Hi,

Not the result I was hoping for but it could have been worse.

At first I was all



Then I was all







We're not out of the woods yet as the three eggs don't exactly have the strongest veins I've seen but Time might fix that.

I had planned to use some big new egg boxes and rigid plastic grate but it hardly seemed worth filling a big box with only three small eggs and the plastic grate hasn't arrived yet.

So cobbled together from available junk it is.



The two that are stuck together are the first two I have had that I didn't feel comfortable seperating but the third one was stuck to a slug initially so I had to find some way of stopping it rolling about that was easy to clean and moisture proof - I found an old cocktail stirrer so thought I would see how that works out.

"Shcrambled not Shtirred"


Mama is down to 1768g and is now washed and back in her disinfected tub - I will try a small rat tonight but the excitement will probably prevent her eating.

This is my second clutch of 2010 so far and I think I felt small marble sized follicles in Cleo last night.

Just hoping I get better viability odds as I'm sitting at 7 good eggs from 13 items laid so far.


dr del