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I was getting worried that they had died in the egg. Day 81 and I had not seen anything happening. My buddy Mitch insisted I just wait them out. This sure made my day better when I saw one of them moving around in the egg VERY clearly!! Check it out---



Is that crazy or what!

Now that's cool!

Would love to have a blow up pic and frame it of that.
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These animals live in nature, without you. They know when to eat, when not to eat, how much to eat, etc. Why do you think they cannot do that in captivity? They do know, you are suppose to support what THEY DO, not hold back food because you keep them at temps they would not pick.
Frank Retes

I ahve had snakes with window patches on the eggs. But never that extensive.
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These animals live in nature, without you. They know when to eat, when not to eat, how much to eat, etc. Why do you think they cannot do that in captivity? They do know, you are suppose to support what THEY DO, not hold back food because you keep them at temps they would not pick.
Frank Retes

Those pics are wicked! I have had western hog eggs go totally see-thru a few days before hatch, but they never start out like that!
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Very cool!!
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Genesis 1:1

HAHAHAAA!!!!, that is absolutely INSANE!!!!

That is just too much bro!,...what an AWESOME sight to behold man!..

best of luck watching it come out of it's clear "container"..LMAO!!!

ps, I am going to save those pics for some interesting documentation dude!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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I'm gonna save tthese pics if you don't mind, lol! That is just amazing!
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Jorge Sierra

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WOW.. Never saw that before.. VERY Cool for sure!!

~ Mike Russo

Thanks guys. I think it is amazing myself. I will try to take some better photos tonight. I took some video with my iphone and sent them to Mitch. They did not move that much during the video, but did move. At one point the snake was looking right at me!! LOL. Crazy. To see them move is even more amazing so I have to see if my wife will help me put a link up for video. Oh, and feel free to save those photos and use them. I put them up for all to enjoy!!

Peace---Joe

One thing that sucks is that I can already see that this one has at least one crossover!!! LOL

>>I was getting worried that they had died in the egg. Day 81 and I had not seen anything happening. My buddy Mitch insisted I just wait them out. This sure made my day better when I saw one of them moving around in the egg VERY clearly!! Check it out---
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>>Is that crazy or what!

Killer Joe.....vie only had king eggs with windows on one end of the egg....and they were never that clear are that much.........
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Joe that is CRAZY! glad you waited it out. I hope they make it. They look like if they do they will be on the really small side.
Usually the neonates take up all the usable space inside the egg and those look like they're not really filling out the egg so I wonder if they will be really smaller than they should be when they hatch?

We'll see - definately post more pics on their progress!!

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Dave, I agree and they are not out of the water yet, but things look good for them to hatch. Can't take much to break through those eggs. They could have "dull egg teeth" and break that shell. LOL I think they will be small regardless.

that is just so cool man. you should get some video footage of them moving around in those eggs and definately frame those pictures!!

Dave

Yeah Dave, I probably will. I went down to take some better photos an hour ago and they both were tucked down in the yolk. Guess they are camera shy!

Joe

Absolutely wild!!

--Dennis

That is the most amazing thing! I am saving these photos to my hard drive! Refresh my memory; are these pyros?
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Zonata----Kern County intergrades

Joe

Very cool! I had a clutch a Hognose eggs that were clear this

season although not quite that clear. I did end up losing one of

the baby's because when it pipped the egg deflated and

collapsed on the baby trapping it. I guess the more it

struggled to get free the more fluid it forced out , causing

the egg to collapse even further.

Good Luck!Here is a pic showing the deflating. I didnt take any

of the one who didnt make it.

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Very cool. Yeah, only time will tell if they hatch out normal. I hope they do. I had one last year like this, not quite as clear, but it made it just fine and ate f/t right off the bat!! Same mother to this clutch.

Joe

If you are lucky enough to actually be around to catch video of it rubbing it's snout along the egg when it pips, that would be the absolute freaking BOMB DUDE!!!!..HAHAA!!

Best of luck with it brother!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Doug, I have been checking every hour or so to try and catch that happening. I actually think they are still five or so days away from coming out though.

Joe

Yeah man, if you have a video recorder and a tripod, you might want to set it up on the egg 24/7 until it does pip like they do on TV documetaries..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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That may be the coolest thing ever!
:Mark
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That is awesome! I've had eggs with little windows where you could see the snake's pattern, but that right there is just too cool!
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Thanks Nick. I thought you might want to see those!!

Joe

Joe,

That's so cool. I've never seen anything like it before. Congrats again my friend! And best of luck w/the hatchlings.

PB

Thanks Paul.

Joe

THAT is cool...
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Michael Enriquez

Enriquez Reptiles

that is simply awsome i would snap as many pics of that as you can! very rare event/happening/occurance. congrats,,,,,,,,,,thomas davis
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Thanks Thomas. I am going to take some more, that is for sure. I would love to be home when they pip so I can video the whole thing. Anything can happen though and I just hope they survive.

That is perhaps one of the coolest things (herp wise) I've ever seen.
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Thanks Tony!! I just checked the eggs (4pm here) and one of them (the one pictured) is sweating. So maybe I can catch them pipping.

Joe

That's cool isn't it. I notice that when my zonata get close to hatching, I can see through the egg like that sometimes. It lets you get a sneak preview of whats to hatch. The other thing I do is stick a maglite penlite up to the egg during the last few weeks of development and you can see some coils ans how the band pattern is going to look.
Juarez Wonders

Allen, these eggs have been like this since they were laid and I could see the hatchlings the entire time. No lighting needed. They have almost zero calcification.

Joe

I think mama needs some more calcium in her diet Maybe give her a few lizards during the year.