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More than 2 good eggs?

daneale777

daneale777

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So, I wanted to know what you all thought about these eggs. This is Zelda's second clutch this year. In her first clutch, only about half of the original 18 are going to make it (with babies moving all around inside the eggs at 59 days). She is way over 500 grams and a former snake of Amanda's at www.twistedserpent.com. She's always been a good breeder, so the problem isn't her. Her mate is a first timer (an amel, Zeppelin) who is supposed to be three years old, but only about 200 grams. I'm starting to wonder about his fertility, but maybe I'm being paranoid.
Two of these eggs look perfect, but the rest are smaller, and "sweaty" looking. A lot of them didn't stick together either. I'll incubate anyway, but I'm pretty worried. What do you all think?
Any thoughts would be Greatly appreciated as I am freaking out a bit here.
(These are from this morning, btw. She began laying later last night, and is doing well.)
 

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When in doubt, INCUBATE! You don't want to kill off any potential babies. What I would do is put the two pearly whites in one container, and the rest in another (only if you can separate them)
 
Thank you. I was, of course, planning to incubate all of them. But, I didn't think about trying to seperate the two. The one off to the left is separate, but the other obviously good one is attached. I will definately make sure that that one stays as far away as possible to the other ones, though. I'm still incubating her first clutch, so my home made incubator is pretty cramped. I'm certainly learning good lessons from my first year of breeding!
Thanks for the advice.
 
To my amateur hobby breeder eye I only see two good eggs and bunch of slugs but when in doubt incubate... as the others have stated.
 
WLReptile said:
They all look fertile they are just a little smaller than the other 3 bt incubate them mines look very tiny and ended up being good
Good luck!
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divapixie said:
To my amateur hobby breeder eye I only see two good eggs and bunch of slugs but when in doubt incubate... as the others have stated.
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Thanks for the thoughts so far, you guys.
I'm hoping that more than the two might end up being okay, but it looks pretty questionable to me. I talked to the wonderful breeder that I got mom from and we're wondering if she may have ovulated too soon before the second set of breeding times took place. That does make sense to me. I do wish now that my hard drive hadn't crashed or that I remembered all the dates of mating along with all the numbers my mind did recall. Aargh. I do remember wanting to give Zelda a little break for a bit after she laid her second clutch, but I was doing everything (including breeding times) according to everything that I was reading. I think I will at least do the reintroduction sooner next year.
Keep the opinions coming please. The more thoughts, the better.
Thank you!!!!
 
Hard to tell from the pics. The two definitely are good. Others it's in the air. As others have said, incubate all of them as you never know.

And I wouldn't worry about his fertility. Lots of things can affect it. If he's only getting 50% fertility after a couple of years, then that may not be coincidence. And also, with double clutches, fertility is frequently less than with first clutches. Not always, but it often is.
 
blueapplepaste said:
Hard to tell from the pics. The two definitely are good. Others it's in the air. As others have said, incubate all of them as you never know.

And I wouldn't worry about his fertility. Lots of things can affect it. If he's only getting 50% fertility after a couple of years, then that may not be coincidence. And also, with double clutches, fertility is frequently less than with first clutches. Not always, but it often is.
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Thanks Matthew. That makes me feel better. I just didn't like the idea that maybe I didn't do something quite right. This is my first year breeding, but I've been reading about it for hours everyday for months. No life, that's me. I'm glad to hear that fertility is often less with second clutches.
Thank you!
 
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