First clutch!

Well,
After watching everyone else have all of the fun, we decided it was about time to get a clutch. So, I went to Walmart and bought a clutch of .... Just kidding. Our first clutch of eggs finally dropped. She did hold them until day 37, and I never saw the eggs get near the vent. Being that she was an 18 month old female, I thought she might have some problems passing the apparent large eggs. Well, she did it all on her own, but after I saw them, I know why she had problems. It was a smaller clutch, only three eggs, but they weighed 390 grams. Man those were big for a first timer. Enough of my yacking, here are the pics.

p.s. I thought I was done acking, but I know someone will ask. So, she was bred by our Pastel Yellow Belly (whom I thought was infertile). He bred 5 females last year, but none went. He is 3 years old, and finally proved his worthiness.

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Congrats :) The momma is beautiful! Is that her with the glow still or is she usually that color?

dude those are huge

wow beautiful girl. congrats on the clutch. those are gonna be some big babies. Can you buy the clutch at only YOUR walmart Tim or at any walmart? :p

Congrats Tim, I am at Day 32 with my female, it will be my first clutch and seems like it is taking ages to finally drop, but seeing that your female went 37 kinda eases my nerves a little. Congrats again, and I know that is the first of my clutches for you and Monica this season. :gj:

LOL!

That Pastel Yellowbelly must be like his creator... Lazy... ;) (Talking about Rodney..)

Congrats on a cool looking clutch, and good luck on the Pastel Yellowbellies!

Yeah MB....lookin good!!!

Congrats Tim, the fun begins.... good luck! :)

Congratulations Tim...I want a pastel YB. I bought that 06 het VPI axanthic off of you a couple months ago, he's doing good. We named him Stud Muffin...pretty manly name huh? :D

Congrats Tim!! Not a bad first clutch, I can't wait to see what else you have comin this year.

-Evan

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Originally Posted by catawhat75

Congrats :) The momma is beautiful! Is that her with the glow still or is she usually that color?

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She normally looks like that. That is part of the reason we put her with a Yellow Belly. Maybe something crazy will come out.

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Originally Posted by dmaricle

dude those are huge

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Thanks Bro. I hope you end up with a little success this year as well.

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Originally Posted by Ladydragon

wow beautiful girl. congrats on the clutch. those are gonna be some big babies. Can you buy the clutch at only YOUR walmart Tim or at any walmart? :p

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Clutches are only available at my Walmart last time I checked, but I can never figure out how to get the UPC sticker off the egg, and it always messes them up, so I quit buying them there.

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Originally Posted by PrototypePythons

Congrats Tim, I am at Day 32 with my female, it will be my first clutch and seems like it is taking ages to finally drop, but seeing that your female went 37 kinda eases my nerves a little. Congrats again, and I know that is the first of my clutches for you and Monica this season. :gj:

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Thanks Sean. I bet your clutch will be here in the next couple days.

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

LOL!

That Pastel Yellowbelly must be like his creator... Lazy... ;) (Talking about Rodney..)

Congrats on a cool looking clutch, and good luck on the Pastel Yellowbellies!

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Thanks Heather. I can't complain much, as the Spider that Roro got from me yet hadn't produced yet up until this point. The Axanthic he got bred though. Good luck with that smokin' PastelYB you got too.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Yeah MB....lookin good!!!

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Thanks Pat. I can't wait for the eggs to really start hitting.

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Originally Posted by Sputnik

Congrats Tim, the fun begins.... good luck! :)

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Thanks Scott. Your last clutches were some of the ones that were really making me get antsy.

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Originally Posted by kristy1277

Congratulations Tim...I want a pastel YB. I bought that 06 het VPI axanthic off of you a couple months ago, he's doing good. We named him Stud Muffin...pretty manly name huh? :D

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We should have plenty of Pastel YBs this year. I am glad to her our het Axanthic is doing so well.

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Originally Posted by Evan Jamison

Congrats Tim!! Not a bad first clutch, I can't wait to see what else you have comin this year.

-Evan

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Thanks Evan. I will be keeping an eye on your stuff this year as well. I can't wait to see what you produce.

Wow I like the females blushing and color. Congrats on the ig eggs hope you get good odds.

Congratulations! I hope all goes well with the eggs.

WOW! :O Look at those biggins! She's stunning Tim... best of luck with some florescent babies! Now that she's broke the seal, I'm sure the other ladies are going to follow suit! :banana:

The Fun Begins right Tim?
Congrats, your pastel yb must be like out Champagne lazy unless your not watching lol

Well congrats Tim and Monica :gj:

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Originally Posted by Sloanreptiles

The Fun Begins right Tim?
Congrats, your pastel yb must be like out Champagne lazy unless your not watching lol

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Thanks. As for the Pastel YB, he breeds great, I just couldn't get any eggs out of him.

Joe,
Thanks, and stay tuned. Our second clutch is due to be laid by Tabitha in about a week.

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Originally Posted by muddoc

Joe,
Thanks, and stay tuned. Our second clutch is due to be laid by Tabitha in about a week.

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Sweet :gj:.So what was she bred to?

LOL - I can't help but think about our conversation last week (is 1 egg a clutch?). Congrats - she's a smoking female too!

She was bred by our VooDoo male. It should be an interesting clutch.

Congrats! That's pretty mommy--She'll make some beautiful pastel ybs for you. Good luck!

Congrats on the small clutch!

You said in the beginning of this thread that the female was 18 months old, what weight was she at when you bred her?

Thanks

Grats tim and monica! here's to the great odd's gods that you have an awesome clutch!!

Congrats Tim, Man those are some big eggs :salute:

Ohhhhhhh she's a pretty thing! Congrats on your first of many clutches this year!

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Originally Posted by Bundu Boy

Congrats on the small clutch!

You said in the beginning of this thread that the female was 18 months old, what weight was she at when you bred her?

Thanks

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She was a bit over 1700 grams. I actually expected about5 eggs, but these turned out big, so I won't complain. I have had pretty good success over the years with 18 month old girls that are over 1600 grams. However, they usually lay five egg clutches, and the eggs usually average about 80 grams. So the babies are usually smaller. I think these babies will be near 100 grams each at hatching.