Big Bertha Laid Her Eggs!

One of our W/C females produced her clutch last night and surprised us with 7 eggs.

We were told by almost everyone not to expect a large clutch, but only 3 to 4 on W/C BP's. Bertha proved her wrong.

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bob

Congratulations! :number1:

Congrats! :party:

sweeeeet!!! Congrats!!!:bounce:

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Originally Posted by stano40

We were told by almost everyone not to expect a large clutch, but only 3 to 4 on W/C BP's.

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Don't know why you were told that? I've heard of WC girls laying up to 18 eggs. It's the size of the female in grams that usually determines the number of eggs, not WC, CBB, CH, etc.

-adam

Yay Bertha! =)

What a beautiful sight!! You must be proud!

Whee! That's so awesome! ^__^ Can't wait to see pics of the babies!

WOW!! that was quick!...It's seems like only yesterday you got her!

Congrats:w00t: .You gotta love them ball python eggs:banana:

Congrats! That rocks!

Wow that's wonderful! Congrats on those lovely eggs!


Just so I learn more about this stuff.....

Do they usually transport gravid WC females? What are the risks for both the female and the eggs? (I'm thinking possible loss of condition for the female, temp swings affecting her and her unlaid eggs, etc.)


~~Jo~~

Did you candle the eggs?

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Do they usually transport gravid WC females? What are the risks for both the female and the eggs? (I'm thinking possible loss of condition for the female, temp swings affecting her and her unlaid eggs, etc.)

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Every year a bunch come in from Africa ... they don't exactly receive the best care in the world from the point of collection to the time that they make it into the importers hands (temps swings in the airplane cargo holds, lack of water, over crowding, etc) ... therefore, in the majority of cases, the eggs end up going bad and the females are either slow to recover or never do.

Sometimes, things work out, but that's more the exception than the rule.

-adam

Thanks Adam that's sort of what I was wondering about. I can't see the gravid females getting the kind of kid gloves care we all want to give them in captivity so obviously one would expect some higher losses of both female and eggs.

Well hopefully in this case both females and their eggs will do well.

Speaking of candling (which I must note down to research later), I remember when we candled turkey eggs we had to wait a certain number of days to see the veining clearly. Is there a specific timeline for candling snake eggs as well?


~~Jo~~

I think for a good result i think it is 1 week. i am using my memory on this one ;)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Thanks Adam that's sort of what I was wondering about. I can't see the gravid females getting the kind of kid gloves care we all want to give them in captivity so obviously one would expect some higher losses of both female and eggs.

Well hopefully in this case both females and their eggs will do well.

Speaking of candling (which I must note down to research later), I remember when we candled turkey eggs we had to wait a certain number of days to see the veining clearly. Is there a specific timeline for candling snake eggs as well?


~~Jo~~

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Jo, You can candle BP eggs as soon as the are layed.. I remember candling My first albino, It was like 2 weeks before she hatched I could actually see the yellow in the egg!! Great moment for me...

Good luck with those eggs!

They look awesome! Congrats and I hope they do well for ya :bounce:

Oh Jas I can't begin to imagine the way I'd feel to realize I had my first albino waiting to hatch! Talk about a happy dance LOL Oh heck I just can't wait for the first egg to be laid under our care!

~~Jo~~

Congrats.... that's always a great sight

We were very surprised at the delivery. The breeder told us it wouldn't lay any eggs for 2 to 3 weeks.

The other female we bought along with Bertha is almost ready to drop her clutch of eggs.

We have a temporary incubator holding the eggs until our new incubator arrives.

We're very happy and proud of our first ever clutch of ball python eggs and hope the eggs will hatch.

bob

I am totally with Adam....I have been to a couple shows that happened to be in Mach/April or so, and saw imported w/c gravid females for sale...they looked absolutely miserable!!! And what was worse, they were asking more than $500 for each one!!!!

Conga-Rats!

Where dd you pick these lads up at?