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I'll post pics of my 2 clutches from this year. Now, the second clutch was laid today; they are so long and lozenge-shaped! The one candled veiny; the other three are connected and I let them be. Any thoughts or experiences with long eggs? The mom was a tad on the smallish side and this is her first clutch. Mom # 1 has had 2 clutches since I got her years ago.. Here goes!
First off; normal x Graziani Pastel.
I had a norm x norm clutch that died a few weeks ago because of a faulty hovabator that scorched them; so I am really pulling for these guys. I made a homegrown incubator with a Helix, flexwatt and styro; never relying on hovas again!
Ginger on eggs:

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Yesterday: Day 8 For them.

Now.. the lozenges! Mom on 4 eggs. normal female x either Pastel or Spider.

They are long!

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Ball pythons: 1.4 normals.. 1.0 Spider. 1.0 Graz pastel. 1.0 100% het or. ghost. Also 1.0 BCI boa. 0.2 horses (paint mares) 1.0 black cat, 1.0 fiancee, 2.3 clawed frogs. And a ton of freshwater fish and breeder rats.

Yep. We've had this discussion before. At first I thought that smaller females were likely to throw those long skinny eggs, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe it localilty related. All I know is every clutch of gotten from one particular female have been long and skinny (see first pic). All my others give more "egg shaped" eggs (see second pic). The long and skinny ones hatch just fine (maybe better?). I've hatched every single egg laid by the "long and skinny egg" female, and the seven pictured below are all going strong on day 51...

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I don't have a reason, but I have had both shapes in the same clutch a couple times. Might it have something to do with the size of the clutch? More=smaller, less =longer? Just a thought.

Quig
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Cool This female was definately on the smaller side. She was 1800g at breeding time and is an '04. It is astounding that these long things came out of her little-in-comparison body
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Ball pythons: 1.4 normals.. 1.0 Spider. 1.0 Graz pastel. 1.0 100% het or. ghost. Also 1.0 BCI boa. 0.2 horses (paint mares) 1.0 black cat, 1.0 fiancee, 2.3 clawed frogs. And a ton of freshwater fish and breeder rats.