Last week i came home and checked on snakes like any other day, only to find my big female coiled up around a large clutch of eggs!! This was a COMPLETE suprise, as i didnt even know she was gravid, i had wondered, but the timeline (to me) was all wrong!
This female was 2200-2300 grams when i got her and she is just a normal. i got her in (approximately) November 2011. She was a fiesty eater, never missed a meal and was still throwing the weight on. Around January, for S&G's i threw one of my males in with her. i rotated a few of my boys in with her, as all of them are young and not proven. she ended up locking up with:
a normal, an albino, a mojave, and a pastel.
She went off food February 22nd, and to this day has not eaten. it was a red flag to me for her to be off food since she was a great eater.
months came and went and no eggs, no signs of her being gravid, no weightloss. so i kept offering her food when i fed the others just in case she changed her mind!
well turns out she was definitely gravid. laid a clutch of 8 eggs. all look great.
i got them out and into an incubator that is at 89 degrees, but any advice/thoughts about why she went so long is greatly appreciated!
i am hoping these babies hatch out, but this is my first time ever dealing with snake eggs, so i am a bit hesitant about everything!
im not new to snakes, but i am DEFINITELY new to breeding them!
thanks