Well, here goes #2! Killer Blast x Pastel Enchi

[zina10]

I was only going to breed the Bumblebee with my male Killer Blast, but then I thought...why not try. And put him with the Pastel Enchi. It sure didn't take them long...



Placed my order for a cserpents incubator

[Albert Clark]

Great project. Whoa! Hot box incubator. Top of the line, I want one of those too. Good luck.

[zina10]

Yes...I thought about building my own, but then again, I like what I read about these Hot boxes and I like the "small" sized one.

I really never set out to breed. It was always just a "maybe". Back then I bought the morphs I visually liked. Just 5 snakes. I knew they would loose monetary value quickly, if not bred as soon as possible, as all morphs tend to do. But again, profit wasn't my priority.

Even now, if I do end up with hatchlings, they will probably not cover nearly what I paid for my adults way back, but that is ok. I'm doing this for "fun" , not profit.

But that doesn't mean I won't do it right...

Way back I raised one clutch from a gigantic (4300gr) rescue female (found her in a 10 gallon!!!!! tank in a nasty petstore)
. When I found her on eggs I quickly bought a Hovabator and modified it following google instructions It worked fine. I got 6 eggs, one went bad. Eggs and babies were HUGE. Biggest hatchling was 116 gr. smallest was 89 gr. But...since I now have the possibility of 2 females having eggs (thinking about pairing my third female, too, not sure yet) I need something bigger then the Hovabator, but don't want something super big. I will most likely never have more then 3 or 4 clutches, if I even decide to breed more.

I already wonder what I'm going to do with all those hatchlings. So many snakes end up in "bad" situations, and it does somewhat bother me. I can already see me end up with a houseful of snakes because of not selling any, LOL.

So we will see how everything goes

Next is shopping for a hatchling rack and reading up on the newest research how best to set up the egg tub (size, substrate, grate or not, etc..)

[aLittleLessButter]

You will definitely enjoy your hotbox and their small one is perfect for a few clutches at a time. I was using a converted wine cool and wasn't really satisfied with the results last year so I made the drive to Chris at CSerpents and picked up the one 36" hotbox. Got a clutch in it now and so far I love it

[zina10]

Thanks for letting me know about your personal experience with it. I'm really looking forward to the whole experience