Well, one of my girls had gone off feed. I had not dropped my temps or anything. Infact i was taking the year off completely this year. Due to new job and just not enough rack space for hatchlings.

Anywho, she went off food. I wanted to keep her eating. I threw a male in there with her to hopefully trigger her feeding responce again. This is actually later than she'd normally drop and develope follicles so I didn't think anything of it. I also didn't feel any follicles in her at all at the time.

I was going to use her next year for when my BEL male was up to size. She's a 4000gram normal female so i figured she'd throw a nice large clutch for me by next years breeding season with the BEL. And that'd be nice to have a large clutch since the BEL was made from a mojave x lesser pairing.

Anyhow, i threw my Ghost male with her. Shes not het or anything. Just trying to get her to eat again. I only paired them up once. Didn't drop temps at all or anything. So didn't think of it. Pulled them apart.

She started eating again.....A LOT. I said, oh crap!! I knew exactly what was going on as I've bred this girl the last 5 years in a row so i've gotten to know her cycles and how she acts.

Next thing i know, i get a call on the way back from my trip. SHE LAID 11 GOOD EGGS!!! So, i'm going to have 11 wonderful 100% het ghost babies. I'm kinda hoping she's het ghost by some miracle. That'd make it even more worth it. Anyhow if not I got some nice 100% het females to raise up for future project. Dont know what I'll do with the rest. Oh well just thought i'd share the surprise.

By the way, 1st year she gave me 6 eggs and a dud, 2nd year she gave me 7 good eggs, 3rd year she gave me 7 good eggs again, 4th year she gave me 8 good eggs, and this year she just gave me 11 good perfect healthy eggs that i can see and count their might be a smaller one on the bottom but didn't want to mess em up the way they were laid but I counted 11 when i got back home. So well see when May 22nd (day 55) comes. Should at least be pipping by then.

Anyhow, Happy rest of the season to everyone else!!! If i can get a camera Ill post pics up of mom, dad, and the eggs....

Later, Damen