Our 2nd clutch

Hey guys, guess what???? We were feeding our snakes tonight and when we opened BB's cage she has already laid her eggs!!!!!!!! She never had a pre-shed. She has been acting very strange lately tho. :) I'll let you guys know later on when we take them how many she had.

http://i14.tinypic.com/2d0dpon.jpg

Are those eggs in the bottom cage too? Sweet on the eggs!

~mike

Congrats!! Nice setup!

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Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior

Are those eggs in the bottom cage too? Sweet on the eggs!

~mike

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No, those are white rocks I brought back from VA last summer. :D

Oh what a great find! Congrats and good luck!

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Originally Posted by Faith

No, those are white rocks I brought back from VA last summer. :D

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I was gonna say whoa 2 in one day!:carrot: Great looks like a big clutch, how many?

~mike

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Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior

I was gonna say whoa 2 in one day!:carrot: Great looks like a big clutch, how many?

~mike

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Not sure yet, we will take them tomorrow. We want to make sure she is finished laying. I will let you guys know!!! :)

Considering what you went through with the other female that's even more precious with this one. Congrats!

We have 7 eggs :D

http://i18.tinypic.com/30wqa04.jpg

all normal???

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

all normal???

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Yes, our others are not ready to breed yet.

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Originally Posted by Faith

Yes, our others are not ready to breed yet.

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What others do you have???

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

What others do you have???

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We have
2 BP Pastels
3 BP hets

I can't recall how many- Corn snakes (2 different kinds)
I can't recall how many - King Snakes ( several kinds)

We have several more normal BP.

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Originally Posted by Faith

We have
2 BP Pastels
3 BP hets

I can't recall how many- Corn snakes (2 different kinds)
I can't recall how many - King Snakes ( several kinds)

We have several more normal BP.

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Sweet het for what.

These are the last 2 we got in March.

http://i17.tinypic.com/48xv6rl.jpg
http://i16.tinypic.com/2hxpwgg.jpg

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Sweet het for what.

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Het for Albino-- both fathered by albino. One was born in Oct and the other in Nov 06.

very cool.

This is the female Pastel

http://i14.tinypic.com/2zy8m8g.jpg

This is the male Pastel

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...tiles/male.jpg

Oh they are lovely snakes Faith! Best wishes with all your eggs this year.

Faith (or anybody), do you have previous experience incubating with the water (substrateless) method? I'd really like to go that route when the time comes, but I don't see enough people doing it, so I'm a little hesitant. That method is basically a box, an egg crate above some water (or soaked perlite), eggs on top of the crate and 98%-100% humidy in the box with correct temps? Any tips, methods or advice for this? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Faith (or anybody), do you have previous experience incubating with the water (substrateless) method? I'd really like to go that route when the time comes, but I don't see enough people doing it, so I'm a little hesitant. That method is basically a box, an egg crate above some water (or soaked perlite), eggs on top of the crate and 98%-100% humidy in the box with correct temps? Any tips, methods or advice for this? Thanks.

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No, we have no prior experience. This is our first year to breed our snakes. We also have some eggs in the vermiculite.

My husband talks to different people about the incubating. He says they say the water method is very successful with 100% hatch rate most the time so we are going to try it one time and see what happens.

Nice, Faith!
Question time.. :) What, if anything, do you place the egg box into? A larger enclosed incubator? I am just learning about substrate-less incubating..

Yes, the egg box goes in the incubator just like when you use vermiculite.

We place the box you see the eggs in with the top on in the incubator. Good Luck!

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Faith (or anybody), do you have previous experience incubating with the water (substrateless) method? I'd really like to go that route when the time comes, but I don't see enough people doing it, so I'm a little hesitant. That method is basically a box, an egg crate above some water (or soaked perlite), eggs on top of the crate and 98%-100% humidy in the box with correct temps? Any tips, methods or advice for this? Thanks.

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I'm trying this now. Most people use pvc pipe for "risers" to get the eggcrate above the water level. I decided to try deli cups with the bottom cut out... cheap, easy, and guaranteed uniform height. The only problem so far is that the deli cups are a little too tall. My first clutch of eggs touched the lid of the tub, so I am using saran wrap over that tub instead of the lid.

Steve

Great looking clutch Faith! Now the hard part of waiting begins. :) Good luck with them.

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Faith (or anybody), do you have previous experience incubating with the water (substrateless) method? I'd really like to go that route when the time comes, but I don't see enough people doing it, so I'm a little hesitant. That method is basically a box, an egg crate above some water (or soaked perlite), eggs on top of the crate and 98%-100% humidy in the box with correct temps? Any tips, methods or advice for this? Thanks.

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We used the regular way (vermiculite and perlite mixed) in most of our egg boxes last year but we did experiment with the soaked perlite for two clutches. Our experiment convinced us that this was the way to go so we're using this method for all our clutches this year. Good hatch rate, less mess to clean off the babies when they hatch, and most importantly, no worrying about whether the medium is too dry or too wet.

I know I've seen several posts on other forums about this method and it seems like quite a few are having success with it.

Hey Hoot. If you are using saran wrap instead of a lid, make sure that the saran wrap does not touch any of the eggs. If the saran wrap touches the eggs, I would bet that condensation will form on the saran wrap, and form a wet spot on the egg. This spot will probably continue to grow and eventually kill the egg. Just my two cents.