The Waiting!

Currently waiting on Maleficent to lay her eggs! She had her pre-lay shed 6 days ago!!!

I try to leave her alone, I check her once a day, just in case*

Do you guys have a hard time waiting on females to lay?
Or your just check the calendar, oh your laying tomorrow, cool! Lol.

Here’s a few pics of her!
Top one is ovulation! I’ve never actually got to see it before!




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What’s her morph?

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She’s an Enchi Spinner Calico YB OD pos het Pied. I paired her to my Dinker het Pied male to try and prove her out.

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she is such amazing looking snake! how is her wobble?

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She hardly wobbles unless she smells food, then she may wobble slightly before she strikes.

Edit: She is usually much brighter but she’s ‘glowing’
Here’s a pic of her normally

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thats good. hopefully it passes little wobble onto her offspring :crossed_fingers:! The light color around her dark spots are so cool! she is going to have some killer babies! can’t wait to see them. you should deffinitly post some pics to this after the eggs hatch

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I’ll have to, I’ll need help on their IDs! LOL

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Best of luck to you! I am sure she will be a good momma laying those eggs! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:. She is really pretty too!

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Thanks!!! :heart_eyes:

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You are absolutely correct, waiting is very hard to do, almost like we are the parents! I definitely check often, usually every day when I think they are getting close. They don’t always lay when you are expecting them to, by the days after the pre lay shed. I have had some go early some around 45 days after, and the same female won’t always lay the same amount of days every time she lays neither. I like to also pay attention to their movements, some do appear very restless moving constantly, then will find a spot and not move much from there, when they are a few days from laying. Good luck hitting the pied as well!

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@zer0stark7 and @banereptiles So this is a dumb question but when she lays all her eggs, will you remove the eggs and put them in an incubator or will you leave them with her till they hatch? I have seen people do it both ways so I am just curious.

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That would be my luck! She’ll probably go much longer than ‘normal’

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I and most people (I think!) will remove them for artificial incubation. Setting up a mom for maternal incubation is challenging so I hear.
Also the mother will usually wait to eat until after the eggs hatch, but if you remove them, some will eat almost immediately, especially if you did a good job getting rid of the egg smell.
I wouldn’t attempt maternal incubation until maybe a decade from now! :sweat_smile:

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Ok this sounds reasonable. I have seen or read somewhere that snakes will nose their babies around to dislodge any afterbirth but maybe this is only after a live birth? All I know is I think it is best to remove the eggs as soon as they are laid. At least best for mom…… and you as well! I can’t wait to see what hatches out!!! Thank you! :blush:

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Of course :grin:

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She’s a beautiful mama-to-be! She’ll just keep being beautiful while you do all the things you’ll do to try and keep yourself from pestering her, lol. Yeah, waiting is tough. I admit that I’m terrible at it. I have noticed that certain females will behave certain ways when they’re ready, but there’s certainly no hard and fast way to be certain when they’ll lay. Best of luck to you and your bewitching girl!

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I usually leave mine alone until day 26, and then I’ll start checking through the tub with a flashlight lol

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Thank you! :heart_eyes: She’s having an easier time than me probably!

Hmm maybe I’ll try that! Would be easier!

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Please direct any sales questions to OP in DM’s. Thank you :slight_smile:

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ok sorry didn’t know about that

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