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well, after much waiting, kenny and shelly are breeding! i will hopefully soon have babies! well, not me personally, but you know what i mean! this is a pic of kenny.

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he's 6-7 months, give or take. here's a pic of them in the act.

well actually u wont have any babies for about a year cause after they breed they she dosnt lay the eggs till 2-3 months later then it takes another 9 months it takes a long time but its worth it to seethose babies hatch i remember i screemed really loud and called everyone in my house and showed them it is very exciting good luck with em',
clint

huh. i've seen it done in usually about 7-8 months. 20-30 days to lay, and abouth 6-7 months to hatch..................

To be honest.... rushing the incubation puts the hatchlings at risk. We have seen the 6 month thing too - and the babies have higher mortality rates, and are smaller. We opt for the normal way to hatch... let the eggs decide. Usually it takes 8-9 months.

We don't breed our female veiled until they are at least 9 months old - and be sure to give extra calcium during her pregnancy and after - otherwise her bones will suffer.

Good luck with your first clutch!

Morgana - Reptayls, Ltd.

i've seen it done in usually about 7-8 months. 20-30 days to lay, and abouth 6-7 months to hatch..................

well, i am definitely not in a hurry, i still have cages to set up for the babies! the longer it takes the better. thanks for the advice, she is almost 9 months old, about a week or 2 away. any tips on telling if she is actually gravid or not? she turned really dark yesterday while she was in with him, after about 5 or 6 hours, and he stopped mounting her. she had some bright yellow and blue, and after about 5 or 6 hours with him, she turned almost black with really bright yellow and bluish green, which has now faded to a dark overall color, but you can still kinda see the yellow. any help would be appreciated.

sounds like she is definitely been fertilized-you will be able to tell shortly since gravid females look like they swallowed a bunch of marbles-as far as incubating I agree w/previos post-don't incubate at too high a temp-all 3 of my cluthces hatched out around 9 months with few mortalities-good luck!

Sounds like gravid colors to me!
The veiled females can look green if they are carrying an infertile clutch (virgins) - but after being bred, they find new colors on the palette to splash over themselves. These include all the ones you mentioned.

Glad to hear that she is a bit older....
The closer to 1 year, the better, I usually say. I have seen 6 month old veiled females die after their intitial clutch - as egg bearing females will steal from their own bodies to produce those eggs. Mother Nature can be cruel in some ways - but reproduction is key.

Be sure to keep some liquid calcium on hand too (available from your vet as calcium gluconate - and given orally is fine). After she does lay the eggs... she may need to get 1mg a day for a while to bring her body back into balance. With some females, we give it during pregnancy too - half doses are fine too.

Also... if possible, try to provide her with some real sunshine each week. A couple times a week for an hour or so will really help her body utilize the extra calcium properly.

Good luck with your first....
Morgana - Reptayls, Ltd.

just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the advice, i am sure i will be needing more soon!

Important Correction.........

We use syringes with ML on one side and CC on the other side.
I stated 1mg... it should have been 1ml or 1cc
- sorry for the typo.

The formula we use is 2cc per 100 grams of body weight. This can be adjusted according to the deficiency severety. If in doubt, please consult your vet.

Often I pull a bit of flavored pedialite into the syringe to flavor the calcium. This works with Baytril too... btw

Morgana