They always look so big to me. It amazes me how they do it. Here is a big girl coiled on a clutch of 11.
Here is the clutch of eggs.
This girl was 3898 grams (a little more than 8.5 pounds if my math is correct) when she was "cleaned out" in January. After laying her eggs yesterday she was 2480 grams (a little less than 5.5 pounds). The clutch was 1250 grams.
This girl dropped to about 64% of her original body weight. The clutch represented 32% of her body mass. The remaining difference was most likely due to the passing of fluids and urates and other metabolic functions since January.
Joe Compel Reptiles - Incubating
