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I woke up this morning and found this clutch hatching. I figured I would take a pic to share with you all in ball python world!

Have a great weekend!

Mike King
MK Reptiles

Great job! I always want to do maternal...then I chicken out. Mom should be ready for a nice meal soon after doing such a good job! When do you plan on removing her? Do you keep her on the eggs until all hatch, or is she done now?

B.T.W. that baby in the foreground has a really funky looking head - no? Post somepics when they are fully out.

I will take out mom after they all hatch. I will set her up in a new box and feed her a small meal to get her stomach enzymes rolling again. She will eat like a maniac for the next couple of weeks and all her weight will be back ready for this season.

Mike

Very cool! Congrats! I've been thinking I might try maternal incubation with one clutch just for fun. Btw, what was she bred to?

Can u please cantact me i have some ?'s about maternal incubation and i havent been able to find anyone that does it.
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Jeff Kearney Orlando Florida (407) 766 6066

0.1 CB Spouse
4.4.1 Bearded Dragons
1.0 Mali Uromastyx
2.5 Ball Pythons
1.1 Blue Dumpys Tree Frogs
1.0 Armadillo Lizard
1.0 Tokay Gecko
0.1 Marble Gecko
1.0 Fat-tailed Gecko
1.0 Lucy Leopard Gecko
0.1 Carrot Tail Leopard Gecko
0.1 Speckeled Hog-Nose
0.1 Garter Snake
1.1 Dogs
2.3 Cats

with all of the Ball Pythons I have hatched I do not think that I have ever hatched balls maternally. Well, thinking of it I did it a long time ago with a few normals...but they were imports

They take for ever to hatch...at the least I have NEVER hatched a morph that way!

Mike, you say the babies are BIG right?

Kevin
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That clutch was laid on 7/25 , hatched 9/21-9/22.

The babies are pretty good size. I have had babies hatch that were bigger then these but it did take a week longer or so.

Did you like that Spider head "popping" out of that egg?

There were 2 fathers in this clutch. I never bred a spider male to this female this season. She was bred by my male het lavender albino. She was bred by the spider last year but never produced an egg!

Mike

Great job. I have read on the subject, but never had the guts to do it. Was it hard I mean keeping everything just right for her to regulate, and the humidity and all?
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1.0 albino Speckled king
0.1 speckled king
0.1 desert cali king
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65 common rats
25 african soft hair rats
100 mice
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1 beagle
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firstly congratulations!

Tell you what, you wont find me leaving it to maternal incubation on morphs.

big respect to you.
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