Kyna's First Clutch

For those of you that remember "Punkin", the little very unsized 18 month old female BP we took in a long while back - well she's all grown up now and a first time mamma! :)

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We bred her to Malachi, our 100% het Albino (produced by Adam at 8Ball) so we're hoping for a female heavy clutch of possible het Albino's. Kyna laid 7 perfect eggs with a total clutch weight of 654 grams. All with tons of very good veins.

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She laid them sort of odd. You can see in the pic of her on her eggs that she's got them in two groups. One group was just a regular few eggs, the other group (the one protected by her tail) was like a sausage linking of eggs. LOL A few came apart as we moved them but a few are still linked almost end to end. Kyna never does anything like a "regular" Ball Python so why I would have ever expected her to lay a usual pile of eggs, I don't know. Even when Mike pulled out her tub, instead of any sort of maternal protective instinct, she just gave Mike a quick hiss, then immediately started to come off her eggs to hang out with him (Kyna's always acted more like a boa than a ball python personality wise) :rofl:

Great stuff, good luck with getting a bunch of females! :)

Seems like you are having a great season Jo, congrats!

congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!! post pics when they hatch!!:gj::D:D:banana::banana:

Congrats!!! :) Looks like a promising clutch!! :D

Nice looking eggies! Congrats

Congrats on the eggies Jo! Hope they are indeed hets and you can prove them out... then you can send one my way :)

looking forward to hearing of the results!

Justin

good to see another nice clutch Jo!!!

Here's hoping for lots of girls. Best of luck with those eggs!

Thanks everyone! This is a first clutch for her and the first clutch sired by Malachi so it's nice to see them both prove they can do what nature intended. :)

It's also extra special because Ki Ki (my pet name for her) is the first of our rescue/adoptee snakes to lay eggs. For some reason, for me anyways, watching them come back to full health, grow and become healthy and happy enough to breed just is the best thing. It's like their final victory over how some human in their past treated them and a great feeling of accomplishment for my family. I love to see them triumph over that sort of adversity so for Mike and I this is a very special clutch.

Congrats Jo! I have my fingers crossed for a female heavy clutch for ya!

Thanks Mike, we can use all the luck possible on this possi het clutch. :)

They look awesome Jo, and I know just how special this clutch is for you. I hope that they are all girls and that they all prove out for you! :hug:

Thanks Robin. It's been very special for our family to share these daily ups and downs with our friends and the membership of BPNet. This really is the greatest herp forum online if I do say so myself (okay a shameless plug and all that but hey I'm allowed one once in a darn while! :D)