She’s currently in shed and hasn’t eaten in over 2 weeks, is it possible for them to ovulate during a shed? She’s absolutely massive right now and has the very slight hint of tail suck.
She was hugging the cool side of her enclosure for a while, even going as far as pushing her water dish to the warm side to hog more space.
Ugh… no
I tried my best to make sure the shed I sent in was in good condition, maybe I sent it in too soon after Pesto shed and humidity was too high for it to fully dry. Oh well here’s to hoping the 2nd round will work?
Bringing this up again because I noticed something about the Carbon babies produced by @image_reptiles while looking through the image gallery on Morphpedia… they all had a distinct green-ish color to them
oooh, interesting! That was the thing that was so striking about Pesto as a baby, he had a very distinct green tint. And then as he aged, he almost looked axanthic in certain lights
She looks great and is definitely looks a full shade lighter! Can’t wait to see what she lays. Her first clutch was six eggs (no slugs) and second was eight eggs (no slugs), so fingers crossed for #3
So much going on, gotta love laying/hatching season!
Fingers crossed for BOTH of us on eggies soon! My girl Kimball was due to drop any day after the 13th, got me gnawing on concrete with anticipation for eggs!
Got an email yesterday from Shawn over on RGI about Pesto’s shed test. The first run did not do good so they had to retest… but the test is complete and now I just have to wait for Ben to share the results. I should be getting them this week
I’m really excited to see what the results are!
Edit: Oh and Mango is still holding onto her eggies, she looks huuuuuge right now.
Ok so I feel dumb… I was wondering what was taking Mango so long to lay… I think I may have been wrong about the previous ovy date and she may have just been building up follicles. It wouldn’t be the first time I confused building follicles for an ovy
Because here she is now, I can visibly see where her tail suck begins. This is literally the largest Ovy I’ve ever seen in a BP
When I first posted thinking she was in ovy her belly was still a little soft, its completely taught right now. The width of her belly is bigger than the width of my hand.
I’m hoping things continue to sail smoothly, I have a feeling she’s going to lay a ton of eggs.
Gotta wait for a new shed, oh well. Thankfully when I get the 2nd shed sample sent off to RGI they’ll be able to do a 3rd attempt right away. Going to be very careful about shed prep this time! Hopefully our extremely high humidity lately won’t ruin this one.
I’m almost tempted to use my 3D printer filament storage to keep the shed dry
Hoping to see some nice healthy “potatoes” from her mid-late August, I’m already sitting here giddy about the idea of her laying on my Birthday (the 19th)
Been monitoring Mango closely as she nears her expected lay date. Today she has been exceptionally restless but she isn’t really in the realm of being due to lay until the middle of next week…
I’ll be utterly shocked if I get another early clutch
Though it doesn’t really look like her eggs have descended down to her tail yet… I’m not sure how soon before laying that occurs.
After dealing with CG eggs I checked on Mango’s progress- no eggs yet but I have noted that Mango’s spine has become prominent over the weekend down the lower 3rd of her body.
I have a hunch… the beginning of her due to lay period begins tomorrow and she’s been doing some weird movements today while I’ve been monitoring her on camera. I did a checkup after getting home and found her like this- and it looks like the eggs have descended down her tail.
Lol this stuff always hypes me up with anticipation
She also wanted absolutely nothing to do with me either, its the first time she’s ever shown a hint of aggression towards me. Very hissy and puffy when I was trying to do some spot cleaning around her.