This was the clutch that I've been really waiting for...I felt 11 eggs in her and with my previous good clutches (from the same male) I was expecting the same good results...unfortunately I was disappointed when I got home yesterday.



Turns out only 6 good eggs...and one of the 6 is marginal (even though it appears fertile).







Also, I saw these for the first time...







Anyone seen this before??? They look like old slugs...about half the size of your thumb.



They came out as I was palpating the last remaining bad egg that is still inside her. I hope she passes it soon!



Either way, I hope to see 5 or 6 Megas in a few months...fingers crossed!



Also, it's difficult to show in photographs but this "mega" female was sold as a Triple Het...but I took a few pictures to show that she is clearly not a "normal" but exhibits some sort of Hypomelanism that has been coined by others as "Mega Hypo".







Here's an over exposed pic to show the missing pigment:





and a normal pic:







-Rusty

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• A Mega to Mega Clutch - RG, Wed Jun 15 08:41:07 2011
• RE: A Mega to Mega Clutch - DMong, Wed Jun 15 12:55:49 2011
• can't be OLD ovum - JYohe, Wed Jun 15 17:15:40 2011
• RE: A Mega to Mega Clutch - KcTrader, Wed Jun 15 17:49:11 2011
• RE: A Mega to Mega Clutch - Dniles, Thu Jun 16 20:07:24 2011
• RE: A Mega to Mega Clutch - tspuckler, Fri Jun 17 14:06:26 2011
• Thanks Everyone! - RG, Fri Jun 17 18:22:33 2011
• RE: A Mega to Mega Clutch - bwaffa, Tue Jun 21 13:09:55 2011