First clutch ever!!

Well, I was going to do the cleaning of all the cages tonight, and I opened one of the bins to find a very protective mommy.:D I counted 5 eggs so far. I had my incubator set up, just not turned on. I was not expecting for another 8 days. She is at 22 days POS today. I will let her take the duties for a little longer, then when the bator is warm, I will do the snatch N run. I thought I felt 6 eggs, so this will give her a chance to give me one more. Now the wait....:rolleye2::rolleye2::rolleye2::rolleye2::D:D:D

Congrats! That's very exciting news!!

Congrats!

Glad the protective mommy didn't get the jump on you. lol

60 days and counting.

lmao @ the snatch & run..

Congrats! I know how exciting it is! This is my first season for eggs too!

:banana: Yeah!!! :banana: I love baby season (this being my first to watch).

Congrats!

Thanks everyone. I do not know who the daddy is. She was a gravid WC when I aquired her. As soon as I can take the eggs, I can get a weight, count, and commence to the scrubdown. I know she will love me after that.:P

Does anyone know the chances of getting a morph out of a WC gravid? Has it happened before?

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Originally Posted by Fallguy

Thanks everyone. I do not know who the daddy is. She was a gravid WC when I aquired her. As soon as I can take the eggs, I can get a weight, count, and commence to the scrubdown. I know she will love me after that.:P

Does anyone know the chances of getting a morph out of a WC gravid? Has it happened before?

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Chances? Very very very low, to like... shouldn't even consider it. :P

Has it happened? Yes.

Well. .... Out of the 5 eggs she laid a month ago, 1 was a slug and 1 died about 2 weeks into incubation. I decided to do a 1 month candling, and I saw that all 3 that are left, are moving around very well. 1/2 way there...:banana:

Day 53!!:banana::banana::banana:

I just looked in and found one of the eggs pipping! The red marks are where I saw no veins while candling. It it the mark.:D I peeld back the cut portion and I saw what looked like a normal, as they are from a WC, but it had a lot of white. I am sure that the white scales were not on the belly. I'm so nervous.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/...1a89995f84.jpg

Congrats! I'm on day 1 today! lol!

Now I just have to wait for them to come out...:weirdface

That is a strange cut, and one I have never seen before. Did you peel away the egg from the membrane??? :confused:

Those eggs are mighty plump too, usually when they pip the eggs are quite deflated. But anywho, congrats on the pip, let us know how it goes.

How exciting!!! I am dying to see what you get :)

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

That is a strange cut, and one I have never seen before. Did you peel away the egg from the membrane??? :confused:

Those eggs are mighty plump too, usually when they pip the eggs are quite deflated. But anywho, congrats on the pip, let us know how it goes.

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That one that is being cut was deflated this morning. it was pushed up for the cut. I have not done any cutting. I just lifed the edge of the cut towards the other, and was able to look into the egg through two holes. The egg in the center I think is a little behind, and just starting to deflate. The bottom one was the first to start deflating, and kinda slowed down. I can feel them all moving still so I think we are still good.:gj:

congrats and keep us posted with pictures.

Well I finally got the eggs separated. I wanted to seperate them while they were still in the egg, so I could tell which snake came from which egg. I put them in thier own containers with wet paper towels, and let them come out on their own. Today when I got home from work, they were all out, and hiding behind their dishes. Got them sexed as 1 male, and 2 females. Very clear penes on the one. I tried them all twice to make sure. Now to let them relax and shed, so they can eat. Here they are.

Male:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3355/...0aaf2e5d_b.jpg

Female #1:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/...ae4c193b_b.jpg

Female #2
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/...80cee75f_b.jpg


Now to update my signature....:D

Congrats, :D

I like the funky rings on female#1's back. :wuv:


dr del

sweet nice to see them doing well.

Female # 2 is good and blue, and the male is just starting. I cannot see that female #1 is bluing yet. I hope that they all have shed by next friday, so I can get them on the same schedual as everyone else.:please:

Oh! Thank you all for the comments.:D

Here is the latest installment of the little ones. I took a few last night, and every time I look at them, I like them even more. Now I just need to get them to eat a few times so they can be find new homes.

Female #1
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/...ca40b73012.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2405/...2b8a560af3.jpg

Female #2
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/...96ccb751ab.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/...8fa5522f14.jpg

Male #1
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/...cbca87de0d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/...e19c2f4264.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/...9d02498342.jpg

They are such cute little guys, Thank you for taking them all in:gj:
Did mom eat for you? I hope they all do well in your care.
and thank you again for taking them and giving them a good home.

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Originally Posted by JamieLynn

They are such cute little guys, Thank you for taking them all in:gj:
Did mom eat for you? I hope they all do well in your care.
and thank you again for taking them and giving them a good home.

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Thanks. They are kinda cute. I finally got the two moms to eat a hopper rat the other day. I hope the trend continues. I want to get them bred again next year. No problem.

great job! they are beautiful! grats on the mommys eating and goodluck next season!