Charis
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We have a corn clutch and a Thai Bamboo rat (coxi) clutch incubating right now. They are on day 33/32 respectively and it is driving me wild waiting for them to pip!
Although I've bred a few other reptiles, including one litter of Rosy boas, these are my first snake eggs, so that is probably one reason for my impatience! I have not been able to decide which is better or worse, live birth or eggs, with the eggs, the waiting is at least broken up when they lay and show you how many babies one might end up with but then you get to fuss over the eggs, hoping nothing goes wrong with incubation.
So far I've lost/am maybe losing several eggs from each clutch and have not been able to determine anything I've done wrong with them, which is especially painful with the coxi eggs.
With live bearers, it is just a long, uncertain wait. Are they actually gravid? How many are in there? Etc...
Currently doing that with our BRB pair we tried breeding this year, I am still not certain whether she is actually gravid or its just wishful thinking on my part!
Although I've bred a few other reptiles, including one litter of Rosy boas, these are my first snake eggs, so that is probably one reason for my impatience! I have not been able to decide which is better or worse, live birth or eggs, with the eggs, the waiting is at least broken up when they lay and show you how many babies one might end up with but then you get to fuss over the eggs, hoping nothing goes wrong with incubation.
So far I've lost/am maybe losing several eggs from each clutch and have not been able to determine anything I've done wrong with them, which is especially painful with the coxi eggs.
With live bearers, it is just a long, uncertain wait. Are they actually gravid? How many are in there? Etc...
Currently doing that with our BRB pair we tried breeding this year, I am still not certain whether she is actually gravid or its just wishful thinking on my part!