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Frank Sinatra said it best. Well I had HIGH hopes this season for a couple of pairings but I have been let down so far by the BP Gods. The first was I bred a spider 100% Het ghost to a ghost female she laid six nice big eggs well they pipped yesterday and I got 3 spider 100% het ghosts and 3 normal 100% het ghosts OUCH!! Then I have a ghost female bred to mojave poss het ghost well she was due to lay 2 weeks ago and still nothing she did drop me a little something 2 tiny tiny duds that may have been from last season. She doesnt seem to be in any discomfort and yes I KNOW she still has the eggs inside her but I dont know what to do about that. Then for the last one which isnt so bad yet but its a bad omen the way things have been going I bred the same spider het ghost male to a 100% het ghost female she laid 8 monster eggs well one I fought with for weeks to try to keep it from molding but I lost the battle (thats the bad omen) but I still have 7 good eggs left Im keeping my finges crossed for at least one honeybee in the clutch. Here are a few pics of the ghost girl and her clutch that just hatched. Thanks for looking
Ghost on her eggs

Clutch Hatching

Sucks Huh
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Damian Macioce
www.strongholdreptiles.com

Sorry to here about your situation. Hopefuly you will pull something off with the next clutch. A HONEY BEE would make it all better. I can't wait to produce one myself.
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Dino W.

Are you sure the spider male s a het ghost? I know you could miss the odds with six eggs, but you should have got a ghost.
Mike

Damian... another possibility is the two Ghost genes you have are not compatible. Is the Spider het ghost from the same bloodline of ghost as the female?

On a positive note you now have 3 Spiders het ghost and three het ghost!

Oz
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OZZYBOIDS

Geez Damo...bad news but really nice spiders! Hope the odds hit bigtime your way soon!
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Matt Lerer
Ghi Reptiles

Hey guys thanks for the positive reinforcement, Oz that's one point I thought of that maybe they aren't compatible lines. Mike Im sure its a spider het ghost I got him from a real big name breeder that I spoke with after the eggs hatched and he reassured me that he produced the male. And Matt Im hoping to hit the odds on this other clutch and I wil see you in Daytona. Thanks again guys
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Damian Macioce
www.strongholdreptiles.com