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Here are my first thayeri eggs(oops i should say eggs). And WOW what a feeling.....lol 11 good eggs no slugs. Thanks to all for your teaching and sharing of info! I have one more female thayeri she is getting ready for pre lay shed. Now if only my blue eyed blonds would get with the program! Here are a couple of pics of eggs.
Thanks Jim

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Great news Jim.....They look terrific.
One little piece of info if you want it.
I have had some bad luck with clutches of eggs stuck together vertically. It seems the ones on top do not get enough of the moisture. I have had them go full term and have dead in egg neonates. I have also had them dimple and go bad. I learned to either use a moist paper towel or some moist sphagnum moss and place it over the top of the clutch. I have heard of people separating them, but I would NEVER. Keep the temps around 82 and the humidity nice and high and we will see some awesome thayeri hatchlings from you Jim....Great Job!!!!
Oh yeah....You will lose sleep when they start hatching.....LOL
John Lassiter

John,
Thanks for the input, i will be doing it tonight. Heck i'm excited NOW....not sure how i'm going to sleep in july!
Thanks Jim

.....skill and good husbandry on your part, you did all the work! A lot of the guys in here really know what they are doing and have tons of experience. If we practice what they teach, we almost can't go wrong.

Great looking clutch of thayeri eggs Jim, congrats! They look perfect. You obviously have taken very good care of that female. I know how excited you were to see that, it is still very new to me too and I get the biggest charge out of seeing those females begin depositing their eggs. Like an impatient father finally getting to see what pops outa there! Sounds like this is your first clutch of eggs ever. If it is and you think you are excited now... just wait until you see those eggs slit open!

Good luck...

It's kinda funny how on my first season to breed i try to follow all the rules...lol This female came out of brumation on 3-1.....she never shed until 5-12, laid eggs on 5-19. Good thing i decided to put the male with her just in case she was ready...and she was. 45 days after first breeding eggs were laid, also 5 days after she finally shed. The one thing i noticed proir to breeding was that she was gaining ALOT of weight, That was the main reason i put the male in with her.

I have one more female thayeri that just shed today so maybe a few more eggs next week.

My problem ones are my blue eyed blonds? The male shows interest for just a few minutes...Then seems to just get bored and kicks back? So the female just shed for the second time and i started leaving the male in her box for a week at a time.....i know, i know, not the best way to go but they seem to get along so well. Still have not witnessed copulation, but not going to give up that easy!

Thanks Jim