgeous just like mama [emoji4]


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Such awesome pictures! Mama looks so proud. The babies are gorgeous just like mama [emoji4]


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Thank you!

Forgot to say the pairing was Pastel Calico X Bumblebee. Doesn't look like the greatest odds with Calico combos but still a decent clutch!

Another update! Sorry if you get tired of seeing my pics

Spider, Bumblebee and Calicobee I think

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Super Pastel Calico I think

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amazing! love the pix.

love the washed out pattern/colors on the hatchling in the last pix above.

u make maternal incubation look easy.

The more I see those pics the more I think I need to set aside one female and have her maternally incubate.


Those are great pictures.

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Just amazing. Congrats on the clutch and thanks for sharing with us!

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You're welcome!

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Originally Posted by Ax01

amazing! love the pix.

love the washed out pattern/colors on the hatchling in the last pix above.

u make maternal incubation look easy.

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That's because it IS EASY! I don't do anything, literally, anything different than normal husbandry (adding water to waterbowl, feeding, etc). Everyone keeps overthinking it- Just pretend like the eggs aren't even there! I've said it before, but if your husbandry is correct, any fertile eggs should hatch!

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The more I see those pics the more I think I need to set aside one female and have her maternally incubate.


Those are great pictures.

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I encourage you to try it! It's so much fun and interesting to observe their natural behaviors.