I just found eggs!!!!!

I got home from work a few minutes ago and happen to see something white inside of Scarlett's hide so I opened the lid and found 6 eggs so far. It looks like she's having another one so I'm waiting to get them out but OMGGGG!!!

I was expecting eggs last week and didn't get any so I thought I wasn't going to.

pictures in a bit!

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Originally Posted by joyful girl

I got home from work a few minutes ago and happen to see something white inside of Scarlett's hide so I opened the lid and found 6 eggs so far. It looks like she's having another one so I'm waiting to get them out but OMGGGG!!!

I was expecting eggs last week and didn't get any so I thought I wasn't going to.

pictures in a bit!

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Freaking sweet are the special or normals.. :rockon:

Normal mom x pastel dad

it's my first clutch ever!

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Originally Posted by joyful girl

Normal mom x pastel dad

it's my first clutch ever!

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super congrats!!!

Morphs your first clutch..What did mom weigh prebreeding??

around 1700 grams

I wasn't going to breed this season but I figured I'd try putting my male with her after I found a sperm plug just to see if they'd lock. Once they did I started watching for ovulation and I marked that and the prelay shed on the calender. For some reason I just didn't think she'd actually have eggs after the expected date came and went.

I have to say I'm surprised! good thing I still kept everything ready

Congrats!! ;)

this is mom and dad

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...Picture049.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...cture384-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...Picture382.jpg

Congrats!

wow dad is a beauty!

Looks like good eggs

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Originally Posted by joyful girl

around 1700 grams

I wasn't going to breed this season but I figured I'd try putting my male with her after I found a sperm plug just to see if they'd lock. Once they did I started watching for ovulation and I marked that and the prelay shed on the calender. For some reason I just didn't think she'd actually have eggs after the expected date came and went.

I have to say I'm surprised! good thing I still kept everything ready

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Wow 1700 and you got 6 eggs..Killer That makes me really excited to see what my bigger girls do for me this coming year. CONGRATS!!! again

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Wow 1700 and you got 6 eggs..Killer That makes me really excited to see what my bigger girls do for me this coming year. CONGRATS!!! again

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She just laid another egg....

I got them all out now, there are 7 total.
I weight a couple of the eggs and a few were just over 90 grams one was around 85 grams. They are all set up in the incubator now. I also candled them quickly and saw veins!! Scarlett looks SOOOOOOOOO skinny now. I had a feeling if she did lay she would have a good clutch since she is was a 7-8 year old virgin when I adopted her.

Here are 5 of the eggs.. 2 more in another container but I didn't take a picture of those.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...Picture388.jpg

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

wow dad is a beauty!

Looks like good eggs

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yes he is! thanks!

I can't believe how big the eggs are since she wasn't a huge mom

question.. should I be covering up the eggs more with the vermiculite?

Congratulations!!!! I'm so excited for you!!!

thanks :)

They are all set up in the incubator at a steady 89.5 degrees

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...Picture389.jpg

How exciting, congrats! That is a large clutch for a 1700 gram girl, and all good eggs too, very nice. She's got some weight to gain back now, that's for sure! If the eggs are about 1/2 to 2/3 into the vermiculite, you should be fine. Now for the longest two months of your life :D .

-Evan

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Originally Posted by Evan Jamison

How exciting, congrats! That is a large clutch for a 1700 gram girl, and all good eggs too, very nice. She's got some weight to gain back now, that's for sure! If the eggs are about 1/2 to 2/3 into the vermiculite, you should be fine. Now for the longest two months of your life :D .

-Evan

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Thanks..

I really just kind of set the eggs on top of the vermiculite so I'll adjust them a bit to get them deeper. Thanks for the info!

Those look great! Congrats on the clutch and try not to go insane while waiting the next 55 days

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Congrats! That's a nice clutch for her size. Awesome stuff, those should be some nice looking offspring.

That's so awesome, Jen! Congratulations. :-)

Nice! Congrats!!

Congrats. That Pastel is very good looking,, and those eggs look text book to me. Very good job. I hope the babies come out looking like Dad.

Thanks everyone.

I just had to get up for work tonight and I'll tell ya I didn't get much sleep today.
I kept getting up over and over to check the temps... temps haven't changed but I'm a freak lol.

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Thanks everyone.

I just had to get up for work tonight and I'll tell ya I didn't get much sleep today.
I kept getting up over and over to check the temps... temps haven't changed but I'm a freak lol.

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Its OK, I think we all did the same thing for our first clutches to...

Oh and I almost forgot. CONGRATULATIONS!

well I made it through a night of work without going crazy...
I did have to tell everyone about having eggs though.. I got a lot of 'oh weird' responses.. haha

Congrats! Those eggs look lovely and your female did a good job for you! Dad's a beauty too. :)

I weighed mom and she's just over 1000 grams... my god she's sooo skinny :(
any idea how long it usually takes them to start eating again? she's still acting mad and hissing a lot.. how long do they stay mad after taking the eggs?

I'm certainly no expert here, having never had a female lay for me yet, but I think I've read that you must clean out her enclosure completely and I think bathe her to remove all scent of her just laid clutch. Hopefully an experienced breeder will chime in here soon.

I soaked both of my girls in the sink for about 2-3 minutes, then wiped them down with chlorhexidine(including their faces). Also thoroughly cleaned their tubs with chlorhex. The first girl to lay ate within the week, and the other girl ate 2 days later. They seem quite content and not stressed that their eggs are gone. I think one girl was glad to have those out of her as she can now concentrate on what she does best; eating(fatbutt snake).

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

I soaked both of my girls in the sink for about 2-3 minutes, then wiped them down with chlorhexidine(including their faces). Also thoroughly cleaned their tubs with chlorhex. The first girl to lay ate within the week, and the other girl ate 2 days later. They seem quite content and not stressed that their eggs are gone. I think one girl was glad to have those out of her as she can now concentrate on what she does best; eating(fatbutt snake).

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awesome.. right after Jo said to wash everything I did a total chlorhex wash down of everything including Scarlett. When I put her back in instead of acting like she was still surrounding eggs she started to actually wonder around her tub for a while.

good to know I was on the right track.. thanks girls :)

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

I soaked both of my girls in the sink for about 2-3 minutes, then wiped them down with chlorhexidine(including their faces). Also thoroughly cleaned their tubs with chlorhex. The first girl to lay ate within the week, and the other girl ate 2 days later. They seem quite content and not stressed that their eggs are gone. I think one girl was glad to have those out of her as she can now concentrate on what she does best; eating(fatbutt snake).

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Haha

Make sure any chlorhexidine you are using on the snakes is the chlorhexidine gluconate and not the chlorhexidine diacetate. Some people that resell the chlorhexidine don't realize there is a difference.


Chlorhexidine Diacetate is toxic. Yes, even in its diluted form. It was designed purely to be a cleaner of EQUIPMENT. Be it cages, tongs, water dishes, probes, etc. It is not meant to be used directly on animals nor is it safe to be inhaled, applied to the skin, ingested, etc, etc. IT IS TOXIC. YOU MUST RINSE ALL RESIDUE AWAY THOROUGHLY WITH POTABLE WATER. But it is also a very excellent cleaner and Disinfectant, Bactericide and Virucide. And unlike bleach was designed to easily rinse away with potable water.

Chlorhexidine Gluconate is a different product completely. It is designed as an antiseptic and antimicrobial disinfectant that can be used directly on an animal or its minor wounds. Rinse area to be disinfected with an ample amount of Chlorhexidine Solution. Wipe away excess and pat dry with a sterile gauze or sponge. In its diluted form it is non-toxic, non-irritating agent possessing a wide range of antiseptic and antimicrobial activity against organisms which infect the skin, such as bacteria, fungi, ringworm and yeast.

Just a heads up.

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

Make sure any chlorhexidine you are using on the snakes is the chlorhexidine gluconate and not the chlorhexidine diacetate.

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I have Chlorhexidine Gluconate but thanks for the info. I didn't know there was any other type.

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Originally Posted by joyful girl

I have Chlorhexidine Gluconate but thanks for the info. I didn't know there was any other type.

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:sweeet:

See, I can't even make myself pay the $60-$70 that it costs for a gallon of Nolvasan concentrate.. I just can't justify it, LoL. If I need to really disinfect something, it gets washed and then sprayed with Parv-o-way. But the chlorhex gluc. works great for general cleaning(and I can spray my face with it if I am quarantining a rat or something, LOL).

Just to add to the great info that has already been posted. I do it a bit different than the others. After my females lay, I was the tub and water bowl with water and Dawn liquid soap. Refill the tub with fresh bedding, and then bathe the snake with dawn liquid sopa lathered up really well. After replacing the female in the tub, I generally leave her alone for at least 24 hours. Typically my snakes will eat within 2 - 10 days after laying, and usually within about 8 weeks (about the time her eggs are hatching) they will be nearly back to breeding weight (assuming it wasn't a huge clutch). It seems that they will put back on about 200 to 300 grams of weight after about 5 or 6 feedings. Hope that helps.

Congrats on the eggs!

good to know Tim!

Thanks Jeremiah!