Opal project is in the incubator!*lots of pics*

[BoidKeeper]

Here's step 1,
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/289Allie_and_Lav.jpg

This is what I found when I came home at lunch,
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/289Eggs_27_04_04_2-med.jpg

Here she is laying number 12. The angle was bad but she is in the process of laying that egg under her tail.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/289Allie_laying_first_clutch_27_04_04-med.jpg

The final count, 15 good eggs, no slug. Not bad for her first time producing. I'm expecting double that from my monster anery.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/289Clutch_1_het_Opal_27_04_04-med.jpg
Next post, hatchlings! I hope, hee hee.
Thanks for looking,
Trevor

[urd]

congrats man:D their gonna be some pretty cool hatchlings!

[Invictus]

Nice!!! Here's keeping my fingers crossed... (and you know why, hehehe)

[BoidKeeper]

Thanks guys!
their gonna be some pretty cool hatchlings!
Actually they will look completly normal unless both parents are carying genes that I'm not aware of, wouldn't be the first time corns suprised me. The male lavender is het for anery so if she is het for snow I could get some aneries.
It's the F2 that will be nice, that's when I'll see Opals.
Cheers,
Trevor

[Simon]

Nice!
Especially for a first timer!

[BoidKeeper]

Le's just hope she recovers quick. What's the longest you would wait before pairing her up again. Most people do it right away but I want to make sure I get as much food in her as possible. How big is my window before she sheds again?
Cheers,
Trevor

[Classic]

Cool. Congrats Trevor. I'll have make the trip up to see those when they hatch out.


Brian

[Tim_Cranwill]

Good looking eggs, Trev! :)

[wolf_010]

nice,
and good luch with the hatch!

[Simon]

Trev,

The longest that I would wait is one month to be pairing her up again. I would start feeding her right after her post laying shed and see if she takes it in. Usually there is not much of a problem with that. But just to be sure I feed it a smaller prey item. Like a hopper or something like that. Once she takes that down I put her with two adult mice or 1 medium rat. Then if she didn't loose too much weight during the first egg laying then I pair the male back up again and try for second clutches~~

Oh usually after a week or two after she lays her eggs she'll start to Post laying shed. During this time you can also try to offer food to it, some people even offer food right after their lay, but I usually wait for a day or two before I do it. Just make sure that the prey item is small so that it doesn't stress the snake too much~~

Keep us updated!

Oh I too got a batch of eggs from some of my females on the 26th like you~~

I have 20 eggs from that female.

And then a hatch of hypo motleys are suppose to hatch out in less than 2 weeks from now~~

[vanderkm]

Great looking clutch - congrats and best of luck with these - very nice female!

mary v.

[aNi-DiFrAnCo]

Good luck with the opals!

[Jeff_Favelle]

Awesome bro!! :D