New Breeder

[Neal]

One of our females surprised us this morning with a clutch of 11 eggs! Normally, I would have left them in the ground but since it was her first clutch and she's so much bigger than our other main producing female, I was curious about how she did.

I purchased her from Fife back in...06 or 07 as a 4 inch 6 month old and raised her up to a whopping 14 incher and still growing! I almost let her go a couple of times because I thought she was ugly. Glad she decided to turn pretty.

 

[tortadise]

Shes cool. How sweet is that.

 

[JeffG]

Congratulations Neal! I hope you get 100% hatch rate!

 

[wellington]

Ugly, shame on you, leopards can't be ugly. Congrats. Can't wait to see out they all turn out[/i]

 

[jesst]

Congrats!! She is a beauty

 

[yagyujubei]

Nice. I'm guessing, the bigger the female the more eggs in a clutch. Yes? I have my fingers crossed for my big female for next year.

 

[Neal]

Nice. I'm guessing, the bigger the female the more eggs in a clutch. Yes? I have my fingers crossed for my big female for next year.

I would think so too. My 11 inch female has laid an average of 6 eggs/clutch over the past three years, but her eggs are a bit bigger than these ones. These ones are about 3/4 the size of the ones from my 11 incher. Maybe it's because this female is still relatively young.

 

[*Barracuda_50*]

WOOT!! CONGRATS Neal!! Hope you get 100% hatch rate with these eggs, also the mama is a real beauty as well..

 

[TortoiseBoy1999]

Congrats!

 

[Neal]

Congratulations Neal! I hope you get 100% hatch rate!

I hope so too. Normally I would have left them in the ground, but since this was her first clutch, I just had to see how she did. I'll be letting these cool off for about a month before I place them in the incubator.

 

[kanalomele]

Congratulations! Love me hatchlings!

 

[wellington]

Congratulations Neal! I hope you get 100% hatch rate!

I hope so too. Normally I would have left them in the ground, but since this was her first clutch, I just had to see how she did. I'll be letting these cool off for about a month before I place them in the incubator.

I know nothing about hatching eggs. Just curious, if you don't mind. What is the cooling off for and why? I have never heard anyone say anything like that before. Thanks

 

[Neal]

Eggs of certain species don't really develop unless diapause is broken, which will happen if they are cooled for a period of time.

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

She's just a beauty Neal!

 

[DesertGrandma]

Neal, I think she is very pretty. She sure has kept her dark coloring. What method will you use to break the diapause?

 

[dmmj]

I can't believe you thought she was ugly.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Congrats!

 

[pam]

She is beautiful

 

[Adão]

She´s is very beautiful indeed Hopefully she will be the mother of eleven babies

 

[h-man787]

nice!