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Incubate EVERYTHING!!!!

captnemo May 27, 2009 11:08 AM

Snapped some pics last night of this year's second woma clutch. Specifically, I snapped a few pics of one egg in particular. As you'll see by the photo of the whole clutch, the egg was not fully shelled and somewhat elongated. I didn't have very high hopes for it (especially being Aspidites), but I placed it in the incubator anyway, and hoped for the best.

The first one of the clutch pipped on Monday morning, and after waiting about 36 hours, I went ahead and cut the rest. Looks like 13 for 13, but more importantly, check out the pics of the "questionable" egg.

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"He who would stifle debate rather than engage in it, does so at the expense of his integrity and credibility"

Mike Curtin

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TOM_CRUTCHFIELD May 27, 2009 02:52 PM

Mike, I had one extreme funky Diamond Python egg and it's getting ready to hatch with the rest of the perfect ones next week. Mine looks worse than that one did. THE MORAL OF THE STORY OR STORIES IS "YOU NEVER KNOW"...Thanks for sharing....
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

Br8knitOFF May 27, 2009 04:49 PM

Whoooo-hoooo!

Nice job, Mike!

Your patience and experience really paid off there!!!

//Todd

captnemo May 27, 2009 05:37 PM

Thanks, guys. Can't wait to see that diamond, Tom.

Wait till you guys see the mutant that hatched out of a "perfect" egg from this clutch. One eye missing, one all bulged out in the wrong spot, crooked jaw, tongue shooting out of the wrong side of the mouth, big 'ol bump on the head...my boy named him "Dead-eye"! Mouth seems to work fine, so as long as he can eat, he'll be his "special pet".
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"He who would stifle debate rather than engage in it, does so at the expense of his integrity and credibility"

Mike Curtin

Jaykis May 31, 2009 02:24 PM

Yeah Mike....but will all those neat attributes breed true???

lmao

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