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    Surprise clutch

    I just looked in my bins and saw one of my females on eggs!! I am super surprised because I never saw a lock. I am nervous because this is my very first ever clutch. So my question is how long do I have to put them in a incubator before they go bad. I don't own a incubator, so the plan os to take the clutch to the local reptile shop, but that won't be until Monday. Will the eggs still be good?

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    Re: Surprise clutch

    Make sure you keep the humidity up and the ambient temp up to 88 to keep the eggs from going bad until you get them in an incubator. I would get them in one ASAP.

    You should have had an incubator up and running while they were being paired just in case. There's a lot of DIY ones on youtube, I started with a Styrofoam cooler as my first incubator, it was cheap and easy to set up.

    Also just because you never witnessed a lock doesn't mean they didn't. That happened to me with my Burmese pythons, I didn't see a lick and all it took was a couple pairings to do the job, she was also still eating while gravid.

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    Re: Surprise clutch

    Quote Originally Posted by BRD View Post
    I just looked in my bins and saw one of my females on eggs!! I am super surprised because I never saw a lock. I am nervous because this is my very first ever clutch. So my question is how long do I have to put them in a incubator before they go bad. I don't own a incubator, so the plan os to take the clutch to the local reptile shop, but that won't be until Monday. Will the eggs still be good?

    Just a update.... I was able to get my eggs into a incubator on Saturday. I candled all 7 of them and all were fertile...woot woot!! Hopefully the delay doesn't hurt them. The pairing was Black Pastel Ghost x Mojave Pastel. Also...waking up on Saturday morning my Pastel Axanthic x Enchi Fire 100% het Axanthic pairing dropped her first clutch, so I was able to take both to the incubator at the same time. She dropped 6 eggs and all were fertile!! Now I did know about this clutch, but she dropped her clutch a couple of days before I expected. All in all.... I am super thrilled about my first 2 clutches and hope they all hatch. I will post pics once they do!

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    Re: Surprise clutch

    Not critisising in any way, but did you perhaps consider Maternal Incubation.

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    Re: Surprise clutch

    Quote Originally Posted by Reptilius View Post
    Not critisising in any way, but did you perhaps consider Maternal Incubation.

    No I didn't

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    Re: Surprise clutch

    Picture update... Everything is looking good so far for my clutches.

    [IMG]611371006.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]20200518_150356.jpg[/IMG]

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    Re: Surprise clutch

    Quote Originally Posted by BRD View Post
    Picture update... Everything is looking good so far for my clutches.

    [IMG]611371006.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]20200518_150356.jpg[/IMG]


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    Re: Surprise clutch

    56 days and my first ever clutch has hatched!! Super excited! Combo was... Pastel SK Axanthic X Enchi Fire Het SK Axanthic.

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    Update

    My surprise clutch that actually started this thread have finally hatched and another surprised happen... the pairing I had mentioned was Hypo Black Pastel x Mojave Pastel. Well... as you can see from the picture there is Leopard in there... So I went and looked through my notes and sure enough I put my Orange Dream Leopard in with my Mojave Pastel one time, but I didn't see a lock. Either way I am super excited!! Once both clutchs shed out I will get better pictures



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    Re: Surprise clutch update

    My first clutch have finally shed. Enchi fire het SK Axanthic x Pastel SK Axanthic. 7 hatchlings.

    1..m..Enchi het SK Axanthic


    2..m..Fire or Enchi het SK Axanthic


    3..m..Fire SK Axanthic


    4..f..Fire SK Axanthic


    5..f..Pastel SK Axanthic


    6..f.. Enchi Pastel SK Axanthic


    7... Firefly enchi het SK Axanthic (kinked)


    Once they all have a couple of meals they will be available. All except the Enchi Pastel Axanthic.

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