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NickMyers03 · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject: clutch #2 of 2008

so i came home today from house hunting and found my girl in a nice coil...i knew she had laid eggs so i got everything together. Well it wasnt what i was hoping for as i could feel six eggs in her about a week ago. total was 3 eggs ( 1 is a boob egg) and 3 slugs :( . the veins dont seem as strong as the ones that were in clutch #1, they are there but not huge. but here we go take a look.

PlayBall · Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 593 Location: Chicago, IL

Whos their daddy?

arlynos · Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 696 Location: whitney point, ny

3 is better then none I guess, lol hope they hatch for you.

magana559 · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 1055

Ha Ha Nice! Hope You Get Some Nice Balls From That Clutch!

deborahbroadus · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:52 am Post subject:

Congrats Nick! Very Happy

You've successfully managed to create an environment conductive to breeding, pair at the right time, feel the eggs and you were right about the count!

We were talking about slugs some time ago and I believe you put forth the theory that they may be caused by the female not having enough sperm retained to fertilize them. Knowing that you were putting the male and female together as much as possible (3 day intervals), what do you contribute the slugs to?

Was the male not doing his job every chance he got? Or should we look into more theories as to what causes slugs?

NickMyers03 · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:22 am Post subject:

thanks all,

Deb - dont really know what to think about the slugs. the dad is the same as the one that gave me 7 eggs ( 6 good ) from the female 47 days ago...

im thinking as this was her first time breeding it might be somewhat of a reason. shes 1500 grams but who knows. im hoping these hatch as they veins i saw inside them wernt very strong.

NickMyers03 · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject:

this clutch started with 3 good eggs of which one was a boob egg and 3 slugs....

well the first two are out and im just waiting on the last one ( who hasnt even poked his head out yet) and it happens to be the boob egg.