saximus
Almost Legendary
Hello all I thought I might share this as some of you would find it interesting. This year was my first attempt at breeding Adders and it’s safe to say I had “limited” success.
Just over a month ago, my gravid female laid/aborted a bunch of her young. I counted six semi formed babies in total plus a couple of slugs. That is the first two photos. You can easily see the little black dots that are the eyes.
At the time, I assumed it was just a total failure due to a combination of husbandry issues and her being too young/small. A week or so later, I noticed she was still a little pudgy and thought maybe hope wasn’t totally lost.
Yesterday afternoon I came home from work to see she had laid a couple more slugs and one almost fully formed stillborn.
I had to go out pretty quickly so had to leave her but when I got home later in the night, she’d laid a couple more slugs and one healthy bub.
I was so incredibly stoked and relieved after this little couple of month long roller-coaster ride. This morning I checked her and she was still huffing and puffing but no more babies.
So it looks like this little miracle baby is going to be my only one.
Just over a month ago, my gravid female laid/aborted a bunch of her young. I counted six semi formed babies in total plus a couple of slugs. That is the first two photos. You can easily see the little black dots that are the eyes.
At the time, I assumed it was just a total failure due to a combination of husbandry issues and her being too young/small. A week or so later, I noticed she was still a little pudgy and thought maybe hope wasn’t totally lost.
Yesterday afternoon I came home from work to see she had laid a couple more slugs and one almost fully formed stillborn.
I had to go out pretty quickly so had to leave her but when I got home later in the night, she’d laid a couple more slugs and one healthy bub.
I was so incredibly stoked and relieved after this little couple of month long roller-coaster ride. This morning I checked her and she was still huffing and puffing but no more babies.
So it looks like this little miracle baby is going to be my only one.