This year I let a few females stay on their clutches for the first time. I am a colubrid guy so it was hard for me to let go of my incubator! But those clutches are doing great.

I put two clutches in the incubator at 90 degrees with around 90% humidity. Both started off fertile. One clutch hatched 100%. The other got a little dot of blue mold on one egg and proceded to spread and I lost them all. sometimes it just happens. i try and be as clean as possible but you can't be sterile with eggs. Some molds are just more invasive than others. I have seen moldy eggs hatch and I have seen some with just a dot that died.

Next summer I am going to try to ID any molds that grow.

How old is that female? How many eggs did she lay?

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• Anthill python 2009 clutch of eggs - anthill, Sat May 9 15:37:15 2009
• Here she is in nesting box. - anthill, Sat May 9 15:37:59 2009
• RE: Here she is in nesting box. - jeckyk, Thu May 28 11:55:28 2009
• Another photo of her and clutch of eggs. - anthill, Sat May 9 15:41:33 2009
• RE: Anthill python 2009 clutch of eggs - zach_whitman, Wed May 13 00:40:45 2009
• RE: Anthill python 2009 clutch of eggs - anthill, Wed May 13 08:57:32 2009
• RE: Anthill python 2009 clutch of eggs - zach_whitman, Wed May 13 17:38:40 2009
• RE: Anthill python 2009 clutch of eggs - anthill, Wed May 13 21:36:15 2009
• RE: Anthill python 2009 clutch of eggs - zach_whitman, Wed May 13 21:57:41 2009