Since I had good luck with it last year, I intend to maternally incubate again this year. The only difference this time around is that I'm not using the 40g breeder and lay box. These girls are in my rack in Sterilite tubs.
Dewshine on May 16....
Dewshine on May 17....
I'm not sure how many eggs she's got in there. I'm just going to leave her alone for now. She'll uncoil or move away from them for a drink at some point and maybe I'll get a count then. When I last palpated her I think there were 5 follicles so I'm going to guess there are that many eggs in the pile. She was bred earlier this year by my normal but a friend loaned me his pastel over the past couple of months and she locked with him a few times as well.
Ailynn on May 20....
Ailynn is my 5 year old daughter's snake and she laid her clutch earlier today. I believe she's holding 5 eggs (possibly 6?) but I'm not going to pester her to get a full count. I'm sure I'll find out what she's got all in due time. So far both of these girls are guarding their eggs beautifully and from what I can see of the eggs, they're doing well too. The pairing for Ailynn was basically the same as with Dewshine - normal early on and pastel just before ovulation. I really hope the pastel sealed the deal. Had I known that I was going to get to borrow my friend's pastel, I'd have just used him.
Last year I was able to candle Dewshine's eggs while she was coiled around them and I may try to candle these in a few days. If I do, I'll try to get some more pics.
Kyriel, my het pied female, has 5 big follicles growing and is still locking up with Gabriel, my het pied male. I'm very anxious to get a clutch from her. I want very much to have a piebald of my own and even better if it's one I produced, myself. I keep peeking in on her hoping to see her ovulating but nothing yet.I'll be sure to get pics if I do.
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