R. Eventide
So say we all!
...because, if they're kept cooler, you may have to wait 48 DAYS until the eggs are laid!!!
Sorry for the blurry picture, there. She wasn't happy at my intrusion, so I didn't want to bother her too much...and my camera was having trouble figuring out where to focus...and I was too excited to care.
So yeah...finally! Ugh, what a wait! She had her pre-lay shed on Feb. 19, so I've been expecting eggs for almost three weeks now. Her temps were in the 82-86 range when they should've been at 85-90. I corrected the temps a couple weeks after the pre-lay shed, but that doesn't seem to have helped much! Hee hee. I took her to the vet on Monday because that was day 45--waaaaay past due--but other than being a bit anemic, all her plumbing seemed fine. He said to give her another week. Glad she finally decided to lay! Goober. She's a trouble-maker, that's for sure....
Between the time I took these pictures and the time I left for work, she had finished and wrapped herself neatly around all six eggs. From what I could tell, they don't look like slugs, but even good-looking eggs can be infertile. I'll candle them tonight when I weigh them and put them in the incubator. (I'm well aware that my excitement could be for naught, but hey, it's my first clutch...and her first clutch!)
She was bred to a gorgeous Lesser, by the way. Irulan, here, has bronze-green flames, just like the Lesser, so I'm hoping maybe the color will get passed on and I'll get slightly greener Lessers. We'll see!
Sorry for the blurry picture, there. She wasn't happy at my intrusion, so I didn't want to bother her too much...and my camera was having trouble figuring out where to focus...and I was too excited to care.
So yeah...finally! Ugh, what a wait! She had her pre-lay shed on Feb. 19, so I've been expecting eggs for almost three weeks now. Her temps were in the 82-86 range when they should've been at 85-90. I corrected the temps a couple weeks after the pre-lay shed, but that doesn't seem to have helped much! Hee hee. I took her to the vet on Monday because that was day 45--waaaaay past due--but other than being a bit anemic, all her plumbing seemed fine. He said to give her another week. Glad she finally decided to lay! Goober. She's a trouble-maker, that's for sure....
Between the time I took these pictures and the time I left for work, she had finished and wrapped herself neatly around all six eggs. From what I could tell, they don't look like slugs, but even good-looking eggs can be infertile. I'll candle them tonight when I weigh them and put them in the incubator. (I'm well aware that my excitement could be for naught, but hey, it's my first clutch...and her first clutch!)
She was bred to a gorgeous Lesser, by the way. Irulan, here, has bronze-green flames, just like the Lesser, so I'm hoping maybe the color will get passed on and I'll get slightly greener Lessers. We'll see!
