More Green Tree Eggs...

[LTownsend]

I came in early today to find this clutch being deposited three days sooner than expected. It took her most of the morning to lay them all, but when she was all finished, she laid 16 perfect fertile eggs. The sire is the same male that was used for Corey's clutch below, so he definately earned his stripes this year. I was going to let her maternally incubate them, but I figured I'd better take her out of the nest box and make sure she wasn't left bound with one or two since she is a little on the small side for an adult female (between 800 - 900 grams). When I did, she looked really frail and weak, so I decided to take them away from her and put them in the incubator and try feeding her right away. I think it was a good choice since she snapped up the rat as soon as it hit the cage floor. Now it is going to be 49 days of no sleep waiting for them to hatch

Lance