a few clutches (lots O pics)

The past couple weeks have been pretty hectic, but here are a few shots of what's been goin' on in the snake room lately.

This girl layed the day after we got back from vacation, just like she was supposed to. https://ball-pythons.net/forums/imag...es/biggrin.gif I was expecting 5 eggs, but was pleasantly surprised. She was bred to a 66% poss het clown.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/HPIM0799.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/HPIM0801.jpg

A few days later, this girl dropped. The first pic is right when I woke up, she was about halfway through, the second and third after I got home from work. She layed 8 eggs last year, and weighed 1000 grams more this year than last.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/HPIM0805.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/HPIM0806.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/HPIM0809.jpg

This girl was due the next day, but decided to keep me waiting a couple extra days. 8 good eggs, and 2 slugs. She layed 7 good eggs last year.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/HPIM0810.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...e/HPIM0813.jpg

So far, this season has gone quite well. We're averaging 8.5 good eggs per clutch, and the incubator is filling up with more on the way https://ball-pythons.net/forums/imag...es/biggrin.gif!! I couldn't be happier with results.

Congrats on all the awesome luck so far! I hope it continues well into the hatching phase and beyond! I love pictures of females curled around their eggs...they're just so beautiful!


A quick question that the last picture brings to mind: Do you keep the slugs in the incubator with the rest of the eggs? Or are they just in there for the picture and then tossed?

I just leave 'em in for the pic for a record of the entire clutch, then they get tossed. I'm just glad those are the only two I've had all season. I agree, pics of females on eggs are my favorites!!

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Originally Posted by JLC

A quick question that the last picture brings to mind: Do you keep the slugs in the incubator with the rest of the eggs? Or are they just in there for the picture and then tossed?

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I keep mine until they turn into bree! :D Ya just never know. ;)

ROCK ON Evan! ... That's awesome!

-adam

Evan,

What are the last 2 girls bred to? Congrats man!

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I keep mine until they turn into bree! :D Ya just never know. ;)

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OH, you're just rollin' with the nasty!! :zerb: :rofl:

congrats man! waiting for eggs to hatch is painful! lol




vaughn

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Originally Posted by JLC

OH, you're just rollin' with the nasty!! :zerb: :rofl:

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I'm serious. I've had some nasty looking tore up eggs hatch some awesome snakes! ;)

-adam

Congatulations indeed! :)

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I'm serious. I've had some nasty looking tore up eggs hatch some awesome snakes! ;)

-adam

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So have you ever had a slug that turned out to be a viable egg...just looked like a slug?

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I'm serious. I've had some nasty looking tore up eggs hatch some awesome snakes! ;)

-adam

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Brings up a good point. When to say when with what look like slugs? Do you mean that you have had eggs that candled as slugs hatch snakes?

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Originally Posted by JLC

So have you ever had a slug that turned out to be a viable egg...just looked like a slug?

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Oh yeah ... I've had eggs that I thought didn't have a prayer in the world hatch perfectly healthy babies ... I stopped tossing slugs a long time ago.

Some are real obvious, but I give them a shot anyway.

-adam

per the jedi's advice, i'm cooking these until i get babies or they turn into raisins! lolhttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/imag...hting00401.gif https://ball-pythons.net/forums/imag...party00311.gif

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vaughn

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Originally Posted by kavmon

per the jedi's advice, i'm cooking these until i get babies or they turn into raisins! lolhttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/imag...hting00401.gif https://ball-pythons.net/forums/imag...party00311.gif



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vaughn

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The jedi knows his crap, doesn't he?

My slug has been in since they were layed! No smell yet!!!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

The jedi knows his crap, doesn't he?

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Probably more full of it than anything else. ;)

-adam

balls deep!

oh yeah...


AWESOME clutches Evan :carrot:

They were both bred by my lemon pastel. That makes three big clutches sired by him, with one more on the way!!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Evan,

What are the last 2 girls bred to? Congrats man!

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Thanks all for the kind words. Getting a bunch of good eggs makes all the time and effort well worth it. As far as incubating slugs...hmmm, I've never tried it with the obvious slugs, but I've had a few corn snake eggs that looked pretty bad go full term, so ya never know.