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WikidKitty..... Rawr!!
WoooHooo!! I bet youre excited!!! Are you gonna cut the rest now that theyre starting to pip? Congrats on the babies starting to hatch!!
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maternal incubation [again]
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Quiet Tempest
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Nah. I think it's better for them to pip on their own and I think their mother needs a break from me constantly messing with her eggs. I'll just check back in again in an hour or so and see if I can get pics of new heads peeking out. I do hope they're not all normals. The deli cup baby is a normal and the egg with the large slit looks to be a normal. The other egg pipping just has a tiny slit so far and I can't tell what's in there. Surely there will be some mojaves in here for me.
Fonzi1289
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Good luck on the mojos!!!
Beautiful site watching them hatch
Beautiful site watching them hatch
Quiet Tempest
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It's official! 
I've hatched my very first morph!
I've hatched my very first morph!
KY Reptiles
WikidKitty..... Rawr!!
Nice!! Congrats!! Looks like its gonna be a very gorgeous mojave.
akarikuragi
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Woot! Congrats. ^^ Can't wait to see them all out of their eggs. : )
Fonzi1289
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She let u just reach in and touch her egg?
Quiet Tempest
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She's become accustomed to me checking in with her. The first week she was hissing and striking at me but it didn't take her long to figure out I wasn't going to hurt her or mess up her nest.
As of this morning there are a couple more eggs with slits but so far no heads peeking out.
KLHReptiles
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At what point does the female abandon the nest....once all the eggs are empty?
Quiet Tempest
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I believe so, yes. This is only my third year doing this but from what I've seen with my females they prefer sticking around the nest until the hatchlings are gone.
Quiet Tempest
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Sent before I was finished.
They seem to stick around and watch what's going on in the nest. This female has been flicking her tongue over each of the newly pipped eggs and keeps repositioning herself in there. Once the babies are gone, though, I doubt she'll have any interest in the egg shells left behind.
From the look of things, I believe I have 3 mojaves and 2 normals so far with three more eggs left to pip.
They seem to stick around and watch what's going on in the nest. This female has been flicking her tongue over each of the newly pipped eggs and keeps repositioning herself in there. Once the babies are gone, though, I doubt she'll have any interest in the egg shells left behind.
From the look of things, I believe I have 3 mojaves and 2 normals so far with three more eggs left to pip.
KY Reptiles
WikidKitty..... Rawr!!
Those pictures are just priceless!!
Quiet Tempest
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The only head out for now and I'm anxious to see the rest of it. Hurry up already!
akarikuragi
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Awwww! So exciting. ^^
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Looking gorgeous!!! Congratz!!!!!!!!!!!
sangmort
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Awesome!!! Congrats! They'll be out soon enough! [ Good Luck! ] ~
[ Good Luck! ] ~
Quiet Tempest
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The last two babies finally hatched out and were moved to a hatchling tub with the other. There are 4 Mojaves and 4 Normals. They haven't shed yet but I wanted to get some quick snapshots of the group anyway. Not that they were very cooperative. I'd forgotten just how much baby balls like to move when you have a camera in hand.
Quiet Tempest
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One of the babies has an odd belly.
At least.. I thought it was odd until I took a closer look at mom's belly.
She's supposed to be het burgundy according to her previous owner's receipt. This is the only normal baby that really has the same belly markings. If it's male I might hold this one back. I'm waiting until they shed to get more pics and to sex them all.
At least.. I thought it was odd until I took a closer look at mom's belly.
She's supposed to be het burgundy according to her previous owner's receipt. This is the only normal baby that really has the same belly markings. If it's male I might hold this one back. I'm waiting until they shed to get more pics and to sex them all.
B&C Ball Pythons
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Very nice clutch Sandy! Congrats and thanks for sharing the experience with us
KY Reptiles
WikidKitty..... Rawr!!
Very nice! Hope that one is a male maybe you can prove the mom and baby out. Wonder if the mojaves have any distinguishing het characteristics.