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I bred one pair of triple het Hondurans X triple het Hondurans this season. The female laid today, outside the lay box but i found the eggs in time to salvage them. Five of six are fertile. The bad news, I guess, is that five eggs isn't even a big enough clutch to allow me to hope for the "grand slam" of getting all possible varieties out of a single clutch (ghost, snow, hybino, hypo, anerythristic, albino, and wild-type). It would take at least seven eggs for that, plus a LOT of luck.

Nevertheless, the good luck is that at least some of the eggs are fertile: I figure this clutch might -- MIGHT -- be a world first so I'm still pretty excited. Even with my various other clutches that could produce multiple snows, or hybinos, etc., this one clutch will probably be the one I'll be most ready to check on if I wake up in the middle of the night when hatching is due.

Just wanted to share events with my friends on the forum.

peace
terry

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Keep sharing Terry you get me all excited just hearing about it.
Best of luck
By the way how's your pyros coming along.
Jim B

thanks jim.
i missed most of the opportunity with the pyros, waited too long (was waiting for a first shed) before putting them together. Next year I'll know better: Breed early, breed often, with the pyros. I've even had one friend tell me he's seen 'em breed BEFORE they came out of brumation! My plan next year is to start putting them together a week or two after they come out.
Terry

I found out the same thing with my knoblochi this year. My females started layed dud eggs right after their first post hibernation shed as I was just starting to try and breed them. I was very disappointed! Good luck with those triple het eggs. Randy Whittington

Hey terry, I also will keep my fingers crossed for ya . I look forward to seeing the photos of the hachlings.
Take care Chris