Clutch 2008AB [king]

FunkyRes · 05-09-08, 05:01 AM

This clutch is partially in the cooker.
This is a pairing between my WC (2000) LTC Antioch, CA Cal King (M1) with my banded lavender Cal King.

One infertile egg was deposited about 3 or 4 days ago.
Six good looking eggs were deposited on Thursday May 8th.
By palpating her, I can still feel 3 eggs in her, but the next in line does not seem to have moved down towards the vent, so it is possible it is not fertile and is blocking the eggs behind it.

The purpose of this clutch (reason for the pairing) is to test the feeding phenotype of the young. 3 (of 5) of her young last year from a first time male required lizards to start, so I'm breeding her with a male known to father good rodent feeders to try and figure out if it was her or the male that influenced that clutch.

Expected result of the pairing - banded het Lavender. The father has quite a bit of webbing in his bands which sometimes translates to his young.

This clutch is 100% Cal King, not an intergrade. I'll post a pic of the clutch after the remaining eggs have been laid.

FunkyRes · 05-09-08, 05:04 AM

The pairing is TEVE-M1 X TEVE-FM3 for those interested.

FunkyRes · 05-13-08, 07:19 PM

I took the female to the vet today to have the last two eggs aspirated. They were not coming out on their own.

So - the total clutch size was 10: one obvious dud, seven eggs incubating, and two aspirated.

FunkyRes · 05-19-08, 04:45 AM

On Saturday, the female died

while trying to pass the aspirated eggs.
Hopefully these seven eggs continue to develop properly.

**EeekSnakes** · 05-19-08, 08:18 AM

That's too bad....I hope the eggs fare well for you.

galenwbritt · 05-19-08, 12:59 PM

That's never a good thing to hear about, sorry for your loss. Hopefully she will have thrown some stunners that will make mommy proud. Good luck.

G

**Dionythicus** · 05-19-08, 05:21 PM

I am so sorry to hear you lost the female. She was beautiful and it breaks my heart. I do hope you get some nice, healthy babies.

Joanna · 05-19-08, 09:52 PM

Sorry for your loss. I hope the eggs hatch nice healthy babies for you.

FunkyRes · 05-19-08, 10:18 PM

Thanks - she was a special girl.
The eggs really make me suspect calcium deficiency -

They seem to be developing just fine - I haven't candled them, but if they were bad, they would probably smell by now and have turned blue/green.

Hopefully no kinking in the hatchlings.

**hardwired** · 05-19-08, 10:23 PM

So sorry to hear! I wish you great luck with the offspring!