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I was digging through the aspen in my female melanurus' cage and found 9 hard eggs. Has anyone double clutched with Cribos? I just thought it was odd that she popped out some more eggs. Does anyone know if there might some other reason why?

Thanks-

Brett

Duh..I guess I stated the obvious it being a female melanurus....LOL That would be crazy if my male laid them!!!!

Interesting. I had a female that I purchased a couple weeks ago drop eggs. I had bought her from a friend breeder that had already gotten eggs from her. Thing is, she dropped all infertile eggs for him, i got 3 good ones and 2 bad ones..he had no idea she was gravid. Weird turn of "luck". What was the time period between oviposition of the first clutch to the second? Just curious.

John

While I don't consider it a double clutch, I once had a female D. m rubidus deposit nine eggs and a week later deposit another seven.
It seems to me the calcium required for a female Drymarchon to double clutch would be detrimental. Perhaps the female simply did not complete oviposition the first go around and was lucky enough not to have become egg bound...

Best regards,

Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

That makes sense.....that would have been a monster clutch if they were fertile and deposited. I can't imagine having anymore babies than I already do. They sure are alot more squirmy and quick to run than my Boas!!!! Hopefgully feeding won't be too much trouble! Thanks...

Good luck, Brett,

The Cribos are normally a chore to start, just be patient and try many prey items.
How many did you end up with? I have had D. m melnaurus produce 23 eggs in a single clutch. The cribos tend to produce smaller eggs in greater numbers than the indigos...

Again, best of luck to you,

Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947