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Hey,
Just looked in on one of my Borneo females, Veronique, after she had escaped from her cage a couple of days ago in search of a nesting spot. LOL!! At any rate, she is depositing eggs tonight (in a rubbermaid set-up) and so far the eggs look good. Got the incubator fired up and working great. Keeping my fingers crossed for a healthy and viable clutch.

- Angel
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Awesome....keep me informed on how they do...would love to buy one when they are ready to go! lanierreptiles@hotmail.com

No problem!! I'll keep you posted. - Angel
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In the theater of my life, this pickle has no goal!!

That's awesome. Have you had many previous clutches? I'm interested in knowing what your set up is with the incubator. Best wishes for a healthy hatch. PS I know someone that would be interested in one of the hatchlings...ME...

Joe

Hey,
This is my first clutch of Borneo's, but have hatched greentree pythons and colubrids for years. This should be interesting to watch and experience as with any herp we work with and strive to breed and produce off-spring; no doubt they can be a chalenge. At any rate, that said, I am probably going to set the eggs up in a no substrate medium using egg crate baffle sold at plastic ware houses for lighting and other uses. I've used vermiculite in the past but will try this method out. I had success with it last year hatching out a single egg that was set up in the no substrate medium last year and think that this might be a good way to go too; not to mention that at the moment I don't have any vermiculite. LOL!! The no substrate technique is used by Bob Garby and others, i.e., Greg Maxwell, of the Chondroweb forum and Trooper Walsh of the National zoo in Washington DC. Any how, think this could be a good method for this clutch.

Also, forgot to mention, she has laid some where in the range of 10-12 eggs from what I can see. A final count will be taken when I separate her from the eggs later tonight. Thanks for the interest and the well wishes. I'll keep you posted.

- Angel
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In the theater of my life, this pickle has no goal!!

Way to go Angel! It’s always exciting, isn’t it? Keep us posted with photos if you are able.

-Joan

Hey - what's with that pickle, anyway?

Hey Joan,
I sure will, took a bunch, only, I don't have a digital camera yet and have to wait for processing; ARGH!! at any rate, I will post them as soon as they are processed and ready. Thanks for the thumbs up!! - Angel
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In the theater of my life, this pickle has no goal!!

LOL!! I don't know about the pickle. I read that some where once and thought it might make a funny signature. LOL!!
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In the theater of my life, this pickle has no goal!!

How exciting was that, can't wait for the day I get to walk out to see one of my snakes laying eggs.

Hey Fishkiller,
Yeah, it certainly is exciting to have them lay eggs for you and have them turn out healthy and finally hatch out healthy too. I have a couple of slugs in the clutch. She laid one more egg at the end of what I thought was the final egg count. I removed the eggs from her and placed them into the incubator, only to find her laying one more egg after I placed her into a holding Rubbermaid container...that was not good ( it is not a good idea to remove egg's prematurely). However, the last egg looks like a slug, but set it up anyway just in case my assessment was off. Keeping my fingers crossed. I'll keep you posted on egg viability for the clutch, they are suspect at the moment for me, but hoping that they are fertile. I'll know if they are or not in the next couple of weeks and even days.
- Angel
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In the theater of my life, this pickle has no goal!!

I hope there fertile too. CAUSE I WANT ONE!!! You got any pics of the parents to tide us over for awhile?
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Hey Jordan,
Here is the pair that bred for me this year. Although, the other female was bred by this male too, I am still waiting on possible gravitity of this other female. What a word! LOL! Anyhow, just thought I would give you an idea of the pair. The larger of the two on the right is the male. He is of Bob Clark origin, and the smaller female is of VPI origin.

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Thanks Angel
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior

Good job! Lets us know how it pans out.

Hey Rich,
Thanks and I most certainly will keep you posted along with the rest of the Short-tail gang here on KS. Thanks - Angel
P.S. Any word on your Sarawaks?
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Ya, my male isn't growing fast enough! LOL.

I won't have anything this year because I have two girls and no mature boys. If the male I get from Bob Garby is upto speed by next year, then I should be ok. It was a lousy setback to find out late in the game I didn't have a pair, but TSH (that stuff happens

Hey Rich,
I thought you had an adult male from Bob? I guess it was Bob who got an adult recently from Chris Carmicheal. I think he got a female right?
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