First attempt breeding black-headed pythons

[Derpdiggler]

This first attempt had a lot of ups and downs. Good locks, great ovulation, healthy eggs that went almost all the way but in the end only 1 hatched, the rest died fully developed in the eggs. The one that did survive is beautiful though. Now we are working on getting it feeding. Pics are as follows;
Dam, sire, eggs, lost babies, survivor pre shed, survivor post shed.

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[Herpetology]

Any idea why they didn’t survive?

 

[Derpdiggler]

Not 100% sure, we had some incubation issues, temp was a little high, humidity was a little high, had some mold issues. I suppose it could have been any of them that caused it.

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[Bl69aze]

That's a shame, definitely a learning experience! can't wait to breed my pair Picking up an already made DIY incubator in next 2 weeks

The survivor is definitely a cracker

 

[Yellowtail]

Very sad to lose them like that. You had incubation issues but how high were temps, how long and at what stage of embryo development? High humidity should not be a problem. Do you have photos of mould?
I had some high temps briefly due to an air conditioner problem late in embryo development and the only effect was hatching a few days early but all were healthy.

 

[Shire pythons]

Damn that sux .. better one than none i spose.. im currently pairing mine , no definitive lock ups yet but is looking promising the female is very excited leaving blood trails and tail wriggling to the max haha.. hope my boy gets goin !!
[doublepost=1561168211,1561168116][/doublepost]My first attempt breeding this stunning locality also!

 

[Derpdiggler]

Temps hovered in the mid 89 to 90's. Humidity was 87-89. Had axwet spot form on one around day 20 so I dropped the humidity to 87 for a few days. Wet spot went away so I closed the lid again and it went up to 93%. About day 45 I noticed some white fuzzy stuff (guessing it was mold) that would not brush off with a q tip. I tried foot powder and dropped humidity to 90%. On day 60 1 pipped, by day 62 it was out of the egg and the rest were starting to smell bad.

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[Snakey73]

Thats ashame about the other hatchies, but things like that happen, and u will learn from that. Alot of ppl only mention the good things,gravid female-eggs-hatchies and not many mention the bad times..