Well, the long wait is over. If you haven’t been following this season’s videos, you can click back through the archives here or check out my YouTube Channel(username: DMexotics). These guys just started leaving their eggs today. The first one pipped on day 78 at which point I manually pipped the rest of the eggs. Today is day 81 and finally they are starting to come out. They won’t be ready in time for the Reptile Super Show but should be in Anaheim at the NARBC.
Come see us in Pomona, Ca at the L.A. County Fairgrounds on August 6-7th. Another combined effort with a wide range of animals at our booth…
Here are a couple of videos I took in the last week or so. My Gonyosoma project looks like it is going to yield some eggs soon. I palpitated the female after she shed and I felt 7-8 eggs. I gave her a nest box and she is spending a lot of time in it, although yesterday and today she has been very restless.
I also mated my Grammostola pulchra(Brazilian Black tarantulas). I have three more recently molted adult females to spread him around to so hopefully something good comes of that as well.
Another great trip overseas. Saw some new wildlife in the jungle we had never encountered before such as a porcupine and wild elephants. Here is a highlight video of the tour portion of our trip with our guests. I also came home to two fresh clutches of Ball Python eggs(pastel yb x normal and black pastel x pastel). I checked my three remaining females and all three are gravid(enchi x normal, enchi x pastel and black pastel x butter). In addition to that my Greater Horned Baboon tarantula obviously had an egg sac hidden away somewhere because there are about 100 spiderlings running around in mom’s cage…a nice surprise.
Today was a good day. I came home from work to find my Bar-neck scrub python laying her eggs as well as my Thai bamboo ratsnake (coxi). It is somewhat of a relief because I will be leaving the country in about three weeks and I was hoping these two snakes would make it happen before I left. My season still has more to go, but I don’t expect anything monumental to transpire while I am away. For sure I won’t have to worry about these two.
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Last week these shed out and took their first meals on Thursday. This was the result of a pastel yb x pastel. Only four eggs but I hit the odds with two super pastel yb’s, one super pastel and one pastel yb. Much prettier than I imagined!!!
I also had these starting to leave their eggs today on Easter Sunday. Elaphe porphyracea coxi, this is a first for me but it was 64 days @ 78 degrees with perfect results. Mom is getting ready to lay again so the incubator will stay on.
This will be a first for me but we have arranged a jungle trip to Thailand with us as your guides. The itinerary includes jungle trekking in Koh Chang and Khao Yai National Parks with a couple days in between to take in the animal market and other shopping areas in Bangkok. The focus of this trip will be herps for the most part and our small group consists of quality individuals that all share that common interest. I included a few extra diversions for family as well so there will be something for everybody as first time visitors to Thailand. We can take on another couple of guests if anyone is interested. The tour includes the first night hotel stay on June 6th, this ensures that anyone arriving during the early morning hours of the 7th will have a place to bed down, even if just for a couple of hours. First domestic flight leaves at 8:30am on the 7th and the adventure begins. The tour package will conclude upon check-out on June 15th. This may be the “First Annual Asia Trip” as I have a lot of cool places to share with my fellow herpers.
February is almost over and I have a number of projects that are looking good. Starting with a follow-up to my Bar-neck Scrub python video, she ovulated Feb. 25th so fingers crossed for a nice, healthy clutch of amethystines.
Another first time project for me was my Elaphe porphyracea coxi. I raised this pair from babies and this was her first clutch. Seven healthy eggs were laid on Feb. 20th.
I have a few little ball python projects this season. First clutch already incubating was YB pastel x pastel. I have two more gravid girls. One is YB pastel x faded proven normal and the other is black pastel x pastel. I am still waiting for solid indicators on a couple remaining pairings.
I also have a stash of inverts that I have been messing with. I bred this Pamphobeteus nigricolor(Blue bloom bird-eater) as well. I raised this pair from ‘slings. After six introductions, the female ate her mate 
However, judging by the size of her abdomen, things look promising.
In addition, I have quite a few gravid Nephrurus(wheeleri, levis and milli so far). My jungle carpet python is gravid. On the invert side of things I also have a few more spiders that may be gravid(Lampropelma violaceopes, Ceratogyrus brachycephalus and Pterinochilus murinus). It is looking to be a diverse reproductive year.
Just a quick candid video of me moving my big female Bar-neck scrub python into the male’s enclosure to start the breeding season. She went for me in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 I was without a male and obtained another male late in 2010. I had my fingers crossed for a successful breeding but it did not take. As a result she is very beefed up and more than ready this season. We will see how things shape up here, especially this evening. It would be nice to get a nice, big clutch out of her this year.
Come see us at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds on January 8th-9th. We will have most of what you see on our “Available” plus some new arrivals from overseas.