Vinman
Vinman
I had hatched out a small and very skinny Fire Stripe female . She was so small that I did not think she would make it. She was so small that she could not absorb all her egg sack only a little bit of it. I had to cut the rest off because it was starting to dry up. After her first shed she took a small pink right away. It took 5 to 6 meals before she had a decent girth to her. No matter how I much I fed her she never got a real thick girth to her, she had good weight but I could never get her to have a real large girth like my other females.
When she was breeding size I put her to a male and she got gravid. well she laid all duds. I figured she was sterile. I tried her the next year and got some good eggs. Well they hatch and all were bad feeders some would not eat and other were spotty feeders. None of the hatchlings made it past 3 months. Now came the 09 breeding season. Well she was bred to 2 different males. One fire het stripe the other was my deep red; Okeetee X bell/leach stock Blood red. She laid about good 9 eggs, some duds and retailed 3 or 4 eggs. Well I got 7 babies 1 fire female, 2 normal blood females and 4 normal babies het fire stripe. Only one would not eat Of course it was a pic the blood red female.
Well in a few days she passed all the eggs but one. I figured she would pass it with in the next week or 2 but she did not. well that was in May and here we are in the middle of October. I went to see if there was any poop in her cage last night and sure enough there was some so I scoped it out. Something told me to pick her up and see how she was doing. To my surprise the lump was gone, totally gone. I don't remember finding any egg in her cage. Where the hell did it go. The only thing that I remember is taking out of her bin was last week what looked to be a small piece of dried up chicken that she did not eat that I missed and then dried up, maybe it was the egg ????? I don't know now what it was for sure. All I know is the egg is gone. I had this happen to me only 3 or 4 times in 24 years of breeding. Every time this happened I found the egg bound egg in the bin except this time.
Has anyone had this happen to them. I'm not talking about a female passing a egg with in a month time but many months latter, if so I like to hear your Experience
When she was breeding size I put her to a male and she got gravid. well she laid all duds. I figured she was sterile. I tried her the next year and got some good eggs. Well they hatch and all were bad feeders some would not eat and other were spotty feeders. None of the hatchlings made it past 3 months. Now came the 09 breeding season. Well she was bred to 2 different males. One fire het stripe the other was my deep red; Okeetee X bell/leach stock Blood red. She laid about good 9 eggs, some duds and retailed 3 or 4 eggs. Well I got 7 babies 1 fire female, 2 normal blood females and 4 normal babies het fire stripe. Only one would not eat Of course it was a pic the blood red female.
Well in a few days she passed all the eggs but one. I figured she would pass it with in the next week or 2 but she did not. well that was in May and here we are in the middle of October. I went to see if there was any poop in her cage last night and sure enough there was some so I scoped it out. Something told me to pick her up and see how she was doing. To my surprise the lump was gone, totally gone. I don't remember finding any egg in her cage. Where the hell did it go. The only thing that I remember is taking out of her bin was last week what looked to be a small piece of dried up chicken that she did not eat that I missed and then dried up, maybe it was the egg ????? I don't know now what it was for sure. All I know is the egg is gone. I had this happen to me only 3 or 4 times in 24 years of breeding. Every time this happened I found the egg bound egg in the bin except this time.
Has anyone had this happen to them. I'm not talking about a female passing a egg with in a month time but many months latter, if so I like to hear your Experience
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