Hey Terry,

This season I had one of my Hypo honduran pairings that mated and produced a first clutch of 11 eggs, 9 of which hatched. This was a large clutch with all the babies hatching at over 30 grams each with the exception of one baby at 28 grams. I specifically did not want to double clutch her because after egg laying she weighed in at 767 grams and I did not want to risk the possibility of egg binding. I continued her feeding schedule of 3-4 mice a week to get her weight back up and the next thing I knew she was gravid again. She didn't get as large as she normally gets when gravid which made it hard to tell if she was just "full of food" or "full of eggs" but I put in a nesting box anyways after her pre egg-laying shed. She laid a small clutch of 7 eggs of which only 2 hatched and the rest were slugs. One baby weighed in at 19 grams and the other at 20 grams. Not exactly the largest of babies but they are your typical squirmy baby with voracious appetite hondos. Attached is a link to a picture of mom right after she laid her first clutch. Hope this helps. Barin
'02 VP Hypo (Byron Barnes stock)

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