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Today, I received my first clutch of simus from cbb babies I started since their birth in '03. This female is only about 17-20", but laid 14 eggs (13 visible in pic). 10-11 look good. This clutch was from an Agosta female and Enge male. Hopefully, I'll get some colorful lil babies.

My previous clutches of simus were from wc animals. I feel like a proud grandpa today because I can remember saving every nickel and dime in '03 (poor senior in college) to buy snakes that cost me $350 a pair (damn, that was a lot of money for me back then)!

Anyways, these guys have been babied since birth and have never eaten anything besides hairless mice and rats. They have been on unscented since 1 year old. They have been on nothing but newspaper and cell-sorb (both safe subsrates) and just found out what cypress was when it was time to lay eggs!

Here's to the 60 day countdown!

Here are the expensive lil omlets!

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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

she took 2 rat pinks seconds after she finished laying! Glad to fatten her back up. I have found wc females VERY hard to get back feeding after they lay.

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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

Congratulations Gramps!

I'm sure it took a lot of perseverance to get there. May the Great Master of all ectotherms guard and preserve the embryos!
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Jamie W.

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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

yes very nice ! this is what i live for mine is about to lay also she is just now going into shed so it won't be long i can't wait... here is a pic of her last month breeding

look at the size of her compared to him she is one of my biggest and she chows down small mice as much as you will feed her

here is another pic.. she is cb and he is wc

Is that female that big or is the male just tiny?
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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

yes she is that big ! the male is a full grown adult so that should give you an idea of her size , here is a pic of another one of my smaller females ..my southern colony has really came along way and gets better every year but i am still in search of the reddest i can find wc or cb

That female is a hoss!! I had a four year old pair of Arizona green western hogs and the female was three feet and the male was one foot long. He used to try to hitch rides on the females back all the time to breed,but the little fellow never was able to breed her,she kept trying to eat him,lol. Kevin

Congratulations on the eggs and for having the patience to grow them up!! Nice looking female as well!! The hardest part is over now. Kevin

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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

hell ya Anthony! Good job, I can't wat to see what the babies look like.
Nick (bought one of your reddish eastern girls)

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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

Congrats!!Gotta love them hogs! jeff

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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

Nice, A.C.! You've joined an exclusive club! hahaha
Seriously there's nothing like egg to egg keeping/breeding.
Good luck with this year's babies. Big clutch too,huh?
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

www.crimsonking.funtigo.com

thanks man! i may even have another clutch from a bigger cbb female! she is in shed now!

I like these big clutches. I'll try and trade with you, LP, TP, and others so we can vary our bloodlines.
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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

Sounds good. I have 2 females that are driving me nuts. Sometimes I think they're gonna lay and at other times...no..
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

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