First breeding project...coming along

Someone is looking quite full of eggs!

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Someone is looking quite full of eggs!

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2021.17.58.jpg

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Congratulations!!!


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Looking goood!!!

Nice! What was the pairing?

Keep up the good work (and don't stop pairing now)!

Pairing was with our Mojave Special, though she did lock with our Lemonblast a few months ago as well.

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Should I keep pairing her? She seems so big and uncomfortable now.

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Should I keep pairing her? She seems so big and uncomfortable now.

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She looks to me like she's in the developing/building phase. I like to get one good lock per month during that phase until I see a nice, big ovulation from my girls. Ovys are quite obvious, looking very much so like they swallowed a football. She's not quite there yet, but could certainly be getting close.

Along those lines, have you see Mark Mandic's Breeding Pictorial? It's a very useful guide when it comes to knowing what physical signs to look for along the way: http://ballpython.ca/breeding/.

Looks like you are on the right track.

Yeah, did a little bit more reading in that guide, but it seems like her building is taking a while. She first paired with the Lemonblast in August, but it was only once and we stopped because we had the Crystal guy coming. She locked with him on 11/5 and again earlier this month (I forgot to record the date on that one). I guess she's due for another visit right about now.

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Yeah, did a little bit more reading in that guide, but it seems like her building is taking a while. She first paired with the Lemonblast in August, but it was only once and we stopped because we had the Crystal guy coming. She locked with him on 11/5 and again earlier this month (I forgot to record the date on that one). I guess she's due for another visit right about now.

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Building can take awhile, yes. The late stages are when it's most important to get those pairings in so she doesn't go backwards and reabsorb on you. Here's to hoping that the Crystal stud does the deed for ya. :gj:

I love that your first project is a crystal one the crystal ball is like one of my all time favorites and I'm hoping to make crystal bumblebees next year

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I love that your first project is a crystal one the crystal ball is like one of my all time favorites and I'm hoping to make crystal bumblebees next year

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Thanks! Fingers are crossed for some little Crystal Lessers or BELs.

She's started her shed cycle. Not sure if that means we missed her ovulation or what.

So I'm a little confused now. She shed and is now just staying curled up on the hot spot. I never really saw an ovulation so I'm not sure if this is a pre-lay shed or if she is still building and just had a normal shed or what.

Here's how she looks now:


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So 6 months later and we finally have eggs! Both lessers laid within a week of each other and each had 6 healthy looking eggs. Now we're crossing out fingers for good odds on some BELs and Crystal Lessers! Here come some pics (including the new incubator!)https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...IMG_5847-M.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...IMG_5817-M.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_5843-X2.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_5855-X2.jpg

What kind of thermometer is that in your incubator?

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What kind of thermometer is that in your incubator?

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They're by Vivarium Electronics. I got them from Reptile Basics.

yay i hope u at least get another 0.1 BEL for a Wintre 2.0! best of luck! (:

Edit: also sweet incubator!

Well, the first clutch has pipped and all of them are awake with their little heads up! It's hard to tell, but it looks like 3 Mojave, 1 Special, 1 Lesser Crystal, and 1 Mojave Lesser BEL. I know the cuts are ugly, but it was my first time. The second clutch is at day 54 and should be pipping soon!

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So cool. We just had our first clutch hatch out. We hit one bel. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f0ab6ff49f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c38a558db0.jpg


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So here are our final two clutches all hatched out. We didn't hit the best odds for what should have been 50% BEL/Crystal Lessers. Final tally was 2 BELs, 1 Crystal Lesser, 5 Specials, and 4 Mojaves. We're happy to get a female BEL to replace the late Wintre who we lost last year and we will be keeping the female Crystal Lesser as well. We're very pleased that all the babies came out appearing healthy and all weighing around 75 grams each. Here are our final clutch pics:

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We will be selling all the single gene snakes either online or through our friend's reptile shop.

yay! welcome to the world lil BEL girl! welcome all the new lil ones!

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congrats! i'm so happy for u two!

:)

double post: yay!