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Right on schedule! Just caught her laying her first clutch. I will have final egg count later, but for now I am just enjoying the view. I took two quick shots then decided to leave her alone. She shed January 19 and egg laying on February 12th.

congrats on the new arivals, wish you the best

Hey Rich,
Super!! that is an awesome view of things to come. All the best with mama, and the little ones.
- Angel
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What a great looking female! I bet your babies are the hottest! Thanks for sharing

Great shot of your female. You noted she was right on schedule; have you typically been getting eggs 24 days after the pre-shed with your breit's? I only work with brong's and they usually go almost a week longer on average. Also, have you ever seen brooding contractions with any of your females of the "curtus" group. Thanks,

Kelly

Yes, you are correct about them going longer typically. However, my group tends to go a little early and they may have something to do with a longer shed cycle. Who is to say. She just seemed ready to lay and part of it was my impatiance for wanting her to go early I have not observed any contractions, but I also tend to leave them alone for the most part. I will pay more attention to the next female.

Not all of my brongersmai have shown brooding contractions, but one female a few years ago was brooding a clutch, before I removed them, and was contracting about 8 to 10 times per minute. Have you ever allowed any of your "curtus" to maternally incubate until hatching? When I was breeding fair numbers of burmese in the 80's, I always allowed the females to maternally incubate the eggs and had excellent results. I have never tried this with my brong's but will probably try it in the near future. I am very curious as to the temperature the females will maintain the egg mass. I was able to accumulate a lot of data on maternal incubation with the burmese. Thanks,

Kelly

Awsome looking snake! Hope the babies turn out just as good!
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