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Dragon Breeder · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: Easter Eggs!

OK, so they were actually laid last Thursday... but its close enough to Easter for me lol

nyoka, one of my hosuies laid 13 eggs 2 slugs 11 fertile looking AND Chaz my female WD laid 6 eggs on the same day!

heres a photo of the eggs in the inc:

and an even more special bonus is that the housie eggs if they hatch will hatch 100% het amelanistic babies! Very Happy

the other female is in her pre-lay shed so I'm expecting some eggs from here too soon.

im well chuffed, will keep ya all updated with their progress

Erik
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herp_boi · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

Nice one mate! Razz

They are looking good Razz

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Dragon Breeder · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

yea they are indeed pretty happy with them considering it is the house snakes first ever clutch :O

and she was also supposed to be a male... haha
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1.1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
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8.10.11 + 14 eggs Cape House Snake
0.2.1 Leopard Gecko

quasimodo · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:06 am Post subject:

Nice one

Isn't it great when they start laying ?

Sue

Dragon Breeder · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject:

yes it is quasimodo, especially since this is my second year breeding water dragons and my first time breeding house snakes, I'm very happy with how it has gone so far.

also, a mate from SA has put it in my head that since i know neither females backgrounds, they may be het amel, which would be a LOVELY surprise indeed lmao - not going to get my hopes up though it's like a 1 in 1 million chance haha.

cheers
Erik
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1.1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon
8.10.11 + 14 eggs Cape House Snake
0.2.1 Leopard Gecko

quasimodo · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject:

That is part of the fun of breeding snakes, not knowing exactly what will hatch out of those precious eggs Wink

negri · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 585

very nice ,

ive never incubated snake eggs before ,

do the eggs not touching the vermiculite get enough moisture ?
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Dragon Breeder · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject:

Quasimodo: i am very excited, we shall see what we get
negri: many people seem to have found that they did, however i had a lot of trouble; getting the moisture right, so i now have them wrapped in sphagnum moss as i used to do with the water dragon eggs, this should theoretically give the top eggs the ideal moisture for development

Erik
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1.1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon
8.10.11 + 14 eggs Cape House Snake
0.2.1 Leopard Gecko

Dragon Breeder · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:

update: Day 20 - 3 of 11 housie eggs have been candled (the rest are inaccessible), all showing excellent vein growth.

the other housie had her pre-lay shed last week (02/04/0 Cool

the eggs are due err... today/tomorrow going on her previous cycles.

so everything is going well.

Cheers
Erik
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Reptiles by Erik Paterson
1.1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
0.1.0 Bearded Dragon
8.10.11 + 14 eggs Cape House Snake
0.2.1 Leopard Gecko

herp_boi · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:29 am Post subject:

He he nice one mate,
Keep us updated on the eggs and the new clutch!!
Got any pics of the housies? Cool

ATVB Nick
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2.1 Heterodon Nasicus
1.1 Eryx colubrinus
1.1 Elaphe obsoleta linheimeri leucistic
1.1 Varanus acanthurus
0.1 Python Regius
0.0.10 varanus acanthurus eggs. Very Happy

0.0.31 Heterodon nasicus eggs.
http://www.freewebs.com/njbherps/index.htm