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Seeing we are smack dab in the middle of the laying season I thought I would post some recent pics of eggs.

I've always wanted to get a good egg candling shot and this one seems to tell the tale nicely.

This clutch was just laid this weekend. It had 7 normal good eggs and one very small 50 gram egg. It is fertile but I highly doubt it will go full term.

Some people have questioned whether or not bad eggs will affect good eggs when they go bad. This egg is 30 days into incubation. I have had several infertile eggs mold like this without affecting the good ones.

Thanks for looking!

Markus

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how your subject line applies to the pictures in you post...am I missing something?

2 of the phots are live and the moldy egg photo is dead.
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Great Pictures. We have a eggs that is bad and in the middle of the clutch like your last picture. Im always so worried that it will affect the other eggs. Have you ever had any that did kill the other eggs? Some eggs look like they are bad but low and behold they hatch. Its great!!! Good Luck. You guys have some great snakes!!

Brandie

Thanks Brandie!

I've never had a moldy egg affect good ones. I've even had eggs that in the last weeks look like they are bad and they hatch out fine. Those eggs by the way were not attched to other moldy eggs.

Markus
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Moldy eggs CAN affect the other good eggs. It doesn't happen often, usually the other eggs come out fine but it has happened to me and I figure why take needless chances? If it can be saftly done, I'll cut the bad egg out of the clump.

Mark

>>Great Pictures. We have a eggs that is bad and in the middle of the clutch like your last picture. Im always so worried that it will affect the other eggs. Have you ever had any that did kill the other eggs? Some eggs look like they are bad but low and behold they hatch. Its great!!! Good Luck. You guys have some great snakes!!
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>>Brandie

Your breeding page really helped me see what was going on with my female,and first clutch.Especially the Perfect coil & Ridge Back entry/pics.

She dropped eight eggs,two days after this pic :

Now i have my fingers crossed with this one

Things are a little more obvious now...thanks.
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Bryan