I've had my female olive python on breeder loan to Jeff Hartwig since last August. He e-mailed me a couple months ago to say she had been copulating, then he e-mailed again last week to say she had been exhibiting some signs of being gravid. Imagine my surprise when he e-mailed a little while ago, the title of the e-mail being "You're gonna love this" (and right he was!), to tell me she had surprised everyone by laying a clutch of eggs today! The final tally is unknown, though I'm thinking there are between 15 and 16 based on how the clutch looks. There was only one slug. A point of potential concern is the blood on the outside of the eggs, though Jeff thinks that may be due to their rather large sizes. Those are going to be some big babies!
I just wanted to give a huge congratulations to Jeff and the hard work he puts into all his snakes. Everyone knows breeding olive pythons isn't exactly like breeding corns or bps, but Jeff has something figured out! This is at least his third successful year of producing them. After seeing his setups, I can completely understand why.
Yadda yadda, so on to the pictures. Keep your fingers crossed for us!
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Chance Duncan
www.rvexotics.com
