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jordana951

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So as I posted before on May 18th Cassie laid 26 eggs and a 27th many hours later. I took the eggs and put them in the incubator. Male was in with her in March for about 2 weeks then I took him out and they have been separated since. I've never even had them out at the same time. They eat in separate containers. (Cassie likes a brown paper grocery bag and phoenix likes a big Tupperware). She recovered quickly from her May clutch. I just fed her 3 days ago she ate 2 small rats. All the May eggs as of today have hatched and are healthy the late egg just pipped about an hour ago. Ok here's the confusing part, she just laid 15 more eggs 4 I could tell we're slugs but 11 look fine! Not as big as the eggs from the first clutch, but still healthy. Are these possibly from stored sperm? Or what? I'm the only one who lives here there's no way they got together again. Anyone had this happen? It was totally unexpected.
 
That is called "double clutching." The female quite often will lay a second clutch of eggs right around the time the first clutch is hatching. Pretty much whether you want her to or not! Some people have some, or no luck influencing this by either feeding a lot to get a double clutch or reducing feeding to discourage it. I myself feed the post-lay moms very well, and have only experienced a very small double clutch from just a couple females. Luckily!! (By the time all the babies are arriving, I am NOT in the mood for more hatchlings!!)
 
Ah ok! I'm so tired from dealing with the 27 that just hatched haha.oh well here we go again! I'm just glad the incubator was empty!
 
Yes my female double clutched past 2 years I bred her. One clutch was no good an I had one clutch 16 of the 17 eggs hatched. Fun times trying to get the babies to eat. :) Good luck. :)
 
I think the likelihood of a second clutch is inversely related to the ease of feeding and/or the possibility of much-desired target morphs in the first clutch.
 
Just a suggestion - you don't actually have to incubate the second clutch. I know it sounds harsh but it's worth considering and certainly something I've avoided on occasion.

Are you confident that you can sell/rehome the first clutch? For the ones that eat, you're probably about 2-3 weeks from moving them on (say 7 days to their first shed, if they feed on Day 8 then eat every four days after that, you can sell them as established feeders around Day 18). If you don't have it figured out, it might be worth not compounding a problem.

Towards the end of my hatching career (these days I breed but give the eggs away), I'm afraid second clutches went in the freezer for 24 hours, then the trash. Like you, I found dealing with the first clutches quite enough work without dragging the season out for another couple of months. Dealing with babes on top of a full time job is pretty exhausting, even at my small hobby scale. Especially when they decide not to eat or only to eat sometimes, etc.
 
I do have homes for most of the first clutch. I've had friends and neighbors coming over almost everyday to check on "their" egg lol. The owner of the reptile store i shop at said he would buy any I couldn't place in a home. I was even thinking of maybe trading him food credit for some. 10 of the first clutch will have homes in the same building I live in and the building next door which is exciting that I will still get to see them grow up. I think I will incubate the new clutch just to see what comes out. I also promised my daughter I would keep one for her (she's away at vet school). 8 of the 10 neighbors have already set up their vivs so I know they are serious.
 
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