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Wilma and Callisto 2014
- Thread starter hypnoctopus
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I did not get the chance to weigh Wilma right after she laid, but I weighed her today after her post-lay shed and she's down to 299. She was right around 431 before she laid.
I've decided to take new candling pictures once a week, to see if I can see any progress. It felt like the veins were easier to see this time. Here's a new picture (although it's probably not the same egg as before):
I've decided to take new candling pictures once a week, to see if I can see any progress. It felt like the veins were easier to see this time. Here's a new picture (although it's probably not the same egg as before):
Thanks! I'm super excited.
Week 3 for the eggies! Is it weird that I like the way they smell? (Maybe it's the damp moss I'm smelling, I dunno.)
Are you able to see movement with candling once the eggs are farther along?
Are you able to see movement with candling once the eggs are farther along?
Christen
New member
I think that they smell dirty till the last week. That is the smell I like. 
You can see the movement. I should think if you aren't seeing it yet you should in the next week or so. I can see where the baby is sitting in that pic so it shouldn't be long. Usually about the 4 or 5 week mark you can see them sometimes move towards the light or sometimes you can tell they are annoyed and move fast. It is really kind of funny.
You can see the movement. I should think if you aren't seeing it yet you should in the next week or so. I can see where the baby is sitting in that pic so it shouldn't be long. Usually about the 4 or 5 week mark you can see them sometimes move towards the light or sometimes you can tell they are annoyed and move fast. It is really kind of funny.
smigon
Old enough to know better
NICE, Christen, TEASE the babies!!! You think that's funny???
Well, yeah, it kind of is and I know I would giggle! :rofl:
smigon
Old enough to know better
"Oh, look at the clock! Time to tease the kids again!" :laugh:
That's funny, Christen! Is the baby in that picture the dark spot on the right?
Week 4:
Week 5 and we are approximately halfway through the incubation period! I saw a tiny bit of movement for the first time, too.
I didn't feel like taking a picture this week, but the eggs are at 6 weeks now, so only a few weeks left! I can definitely see movement in a few of them, but the rest would have to be unburied if I wanted to see anything.
Wilma looks and feels gravid again. I think I could feel around 9 eggs inside her.
Wilma looks and feels gravid again. I think I could feel around 9 eggs inside her.
Week 7! I have been able to see definite movement in all the eggs now, except for 2 or 3 that are at the very bottom of the pile. Really neat stuff. I wish I had some way to film it, but my camera doesn't have a video function and my phone takes terrible videos.
I took a couple of pictures of the same egg in the same spot, and if you look closely at the left side of the egg, you can see the dark red spot change shape.
I took a couple of pictures of the same egg in the same spot, and if you look closely at the left side of the egg, you can see the dark red spot change shape.
Day 61 now. Impatience is killing me. Not only do the little snakies move around a lot in their eggs, but I can sometimes see distinct parts. They used to just be a little red blob on the bottom of the egg, but now they seem to move around more and aren't always on the bottom.
I wish that I had taken a picture when they were freshly laid with a ruler so that I could compare the size now. But they definitely seem more plump and round. Here's a comparison picture of day 1 vs. day 61:
I wish that I had taken a picture when they were freshly laid with a ruler so that I could compare the size now. But they definitely seem more plump and round. Here's a comparison picture of day 1 vs. day 61: