of eggs and asteroids

Last week as I set to clean I saw the most MASSIVE urate I had ever seen - at least that was my initial thought when I saw through the tub - then I kind of stood dumbfounded a minute while it sank in. After having gave up at our first effort to breed our het albino male to three of our females (and being all dejected at having the incubator sitting empty and useless until next season) this was a shocker. Betty dropped a clutch of 5 eggs - our first. So now the obsessive worrying can begin hehe.

The limitations of my camera really start to show here in these shots (will have to steal Smynx's lol). With the flash on they look pretty uniform so I had to try it without the flash.

Looks a bit like an asteroid hurtling towards earth. No idea if the irregular surface is normal - there are raised areas thatlook almost like blisters, but they are not weaker or more transluscent than the rest of the egg:

http://madwag.com/herpics/breeding/blisteregg.jpg

And trying to use this camera with low-light settings on yielded pretty craptacular results. Lots of visible veins (IRL) and what I hope is a healthy glow:

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/candled2.jpg


Fingers crossed!

Congrats! :D:D

Spectacular find Smulkin! Was this female a good ol' normal or something a little more special?

I'm not counting on her being anything more than a normal no matter what the remote possibilities ;)

Is the "blistering" unusual enough to cause concern?

Uncharted territory - input appreciated!

congrats matt! i had few eggs with those spots/blisters on them. they hatched out just fine. 54 days and counting...



vaughn

Congrats Matt!

Thanks kindly guys, and much for the reassurance, Vaughn!

I only got to candle yesterday - seeing all those veins made me feel MUUUCH better.

Congrats on the eggs Matt! Lookin' good! :handshake

That's just TOO awesome for words, Matt! I can hardly wait 'til they hatch out and we get to see you acting like a proud papa! Is Smynx as excited/nervous as you are?

We had a female lay a clutch of eggs that look identical to those. We just passed the six week mark and they appear to be developing normally. We should know in a couple of weeks. They are from a Pastel x normal pairing. Good luck with yours.

Rock on Matt! Good stuff...

whooooo! congrats! i bet they hatch out just fine. :gj:

Congratulations Matt! How exciting and what a nice surprise!

Congratulations on the clutch Matt! I hope you get five nice healthy baby bps! :sweeet:

Congrats!! I know how you feel, finding unexpected eggs; it is great. I hope that they do well for ya and wish you the best w/them.

Just wondering how your eggs are doing. I posted a couple of weeks ago that I had a clutch of eggs that looked almost identical that were due to hatch in 2 weeks. They started hatching yesterday and now there are six little heads sticking out of the eggs and several appear to be Pastels. I'll give you an update once they are out. Good luck with your clutch.

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Just wondering how your eggs are doing. I posted a couple of weeks ago that I had a clutch of eggs that looked almost identical that were due to hatch in 2 weeks. They started hatching yesterday and now there are six little heads sticking out of the eggs and several appear to be Pastels. I'll give you an update once they are out. Good luck with your clutch.

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That's AWESOME Louis!! Congratulations buddy! ... You deserve them! :sweeet:

-adam

Thanks Adam. We're really excited. I know they're JUST Pastels, but they are OUR Pastels, lol. I know you remember what that felt like. Thanks again.

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Originally Posted by Louis Kirkland

Thanks Adam. We're really excited. I know they're JUST Pastels, but they are OUR Pastels, lol. I know you remember what that felt like. Thanks again.

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Of course I do ... I have a clutch of pastels due tomorrow that I am wicked excited about ... just pastels, but still very very cool to a ball python geek like me. ;)

Looking forward to the pics! ;) :gj:

-adam

Louis, it goes without saying around here but you know we want to see pics of those pretty babies LOL. Congrats to you and Matt, hope all is going well with your clutch.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Louis, it goes without saying around here but you know we want to see pics of those pretty babies LOL. Congrats to you and Matt, hope all is going well with your clutch.

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So far so good! (knocks on wood)

Almost halfway there!

Well, they finally made it out. I thought one of them was going to homestead in the egg. Here is a pic of the clutch fresh out of their eggs. Thanks for asking to see them! Excuse the quality of the pic. I hope to get better ones after they shed. To Adam, :handshake a special thank you for your help. It's so much easier to get somewhere, when you can follow someone who's already been there. :number1:

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...Clutch06-1.jpg

Wow...great lookin' bunch ya got there! Looks like you hit the odds nicely on the pastels! Can't wait to see the post-shed pics!