eggstatically eggsited !!!

Ok so day 39 past the prelay shed and shes has laid.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9577.jpg



now before I remove the eggs I want to be sure all is good. Right now shes wrapped around them and using a temp gun the egg at the top reads at 87.8 f. I didnt want to bug her to much but from what I can see there is at least 5 good eggs, havnt seen a slug but wont know exactly until I take them away.
I have had my incubator run steady for a week and a half at 88-89f according to the digi thermometer. However the repti temp just came today (talk about timing) so I have placed the probe by the thermometer inside the incubator. I also just now made the shoebox with vermoculite set up. I used the plastic shoebox no holes put in 5 oz of vermiculite to 5 oz of water and mixed it up good. It covers a third of the bottom of the box. I then put a piece of egg crate that fits the box perfectly snug above the vermiculite. Then I put saran wrap over the box and clipped down the locking lid. It is now in the incubator coming up to temp. I only set up the box now as I was worried about the vermiculite drying some while waiting for the eggs to be laid. So now how long should I wait before taking the eggs? I am sure they should be fine with her until I am certain the incubator is 100% ready.

I've made egg boxes up on the spot and added eggs right away, and I've also pre-heated the egg box - either one will be fine! Congratulations!

thats good to know, I think ill wait till tommorow and preheat the egg box and to make sure the thermostat is good. Give mom a day to rest with them too before I stress her by taking them away.

Congtrats

Right on!! I can't wait. My girl is in her pre-lay shed cycle right now.:taz:

so heres the funny thing about this whole situation. This girl hides her pregnancy well . First of all she was succsessful in becoming gravid without cooling which was awsome. When she was developing follicles there were no signs besides her glow. When palpated you could not feel any and I had her previous owner check her who had bred her and he said he never felt any either.She had an appetite right up until ovulation. She never did the cool seeking or wrapping of the waterbowl. Now that shes laid she never gave any signs of that either. No laying in a coil, no laying inverted either. Anyway though this was interesting as half of the things I read about to look for during the whole process never happened yet I still ended up with a good clutch. What a sneaky girl I have ;)

one more question, when i take the eggs are they not usually stuck to each other? Is it safe to unstick them and if so how to do this safely?
I dont think they will fit in the egg box if they are in a mound.

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Originally Posted by Kryptonian

one more question, when i take the eggs are they not usually stuck to each other? Is it safe to unstick them and if so how to do this safely?
I dont think they will fit in the egg box if they are in a mound.

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At this point, I wouldn't attempt to unstick them, especially if you left them with her a full day. It's easier to unstick them if they are just laid (within an hour or two).

Ok so I have the incubator all steady. I had to play around with the repti temp a bit to get it on the same page as the incubators thermostat. I used a digi thermometer and took temps of the inside of the egg box and the inside of the incubator and its holding in both areas at 88.? the point changes a bit.The humidity in the egg box is 99%. Luckily the eggs fit no prob, with her on them it just seemed like they might not. I have the probe in the incubator stuck to an upside down bowl to bring it to the same height as the eggs and it is as close to the egg box as possible, this is where I also keep the thermometer.
there was 6 eggs which is what I thought she would have since this is how many she had for her previous owner. They all look good, plump, white. no slugs. they weigh 612 g so it looks like an average of 100 g per egg. I am not sure how big to expect the babies from eggs this size but I am guessing they will be good size.
I candeled the eggs and all of them have lots of veins.

They are now in the incubator. The temps went down to 84f in the time it took me to get them in the box and into the bator.

I totally cleaned and steralized mommas cage with water and betadine and sanitizer , and gave her a water betadine bath to remove the smells. She is doing well and not the least bit aggressive. She did however loose alot of weight. She was close to 2000g before she stopped eating after ovulation she is now just under 1000g. This confuses me since I thought she would only loose the same weight as the eggs. She looks like a deflated balloon. How soon can I start to feed her agian?

heres some pics, first is the eggs after taking momma out

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9630.jpg

next the eggs on the scale

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9631.jpg

the next 4 are of the eggs candled. I only took pics of the outer ones, but have candled them all and they are all very veiny.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9632.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9633.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9634.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9635.jpg

the eggs in the egg box

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9636.jpg

the inside of the incubator with the probe, thermometer and egg box placement

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9638.jpg

and last is momma after her bath

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9639.jpg

well that it for now, I will post baby pics when they hatch, heres hoping for a female spider.:please::D:snake:

Hey nice clutch! Hope all does well. Just a Q? What was the pairing?

Daniel

she was paired with my spider and my pastel.

heres is the daddy's, kind of hope I get babies from both.

Zoltan
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/DSCF3303.jpg

Cyrus
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/DSCF9537.jpg

I'd give her a day or two of rest, then you can try to offer her a rat. Congrats!

Well momma has got her usual appetite back, she took a rat lightning fast. I started her with a smaller one than normal, didnt want to overdue her system. Would it be a good idea to feed her more than usual till shes back up to normal weight or just feed her like I used to. She was getting a medium to large rat every 10 days.

update on the momma

so her appetite is so strong its scary. I can't believe the feeding responce. She had a good one before but now its unreal. I thawed out a meduim rat for her and had opened her bin. Well I took the rat out of the water, her lid was off but she was in her hide with a bunch of fake leaves infront of it, so you couldnt even see her. Well she didnt even give me the chance to dry the rat off and offer it on tongs, she came flying out of her hide right for me. I just took the soaking dripping rat by the tail and she snatched it hard and fast. I ususlly dry them off since most of my snake do not like thier dinner raining on them. I had an extra small rat thawed from someone who I was trying to switch to f/t but still insists on live, I offered her that as well and she was acting like she never got her first rat.
She probably thinking ok I did my job, i made you some babies, i missed my meals, dammit i need to catch up so FEED ME!

As far as the eggs go they are doing well exept I think they are denting mor ethan they should be. I cant figure out why. The humidity is 99%. I added more water to the vermiculite and even put 2 small bowls of water on either side of the eggs in the egg box as well as a deli cup full of water on the outside in the incubator. I have candled and even with the dents there are strong veins and moving babies.
this is the eggs before and a week ago

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF9636.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF0049.jpg

they havnt dented any more.
I top up the water bowls and add more to the vermiculite each week so I will get some updated pics then.

I am excited for you .:banana: