My First Jungles

[MarkAus]

Hi Guys, just hatched out my first jungles 1 day ago, very exciting believe me.

Here one is coming out of the egg, you and see its eggtooth.
http://www.aussiepythons.com/albums/jungleinc/DSCN0241.jpg

here they all are getting to know each other, strange how they all congregate in a ball.
http://www.aussiepythons.com/albums/jungleinc/DSCN0261.jpg

Here is my favourite one pattern wise, she has lots of bands .Only one day old and she bit me already!

http://www.aussiepythons.com/albums/jungleinc/DSCN0272.jpg

Jeff Favelle, if you are reading this, this is the male you said with some more generations would produce some nice jungles.hopefully all his offspring above will do him proud.
http://www.aussiepythons.com/albums/jungleinc/male.jpg

cheers
sorry about too many pictures!

[foman]

Congrats, How many babies did you get?

[Derrick]

congrats on the babies. whats the mother look like?

[Jeff_Favelle]

Awesome Mark!! You rock! There's quite a few killer babies in that clutch! You lucky dog!

:D

P.S. Post pics when they have their 1st sheds! I can't wait to see!

[marisa]

Look at that nice one with the "pinkish/orange" sides!!! Will it hopefully stay that color? I don't know anything about carpets... That one looks awesome though! Congrats.

Marisa

[morph]

Congrats man they look awesome!!!!!


Scott

[Tim_Cranwill]

Congratulations! It must be a good feeling. :)

[emroul]

That's awesome! Is that from breeding THIS season? Or late comers from last season. Holy cow! LOL :)

They're all lookin' great, and you have to get pictures of them after they shed. Cute 'lil buggers.. :)

Jennifer

[emroul]

Oh, and there's never enough pictures, LOL. :)

[Clownfishie]

Congrats Mark! :D Can't wait to see those guys after they have their first shed... Dad's definitely got some great colour on him!

[Jeff_Favelle]

Emroul, Mark is from Australia, so the season's are reversed. Its normal to get eggs now (actually a bit late) for herps Down Under.

Marisa, the pink ones are usually the ones with the least-developed/absorbed yolk sacs. After a while, it goes away.

Mark, I can't wait until those screamers shed!!! They are gonna be dope! :D

[MarkAus]

Hi Guys, my jungles all thank you for your compliments. Cant wait till they have had a few sheds, hopefully will be half as nice as Jeffs! Will post pics when they shed. And yep im in Australia and around now is hatching time for carpets, blackheads and womas usually are a month or 2 earlier.

cheers
Mark

[marisa]

Marisa, the pink ones are usually the ones with the least-developed/absorbed yolk sacs. After a while, it goes away.

Wow that's odd and interesting. Thanks Jeff!
Learn something new everyday.

Marisa

[ranmasatome]

Sweet pics mark...Hook me up when i get there..:)...

[Mardy]

Great going, Mark all the best.

Mardy

[Jeff_Favelle]

Hey mark, there's one in the top right of the mass-picture that looks to be a trophy baby as well!! I can't wait for the next 10 days when your little dudes shed out man!! Make sure to post some pics!

We're very lucky to have some Aussie herpers on this board!! I'm glad Mark is here! :D

[MarkAus]

Thanks guys, i feel so important!LOL.

Jeff i have no idea which ones i should hold back. What do you look for which picking holdbacks.I just choose pattern, but is there a certain thing you are looking at when you pick for colour even though they havent shed.

Here is a werid one that came out different than the rest, has a blotchy colour to it.
http://www.moreliapythons.com/gallery/data/500/131dscn0266.jpg

[Yness]

nifty...i wish i could spend a week in person with some of you experienced people....i feel like a little grasshopper

[Jeff_Favelle]

Mark, I go with the LEAST amount of black on the head and the cleanest colors (jet black, and nice white, as there's no yellows on the babies). The tanned ones usually don't yellow up as nice.

Also, any cool patterns you see/like are also game. Its all really personal preference! That's what makes it so great!!

But you can't go wrong with ANY of those. They look great man! :D

[Simon]

Hey
congrats!
Nice looking bunch there!
I can't wait for the summer when we get our eggs to start hatching and then you'll see tons of hatchlings photos!

Nice looking bunch~
just keep all of them they're all great looking

[BoidKeeper]

Awesome congrats!
Cheers,
Trevor

[JDouglas]

Congrats, those guys look great. I have a few questions...

How many in the clutch?
Did they all hatch?
What temps did you incubate at?
How many days?

Thanks for sharing!

[MarkAus]

Thanks guys!

16 in the clutch.
All hatched
32 degrees, but it fluctuated from 31 to 33
took 59 days

I dont think incubating is as hard as it is made out to be. I just got a fridge, put a ceramic in the bottom with a fan on it. Got a thermostat that was about $30usd put that in and wahlah! So far it has hatched out 26 out of 27 eggs in total.

cheers

[MarkAus]

Here is a pic of my incubator. Took about 45 minutes to put together
http://www.aussiepythons.com/albums/jungleinc/PB160001_001.sized.jpg

[WJLeary]

Congrats, Mark! That's a great looking clutch. You should be evry proud!

[JDouglas]

Hey thanks for the info and the pic of the incubator. I have a female now who is very pregnant and this is my first time also so any info is helpful!

Thanks again,
Jaremy

[MarkAus]

No Worry JD, i had 1 part vermiculite to 1 part water, in a egg container with no air holes. The only thing i would do next time is to maybe start with probably 1 part vermiciulite to 0.8 part water. I had a bit too much condensation to the point where water was dripping onto the eggs, but i just wiped it off with a tissue till i found a right medium thanks to Jeffs help. I was a bit nervous about seperating the eggs, after just 30minutes they were fully stuck and i tried to seperate but they looked like they were gonna rip. So i just chucked the eggs straight into the vericulite, half buried half not buried. Seemed to work well enough. Good luck with your future eggs, you will love it, take my word for it!

[Morelia Freak]

great pictures !! Hope to have a nice clutch next year !