Okay here are some of the other clutches that have hatched out this year and they % of clutch that translated to babies
Weight of # of eggs
Cltch babys % laid hatched
1162g 922g 79.35% 11 11
434g 266g 61.29% 5 5
400g 5 5
352g 218g 61.93% 4 4
592g 396g 66.89% 5 5
472g 198g 69.92% 5 3 *
424g 212g 100% 6 3 *
528g 358g 67.8% 6 6
722g 488g 67.59% 7 7
442g 302g 68.33% 4 4
766g 482g 71.91% 8 7*


* not all of the eggs laid in these clutches hatched. Since clutch weight was taken as a whole and not as individual eggs I divided the amount the clutched weighed by the # of eggs and then multiplied that number by the # of eggs that hatched. Then I took the weight of the hatchlings and divided it by the adjusted clutch weight.

If anyone has lots of data on ball pythons I will be beginning my senior research project at Stetson for my Bachelors in Biology next semester, and I will need as much data as I can possibly get. I do not know what lane my project will go down but I have heard there is a lot of interest in "anorexia" before they lay, body condition after they lay, survival rate and sex ratio of offspring. I will be happy to include anyone in my acknowledgements who will send me data on ball pythons.

For those of you with "secret" projects morph type is not a needed data point. My email is kellysballs@me.com