What a nice suprise!!!

I had checked on one of my females this morning and I noticed she was extremely hissy which is very unusual, she was also laying in a weird position. I was in the snake room about an hour ago and noticed a very strange noise comeing from her tub, so I opened it and the first thing I hear was another hiss. I looked even closer and I saw that she was laying eggs!!!!! So I guess she just started and so far there are 3 eggs, 1 egg looks ok but the other 2 are about the size of a large peanut (with shell). Ill get some more pics once shes done laying, if I only get one egg from her ill still be super excited about it.:carrot::carrot:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...stEggs2007.jpg

congrats on the "egg" so far

Awesome, Aric! Too bad about the peanuts, but hopefully you'll get some more good ones. Who's the lucky dad?

CONGRATS! I hope you get a few more 'good' eggs, and that they do well for you. :gj;

I can understand about the excitement. I was head over heels about the ovulation... :rolleyes:

Make that 4 eggs, one more that looks good!!!!

I showed a pic of her to Ralph Davis and he said she looked like an IMG, not the whole body but her neck area is friggin cool.

The dad is a "normal" possible something else, before I got him from the reptile shop, he was bred to a couple females for them and threw about 5 full stripers and then I got a awsome looking "normal" male with a partial stripe from him.

This is the best pic I have of him, showing his true colors.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...anthicmale.jpg

Awesome Aric! .... I'm super excited for you! :sweeet:

Keep the updates coming!!!!!!!

-adam

Awwww how wonderful you caught her in the act (I'm getting all misty eyed here!) Congrats and can't wait to hear the final count.

Very cool to see, and congrats! :)

Now there are 7 total, only 4 good ones though. I think shes about done, ill try to get some more pics up.:)

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Now there are 7 total, only 4 good ones though. I think shes about done

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Scratch that, she just laid 2 more and looks like she going to lay another.

Keep going baby. Sounds like shee's on a role. Congrats.

Congrats Aric!! Best of luck!

Thanks everyone, I "think" shes done and the total count is 10, 5 ok looking ones and 5 slugs.

Proud and not so happy now momma:).
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...tEggs2007a.jpg

The egg to the far left was extremely thin, I thought it going to split open when I moved it.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...tEggs2007b.jpg

and now into the incubator for the longest couple months of my life!:)
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...tEggs2007c.jpg

Congrats!
I cant wait for mine.

Its nice to see you incubating the slugs too.

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Congrats!
I cant wait for mine.

Its nice to see you incubating the slugs too.

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Thanks, I know the slugs are no good but I cant get myself to toss them out, I guess when they start to mold ill feel strong enough mentally to toss them then.:)

Congrats Aric. Hopefully those good eggs will hatch out some awsome babies for you. Aren't eggs eggciting.

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Congrats Aric. Hopefully those good eggs will hatch out some awsome babies for you. Aren't eggs eggciting.

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Thanks Tim, they are extremely "eggciting" and extremely nerve racking at the same time.

Weve had a not so good week, all started off with our water heater bursting, then all the water ruined the entire carpet in the garage, then my great uncle got put into the ER for salmanela (sp?) from the peanut butter and neumonia (sp?), so when I saw her laying eggs it made me forget about everything else for a while. This has got to be the best hobby in the EVER!!!!

Congrats! I think watching my snake lay her eggs was more nerve racking than having my son! LOL! This is my first time breeding and I can't wait to see what hatches out! Our snake babies are due to hatch in April! My girl had 8 good eggs and 1 slug, which I incubated as well! Hubby said I was crazy but I couldn't toss it yet. Make sure you post us some pics when they hatch!

:P

Eggs are always fun! Congrats!

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I had checked on one of my females this morning and I noticed she was extremely hissy which is very unusual, she was also laying in a weird position. I was in the snake room about an hour ago and noticed a very strange noise comeing from her tub, so I opened it and the first thing I hear was another hiss. I looked even closer and I saw that she was laying eggs!!!!! So I guess she just started and so far there are 3 eggs, 1 egg looks ok but the other 2 are about the size of a large peanut (with shell). Ill get some more pics once shes done laying, if I only get one egg from her ill still be super excited about it.:carrot::carrot:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...stEggs2007.jpg

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Well congrats Aric! :rockon:

Congrats Aric on the nice clutch!

Keep us posted!

-Jason

That's awesome that you actually got to watch her while she laid them!! That's a nice sized clutch too! Congrats on the eggs and good luck with them!! I can't wait to see eggs hatching! Definitely keep us posted!

good luck!!

hopefully we'll see some of those hatch (pics pics pics please)

nice mama too btw
:D :rockon:

Thanks again everyone, Ive got another cool looking girl due this season aswell. Ill update this thread throughout the incubation time and hopefully in a couple months ill have some pippie pics to post!

That is alot of eggs!! Heres to five IMG stripes!!

Quick update, I threw out the 5 slugs once they started to mold and threw out the egg that felt extremely thin, it turned greener quicker then the slugs. The other 4 look good.:)

Best wishes on this clutch Aric. How exciting!

How big was the girl?

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How big was the girl?

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2200 grams.:)

after a month in the incubator, there are only two eggs left. :(

I started with
5 slugs, 1 with a very thin shell, 2 with no veins, and two that are still good.

Wow Aric I hope you hatch those two.

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Wow Aric I hope you hatch those two.

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Yeah I hope they hatch too. Ive got 2 babies from last years 10 egg clutch (from another female) and now I got these two that are still good from a 10 egg clutch. :(

Awesome man! I bet those two eggs got surprises in em'! Say, did you get any pics of mom "in the act" of laying? I'd like to see that......

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Awesome man! I bet those two eggs got surprises in em'! Say, did you get any pics of mom "in the act" of laying? I'd like to see that......

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Hopefully they will have an IMG or two in them:P.

The first pic in the thread was while she was laying the eggs, I believe there were 3 eggs when I took the pic.

Aric, keep us updated on the 2 remaining. Good luck!

Day number 45 in the bator and still looking good, they are starting to dent and one has a few small yellow spots, my male from last year had a few green spots on his egg before he hatched. Humidity is between 94-98% and temps are an almost steady 89.6.

That's great news! Can't wait to see the pics in a couple of weeks.

Only a bit more time to wait! Hope your IMGish ball proves out for you! You know we'll be expecting pictures.

:rockon:

-Jason

I think "expecting" is putting it mildly. :D




dr del

What's IMG?

And good luck with the two!! Can't wait to see them! ^_^

I think it stands for increased melanin gene?




dr del

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I think it stands for increased melanin gene?

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Bingo!:D

http://ralphdavisreptiles.com/collec...all_python.asp

-Jason

Ah! cool! Hope they turn out for you!

Have they still not successfully turned out an IMG?

Day number 51 and still looking good, they have started to dent even more.:)

Awsome Bro. I wish I was on day 51. The wait kills me every time.

Day 54 and still looking good, its a killer now waiting for them to hatch (if they do), everything has seemed to slow way down.:)

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Day 54 and still looking good, its a killer now waiting for them to hatch (if they do), everything has seemed to slow way down.:)

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Rock on buddy! Are they beginning to dimple yet?

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Rock on buddy! Are they beginning to dimple yet?

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Thanks, they started to dent about a week ago.:)

Day 62 and still nothing, one egg has a couple marks on the side that look like little slits but no head poking out yet.:)

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Day 62 and still nothing, one egg has a couple marks on the side that look like little slits but no head poking out yet.:)

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getting so close!!! I'm crossing all digits for ya!