Jungle Laid

[Jay]

Pretty late if you ask me but my diamond x laid this morning and my camera is no where to be found so I could only get a crappy cell picture. I am letting her maternally incubate the eggs.
Any advice??
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m517/jay0133/IMG_7167.jpg

[Lankyrob]

Judging by the look she is giving my advice is "dont put your hands in there!!"

[marvelfreak]

Congrats! An like Rob said^. She look like she kick you butt right now. lol

[Jay]

Oh I know, I'm posing as a huge threat in her eyes.

Note: The day Shaun returns my Carpet Python has her first clutch. Thanks Shaun for the good mojo!!!!

[marvelfreak]

Oh I know, I'm posing as a huge threat in her eyes.

Note: The day Shaun returns my Carpet Python has her first clutch. Thanks Shaun for the good mojo!!!!
She was just waiting for him to come back, so if you had questions she knew you get good advice.:)

[shaunyboy]

Oh I know, I'm posing as a huge threat in her eyes.

Note: The day Shaun returns my Carpet Python has her first clutch. Thanks Shaun for the good mojo!!!!


wow mate thats so cool your girl gave you eggs

i don't know many people who do maternal incubation but i'll ask a few friends to see if i can get any wisdom from them

another thing over the last few weeks i toyed with the idea of changing my user name to.....

" carpet mojo "

maybe your posts a sign :crazy:

congratulations on the eggs

cheers shaun

[vendettaseve]

Looking good man. Glad you finally got those eggs.

Iv always been curious about maternal incubation. I assume it makes your snake pretty much untouchable for the weeks it takes to get the eggs ready to hatch eh?

[Jay]

I have read a little info on the net, but not much. I have thermostats, I'll also be monitoring temps with my gun. I kinda moved her to see the eggs not sure if i should take the slug out ( its right on the side) I dont want to see mold grow.

[vendettaseve]

I have read a little info on the net, but not much. I have thermostats, I'll also be monitoring temps with my gun. I kinda moved her to see the eggs not sure if i should take the slug out ( its right on the side) I dont want to see mold grow.


I really know nothing about it, but from what I hear the snake will kick the bad eggs out, My uneducated opinion would be to wait a bit then if the snake still doesn't take care of it, go in and grab it.

[Jay]

go in and grab it.

Easier said then done lol

[vendettaseve]

Easier said then done lol

Lol easier when its not your own hand/arm your suggesting get torn off. ;)

then again I suppose its one of the little quirks of maternal incubation.. loss of limb and such.

[Ch^4]

Easier said then done lol

Try placing a black cloth (i.e., t-shirt, towel, etc.) over her head before attempting to remove the slug. It works for BPs, so why not carpets. Good luck and congrats!

[stephanbakir]

Any advice??

The snakes can only INCREASE the temperature of the eggs, and increase the humidity, not the other way around so if the temps get too hot she will loosen her coils which will also lower the humidity of the eggs, and so on.
Make sure to leave the temperatures more of less normal and she will handle the rest. Humidity isnt something you should worry about too much, she can bring it up to 100% if she wants to as long as the temps aren't too high.
Don't attempt to feed the mother, but this should go without saying.
I have read a little info on the net, but not much. I have thermostats, I'll also be monitoring temps with my gun. I kinda moved her to see the eggs not sure if i should take the slug out ( its right on the side) I dont want to see mold grow.
Don't worry about mold, it shouldn't harm the other eggs as long as the slug doesn't burst it should hold its form until the eggs hatch. If you see an opening to retrieve it go for it, but don't stress the mother.
I really know nothing about it, but from what I hear the snake will kick the bad eggs out, My uneducated opinion would be to wait a bit then if the snake still doesn't take care of it, go in and grab it. Answered above.

Quick side note, there are 2 ways a snake maternally incubates, the BP method where the mother goes back and forth from the heat source to the eggs and back, and the retic method where the mother does controlled muscle twitches which increase the temperature of her body. I'm not sure which carpets fall under but you should find out.

[marvelfreak]

another thing over the last few weeks i toyed with the idea of changing my user name to.....

" carpet mojo "



Wayne could put it under your name, but i was thinking Carpet Guru.

[shaunyboy]

I have read a little info on the net, but not much. I have thermostats, I'll also be monitoring temps with my gun. I kinda moved her to see the eggs not sure if i should take the slug out ( its right on the side) I dont want to see mold grow.


if the sluggs not attatched to the clump of eggs and you can get it out with little stress to mum,then i would take it out

if its stuck then i'd leave it and try and keep an eye on it

you can use things like atheletes foot powder to slow the rate of mould growth or sometimes dry it out completely.

thats in an incubator i think the powder would be HAMFULL TO MUM though

i've e mailed a couple of my carpet mentors to see if they can give some advice

cheers shaun

[TeaNinja]

i believe someone else on here tried maternal incubation recently and it turned out horribly. i hope yours goes well. :)

[Jay]

i believe someone else on here tried maternal incubation recently and it turned out horribly. i hope yours goes well. :)

Horrible, the worst that could happen is they don't hatch. That led me to another thought. Could I feed them so my Monitor?? (Nott the live ones)

[TeaNinja]

what i meant by horrible was i believe some rotted and they got some kind of insects flying all around the eggs and i belive they had 0 that lived if i remember correctly.

but yea....if they don't.....monitor food! lol
i can't decide if that's sick or funny....maybe both O.O

[stephanbakir]

They would make good monitor food. I'm not sure about feeding rotten eggs to him though, but with fresh slugs go for it!!
I have maternally incubated twice with retics and once with olive pythons and had a 70% hatch rate with all 3, and I know a few people on other forums that do it aswel.

[stephanbakir]

if the sluggs not attatched to the clump of eggs and you can get it out with little stress to mum,then i would take it out

if its stuck then i'd leave it and try and keep an eye on it

you can use things like atheletes foot powder to slow the rate of mould growth or sometimes dry it out completely.

thats in an incubator i think the powder would be HAMFULL TO MUM though

i've e mailed a couple of my carpet mentors to see if they can give some advice

cheers shaun

If you can get in without bugging the mom, and the egg is starting to go bad, there is always the option of using a syringe to drain the egg so you don't risk tearing an egg. If an egg does tear use a bandaid. It works!
A little mold wont kill the eggs around it, but lots might.

[Jay]

Well the bad egg took a 4 foot drop onto the bottom of the viv, She must have either went down there and laid another or ....I'm baffled considering she is in an egg box ? She would have had to carry it out there is NO way the egg could have fallen out. I'll upload some pics tomorrow.

[stephanbakir]

Moms are good at getting rid of bad eggs, its not uncommon for them to remove bad eggs from the egg box.

[Will0W783]

Congratulations on the clutch! I hope they all hatch out for you. :)

[shaunyboy]

i know a guy in the states who is maternally incubating diamond python eggs

the mother leaves the eggs for 30 minutes each day to bask then straight back to the eggs


this is very interesting stuff jay please keep us updated as to you and mums progress

cheers shaun

[stephanbakir]

Can't wait for the pics!