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Hello everyone My name is Rich I have been keeping all kinds of pythons and Boas for 10 years which Bloods and Balls are my favorite. Along with many variety of Monitors. I love monitors but they take too much space to have a colony of them "grunt". I am new to the breeding process. I have read severa forums about candling the eggs. What exactly is Candle? Thanks for your reply ahead of time.

Rich,

0.2 Normal ball
1.1 Yellow belly
0.2 Pastels
1.0 Lemon pastel 50% het pied
1.0 Spider
1.1 Australian cattle dogs

Holding mini maglite to the egg to check for veins. Veins almost always means fertile. No veins infertile. I don't incubate any egg that doesn't have them. So breeders do. Not every breeder candles. This girl gave me 8 candled fertile eggs that hatched on May 5th. All eight are between 350-450 grams and doing great!!!

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Bill Buchman

What was the weight of that female that gave you 8 eggs ?

Was she over 2600 grams is what I want to know.

>>Holding mini maglite to the egg to check for veins. Veins almost always means fertile. No veins infertile. I don't incubate any egg that doesn't have them. So breeders do. Not every breeder candles. This girl gave me 8 candled fertile eggs that hatched on May 5th. All eight are between 350-450 grams and doing great!!!
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>>Bill Buchman
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

I just had a het ghost female that laid 8 eggs and she was no way over 1700 grams before i bred her......no complains here....my other clutches have been from female 1300-1600gr have been 4-5 eggs each.....hope this helps

>>I just had a het ghost female that laid 8 eggs and she was no way over 1700 grams before i bred her......no complains here....my other clutches have been from female 1300-1600gr have been 4-5 eggs each.....hope this helps
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Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

... first time breeder. Sometimes it works in your favor!!! The 8 eggs weighed EXACTLY 700 grams. I guess that is an average egg size. Babies were all around 60 grams.
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Bill Buchman

Well I was wondering because fecundity is also related to genetics and not just body weight. Thanks for the info on the weight.

>>... first time breeder. Sometimes it works in your favor!!! The 8 eggs weighed EXACTLY 700 grams. I guess that is an average egg size. Babies were all around 60 grams.
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>>Bill Buchman
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Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

Thanks Bill. That clears it all up. I was scratching my head like ummm am I literally using a candle to look for the veins, that just doesnt make sense. Nice ball ya got there. Post the babies when they hatch pls.

Rich

Rich,

I'll post pics after next shed in a week or so. They were my first clutch this season and are looking better with every shed -- they are around 400 grams.
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Bill Buchman