I was just cleaning and refilling the corn's water bowl and peeped round their climbing log to check the moist hide - and saw eggs!
So I hauled the box out, gently removed Lucy and Spectre (both of whom look absolutely knackered), and moved the eggs to a poly box so I can run them up to the shop tomorrow. (They're spending the night in the airing cupboard, with the lid of the poly box lifted to allow air exchange. They're in the sphagnum moss that they were laid in, so they'll stay nice and moist and warm.)
Spectre had a long, long drink then looked up at me, and I swear she had a tired smile on her face. This is her second clutch this year; the first has just hatched, 18 big happy babies from 22 eggs. She seems to have had 7, all of which look good.
Lucy appears to have produced 29, of which 28 look superb. I'll run them up to the shop tomorrow, get them in the incubator. I took a couple of pics on my phone, which I shall put here when I get round to downloading them.
I am so damn excited!
So I hauled the box out, gently removed Lucy and Spectre (both of whom look absolutely knackered), and moved the eggs to a poly box so I can run them up to the shop tomorrow. (They're spending the night in the airing cupboard, with the lid of the poly box lifted to allow air exchange. They're in the sphagnum moss that they were laid in, so they'll stay nice and moist and warm.)
Spectre had a long, long drink then looked up at me, and I swear she had a tired smile on her face. This is her second clutch this year; the first has just hatched, 18 big happy babies from 22 eggs. She seems to have had 7, all of which look good.
Lucy appears to have produced 29, of which 28 look superb. I'll run them up to the shop tomorrow, get them in the incubator. I took a couple of pics on my phone, which I shall put here when I get round to downloading them.
I am so damn excited!