Eggs !!!

20May09 - What a day ! The day started not so good. i wasnt feeling the best and had to call out of work... Needed alot of rest, which i was able to get. When i woke up later that afternoon, my Big Girl Ginger(Normal) was doing fine, nothing abnormal. About a hour later, i decided to place some cypress mulch in her container. Sprayed alil water on it to get nice and humid for her. I started to clean some of the other snakes, pick up some poop & refill their water bowls...Another hour goes by and i started to hear one of the snakes hissing or blowing really strong... When i checked on Ginger, she was coiled up and bowling air, definitely not normal. Come to find out, she was going into labor. Went to get my brother to come and check this out, open her container and Half of an egg was coming out already...MIND BLOWING !!!!

Took a couple of pictures and closed the container back, i really didnt want to stress her out. Alil after 8pm i decided to check on her and come to find her covering 7 white as can be eggs. My 1st clutch and her 1st clutch, 7 EGGS !!! With the help of my brother we went to get the eggs from her. I covered her with a cloth and moved her away from the eggs while my brother softly but quickly picked up the eggs... I thought the eggs were going to be hard after the air touches them but they stay soft ! To me they feel like a water ballon without the plastic covering, more like a paper towel.

My Brother and I slowly with alil pressure was able to seperate 3 of the eggs and left 2 pairs together. With a clutch of 7 eggs, all together they weighted 791g. Placed them into the container and then into the incubator (http://www.jwexotics.com/incs.html). I candled each eggs and each one is fertile as can be. The incubator is set to 88.5 degrees and in 2 months (21Jul09) God willing, 7 little heads will be pipping out of their eggs. I will post updates every week so keep popping in & out to check on their progress.

A couple days after, i cleaned Ginger's container out. Refilled her water bowl and tried offering her a frozen thawed rat. no response. alil worried, dont want her going off feeding since she has been for a couple of months now. Tried to offer her a smaller meal, threw in a live mouse and she didnt waste anytime. Gave her a 2nd mouse right after and within seconds she is back to normal. So with a couple more small meals, ill get her back to eating medium rats. Stay tune...