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[Rankins]

Got 11 eggs from my lizard. Should have babies in 6-8 months. Still waiting for one other female to drop some eggs.

 

[CooperDragon]

Exciting! I hope they all hatch and turn out to be nice and healthy venomous babies =)

 

[Rankins]

Thanks Cooper!
6-8 months is a long time to wait, but eggs looks really good right now. They are as big as goose eggs. I am using some incubation boxes. Once they are in there you just forget about eggs for 6 mo.
I'll still peek at them everyday when I record temps in my breeding log. I also weigh the box 1x/week. Gives me an idea on water evaporation from the medium.
Thanks again for the well wishes

 

[Rankins]

To show how incredibly large the eggs are, I put a quarter on the top of the incubation box.
Hard to imagine the mom fit 11 eggs in her belly

 

[CooperDragon]

Wow. Quite the magic trick!

 

[Rankins]

10 day old egg..
Looks like a bloodshot eyeball.

 

[Rankins]

Day 77 of incubation and all is going well. The 11 eggs in the cooker all have healthy embryos that wiggle around when candled. Sadly Im only about half way through incubation

 

[Rankins]

Day 90 in the incubator today. Everything is going as planned. I should be more than half way through incubation. I'm incubating at a degree higher than most people recommend, so eggs should hatch at 5 months instead of 6. I would post pictures but they won't load.

 

[SpacialCoogs]

I think I saw your pics on facebook. It's exciting, I can't wait to see the little guys.

 

[Rankins]

Thanks!! Funny thing is I actually have more reptiles I haven't even put on facebook. Too many in fact
Eggs are doing great!! Still got a long way to go though.