Final count, 30 good and 2 slugs!

[BoidKeeper]

I think she's finally done. It took two of my egg boxes to hold the whole clutch. This was from my hypo motley x anery het hypo pairing.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/289Ivory_x_Hypo_Motley_04_05_04_1-med.jpg
Thanks for looking,
Trevor

[Simon]

Very nice clutch!!!
30 eggs and 2 slugs~
that's a job well done for the female~
remember to give her a great little treat for her hard work. I would bet that she was really uncomfortable with all those eggs inside her~

My record was 33 with my hypo female bred to another hypo (don't think that guy is a regular hypo...)

so you're almost there in beating my record~

[BoidKeeper]

so you're almost there in beating my record~
Maybe next year! lol
Cheers,
Trevor

[Jeff_Favelle]

Outstanding!!! :D

[asphyxia]

Way to go Trevor (and snake)

Congrats
Brian

[hip]

Yeah thats my dog Good Job trev lets hope boas are the next feather in your hat



Hip

[Classic]

wow. That really is alot of eggs.
Congrats Trev.

Brian

[BoidKeeper]

Thanks guys!
Can't wait to see the little hypo heads pipping out!
Cheers,
Trevor

[wyz]

Hum !!!

I'm at my fisrt experience, so bare with me :)

I got 2 clutchs and the egges were all in a pack.

Yours are individual... did you separate them ? How ?

If so, did I need to do that as well ?

Thanks.

WYZ

[Tim_Cranwill]

WYZ, You don't need to separate them. They will hatch fine in a clump. :)

Nice clutch, Trev. My girl gave me 30 this year as well! :D

[BoidKeeper]

did you separate them ?
Yes (some not all)
How ?
Very carfully. ( By rolling them.)
If so, did I need to do that as well ?
No. ( Best to leave them alone.)
As long as the eggs are removed shortly after being laid they can be seperated by rolling them very gently apart, not pulling or tugging but by rolling. Care should be taken to make sure the eggs are placed right side up, the way they were laid, into the egg box.
However, there is no need to seperate them at all and they will hatch just fine if left in the clump. The only real advantage is that you can easily remove any bad eggs and manually pipe ones that need it.
Hope this helps,
Trevor

[wyz]

Thanks guys ! :)

I did separate 2 of them when I took out the clutch because they didn't look to good, so I wanted to be sure that they were appart from the clutch.

And I did find it to be something that need to be done with LOTS of care :) So I was hopping I didn't have to do that with all of them.

thanks again.

WYZ

[gonesnakee]

You'll find that even later in incubation that the "dead or bad" ones seem to become easily seperated & removed from the clutch or so it seems.
I had a clutch of 37 or 38 last year from a striped Corn, all but 4 were slugs though & of the 4 one hatched on its own & it & the others that died in the egg were all malformed & the one hatchling later died at Mary V's (not meant to be apparently). I beleive it had to do with excessive inbreeding (not by me of course!) of the snakes I was working with??? Things will be different I hope this year. Anyhow Trevor Nice big healthy looking clutch! CONGRATS & Good Luck incubating! Mark

[Stav.T]

Very nice clutch Trevor!

Stav

[Alex Dew]

Nice chutch and a good anount of them too Trevor

Alex