Maternally Incubating Again =)

[Quiet Tempest]

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.

[Danounet]

Good Luck again!

[jeffh231979]

you have better nerves then I do... Good luck!!!!

[joepythons]

Sweet congrats

[Quiet Tempest]

I do have an incubator up and running just in case, but if this year is anything like last I shouldn't have any problems. My only concern would be the girls losing interest in brooding but they're both doing exactly what they're supposed to and I'm trying to avoid disturbing them too much.

[Quiet Tempest]

This is a pic of Kyriel, my het pied. She's starting to glow and has been staying coiled in the cool side of their tub so I'm hopeful that she'll be ovulating soon. I palpated her and her follicles are huge now. They feel very much like eggs already and if she wasn't sticking to the cool side and still locking fairly regularly with the het pied male, I'd say I'd missed her ovulation. I tried to get a decent shot of her bulge, but she just refuses to cooperate. You may just have to take my word for it.





I also got a couple more shots of the girls already incubating their clutches.

Ailynn.. just 8 days brooding



Dewshine.. 11 days brooding



I have candled both of these clutches but no pics because I only have so many hands and the mothers aren't particularly fond of having me bothering them or their eggs right now. Both clutches have big healthy veins and I don't anticipate having any problems. I'm happy with the two clutches already on the ground but I'm excited about the clutch the het pieds should give me. I've been wanting a pied of my own for a long time now.

[Jason Bowden]

Congrats!
Good luck and keep us posted!

[Quiet Tempest]

Got more pics and tried to get a decent shot of egg candling. Moms weren't thrilled with me checking in on them, of course, so I didn't linger for long. Sorry the pics are a bit blurry.


Ailynn 11 days in...




Dewshine 14 days in...

[llovelace]

They are coming along well

[bubblz]

I love the last pic,..its like she's having an ultrasound and seeing the beginning of one of her babies for the first time.
I hope everything works out like last year.