1st eggs of the season!

[Primal Rage]

Hello all! Had to work some overtime today and came home to quite the surprise. One of my smaller females who had only been paired with my male a couple times had laid a couple eggs! She still has one more in her from what I can tell. Another female is due to drop any day now. This is my first time attempting to breed or incubate eggs. I am very excited! Here are some pics of her inside her egg box. Enjoy!
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0084.jpg
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[sharthun]

Awesome Congrats!

[Primal Rage]

Thanks Steve! It will be a couple days before I know if the eggs are fertile. I will keep updating this thread as things progress...

[SnoopySnake]

Congrats & good luck!:)

[Primal Rage]

Thank you Snoopy! I got my fingers crossed!

[Sublimeballs]

Congrats man. What was the pairing? Can't wait to see the hatchlings. How long so these eggs take to incubate? I've only got a mostly infertile clutch so far this year(7 infertile and 3 that I don't think will make it full term), but I should have another in about a month.

[Primal Rage]

and egg #3 just popped out!
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0089.jpg

[jpsteele80]

Congrats, hope you get at least a few viable eggs

[drumcrush]

That's awesome! Congrats :D

[Primal Rage]

Congrats man. What was the pairing? Can't wait to see the hatchlings. How long so these eggs take to incubate? I've only got a mostly infertile clutch so far this year(7 infertile and 3 that I don't think will make it full term), but I should have another in about a month.

Thanks Sublime! I paired her with a extreme hypo male(falcon line). She is also an extreme hypo female(falcon line) and happens to be one of the lightest females I have ever seen. Hopefully I will end up with some absolutely smoking babies. Incubation usually takes 73-80 days. Sorry to hear about your infertile clutch. Good luck with your next clutches.

[Primal Rage]

Congrats, hope you get at least a few viable eggs
thanks man!

[Primal Rage]

That's awesome! Congrats :D

thanks drumcrush!!!!

[athms]

Awesome! I have always wondered what their eggs feel like

[Jim Smith]

Fantastic news! I can't wait to see the babies when they hatch. Please keep us posted on all of your breeding projects.

[Charis]

Congrats on the eggs! Those are some big eggs!

[Sublimeballs]

Thanks Sublime! I paired her with a extreme hypo male(falcon line). She is also an extreme hypo female(falcon line) and happens to be one of the lightest females I have ever seen. Hopefully I will end up with some absolutely smoking babies. Incubation usually takes 73-80 days. Sorry to hear about your infertile clutch. Good luck with your next clutches.

I've admired you extreme hypos for awhile. Is it a ressecive mutation? Best of luck to you keep us updated.

[Primal Rage]

Awesome! I have always wondered what their eggs feel like

Think of a grape with a super smooth and thin leather skin.. That's probably the best way I could describe one.

[Primal Rage]

Fantastic news! I can't wait to see the babies when they hatch. Please keep us posted on all of your breeding projects.

Absolutely Jim!

[Primal Rage]

Congrats on the eggs! Those are some big eggs!

Thanks man. They are almost the same diameter as the female that laid them:D

[Primal Rage]

I've admired you extreme hypos for awhile. Is it a ressecive mutation? Best of luck to you keep us updated.

Yes it is.

[Primal Rage]

I started to get nervous about one of my females who has been gravid but has yet to lay eggs. Today she went to the vet for xrays.. She definitely has at least 6 eggs in her! Hopefully she is just taking her time laying her eggs and is not suffering from dystocia. Here is a pic.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/CapricaEggXray2.jpg

[Charis]

That is a cool xray! Hopefully she will lay them just fine!

[Primal Rage]

Thanks man, me too. She was the first of my females that I noticed was visually gravid. The Dr. said that there was not anything wrong with her xrays. So begins the wait...Again

[sharthun]

Good luck brother Rage!

[EL Ziggy]

Wishing you a great season Rage. Those babies are gonna be smokin!

[Primal Rage]

Thanks Steve and Ziggy!

[Primal Rage]

Peaked in on my extreme pin band female this morning and saw this! Hooray!
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0006.jpg

[Kimmie]

wauw she is beautiful :)

[Primal Rage]

wauw she is beautiful :)
Thanks! Egg number 2 just came out!
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0007.jpg

[EL Ziggy]

Looking good Rage!Keep em comin brother.

[mclund]

Thanks Sublime! I paired her with a extreme hypo male(falcon line). She is also an extreme hypo female(falcon line) and happens to be one of the lightest females I have ever seen. Hopefully I will end up with some absolutely smoking babies. Incubation usually takes 73-80 days. Sorry to hear about your infertile clutch. Good luck with your next clutches.

Congrats on the Hondo eggs! I always enjoyed working with them. The hatchlings are some of prettiest of all. I am curious to know what temp are you incubating at? At 73-80 days you have to be down around 78 degrees. I had much better luck at 82-83 degrees. In my experience the Hondo's have a very broad range of temps to incubate. (77-88) For me, the lower temps always produced smaller hatchlings. At a consistent 83 degrees they should hatch in 58-60 days and produce very robust hatchlings..just my 2 cents worth.

Matt

[Primal Rage]

Thanks Ziggy!!

mclund,
My temps float around 79-80. I thought I read somewhere that at the low end of the temps the babies did take longer to hatch but they were bigger and had absorbed more of the yolk. Thank you very much for your input!! I am about to go bump the temps up 2 degrees!

[sharthun]

Looking good Rage!Keep em comin brother.

Yeah! Way to go Rage!

[mclund]

Thanks Ziggy!!

mclund,
My temps float around 79-80. I thought I read somewhere that at the low end of the temps the babies did take longer to hatch but they were bigger and had absorbed more of the yolk. Thank you very much for your input!! I am about to go bump the temps up 2 degrees!

I think its a good decision, you will not have any problems at 82-83. I was always afraid to go up higher, but I have know others to incubate them at 85. The higher temperatures can result in animals with kinks. Anything over 90...get the salt and paper and have some lunch...cause they are cooked. Best of Luck with them!

[Primal Rage]

Thx Steve!!

Got home this afternoon and she had finished laying her clutch. Poor thing is all shriveled up! She is gonna get a rat pup buffet tomorrow before I leave for a 3 day fishing trip to Lake Guntersville! Her egg laying timing was perfect!http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0011.jpg
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0012.jpg

[mclund]

Had to dig up one of my old hatch pics...I really miss these snakes.[

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[Primal Rage]

Nice baby hondos Mclund! Got home from work today to find that another one of my females laid a 7 egg clutch! I have candled all my other eggs and they appear to have little spider web networks of veins within them! Here is a couple pics of the most recent.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0023-1.jpg
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[sharthun]

Awesome Rage!:D

[Jim Smith]

Wow! You're going to be the proud papa of a ton of new babies in the not too distant future. Thanks for sharing and please keep us posted with photos when they start hatching.

[Primal Rage]

Thanks Steve and Jim! I am not sure what I am going to do with 20 something snakes if they all end up hatching. Came home to another clutch today. 9 eggs total.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0026.jpg
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[EL Ziggy]

Congrats again Rage! I'm sure you'll have no problem selling those beauties :)

[sharthun]

Thanks Steve and Jim! I am not sure what I am going to do with 20 something snakes if they all end up hatching. Came home to another clutch today. 9 eggs total.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0026.jpg
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Rage, if you could talk my wife into it, I would take one! hehe:D ;)

[Primal Rage]

Ziggy, I hope so. Hoping to do some trading as well as some sales.

Steve, send me her email and I will try to convince her that a new snake will make you happier!

Here is a shot of the incubator with the eggs cooking! I was going to convert a mini fridge but after gutting it out there was a very weird smell that I could not get rid of. Not knowing what the smell or fumes were I bit the bullet and got a HotBox incubator.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0028.jpg

[sharthun]

That's a great idea Rage! :D I don't know much about Incubators, but that one looks nice and adequate!



Ziggy, I hope so. Hoping to do some trading as well as some sales.

Steve, send me her email and I will try to convince her that a new snake will make you happier!

Here is a shot of the incubator with the eggs cooking! I was going to convert a mini fridge but after gutting it out there was a very weird smell that I could not get rid of. Not knowing what the smell or fumes were I bit the bullet and got a HotBox incubator.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0028.jpg

[Primal Rage]

Hello all! The first clutch started to pip yesterday morning. Two out of three were out of the egg this morning. I am so relieved! Here are some pics!!:D:D:D
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0031-1.jpg
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[Jim Smith]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You must be almost like a proud new papa. Beautiful little Extreme Hypos! I can't wait to see the rest of them. Please keep us posted with plenty of photos.

[sharthun]

Beautiful Rage! Congrats!;)

[EL Ziggy]

Congratulations Rage! Those hatchlings are gorgeous.

[Primal Rage]

Thanks guys I am very happy with how they turned out. The first 2 have a neat spade blotch on top of their heads! Here are some pics of their hypo sibling.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0037.jpg
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0036.jpg

[SnoopySnake]

Congrats! They're so cute :)

[marvelfreak]

Congrats! They are beautiful.

[knicrn24]

Congrats on the Beautiful babies! If you do consider selling please let me or Crum222 know!

[Primal Rage]

Thanks guys!! The past couple months have been full of stress and excitement. The second clutch started to pip last night and one of the little guys is out of the egg! Here is a quick pic.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0045-1.jpg

[Charis]

Looking good!

[Jim Smith]

PR,

Those are beautiful extreme hypo. I love the silver grey banding against the bright orange. Congratulations on your great success the first time breeding.

[Primal Rage]

Thanks Charis and Jim!!!
Here is a pic of the last to hatch out of that clutch.http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0057.jpg

The other 2 eggs had twins and triplets that were deformed=(. 5 babies out of 2 eggs would have been awesome.

[sharthun]

Beautiful babies PR!!;)

[Primal Rage]

Clutch #3 started to hatch last night. First out of the egg appears female.(looks just like the dam when she was a hatchling) Cant wait to see what else pops out of this clutch!
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0080.jpg
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0077-1.jpg

[EL Ziggy]

Great job Rage. Those hatchlings are smokin!

[Primal Rage]

Thanks Zig!

[Jim Smith]

PR,

I can honestly say that those are absolutely some of the nicest Extreme Hypo Honduran Milk Snakes that I have ever seen. They are simply beautiful! It sure makes me wish I had room for more snakes.

[sharthun]

Beautiful PR! :cool:

[Primal Rage]

Got another nice hypo out of the egg this morning.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0091.jpg
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0092.jpg

[EL Ziggy]

Rage is on a roll!

[sharthun]

Awesome PR!!

[Primal Rage]

This guy just popped out of his egg.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg565/fullHOLLOW/DSC_0107.jpg