Irish Jaguar project

I've been up to something lately and its not quite Celtic Tiger, more like Irish Jaguar LOL......this is a pairing I've been dying to try for ages now, and was finally able to make it happen this year.

Once again my big female Coastal carpet python (Sheila, below) was showing signs of ovulating earlier in the year
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So I turned my attention to my male Jaguar carpet python (Mac) to see if he would do the job
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Initially I was a tad apprehensive as he's a fraction of the size of Sheila, and they had never met before, so during initial introductions I kept a close eye
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It turns out they were rather fond of each other
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(his spur can just about be seen in the photo above, tickling Sheila's back)
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Tail wrapping

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Basking together

Within a few days mating was observed on and off
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Soon Sheila began to swell and it seemed Mac had done the job. A lot of basking and restlessness later, Sheila finally laid her eggs this morning
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She laid 32 eggs which consisted of 1 infertile and 31 fertiles, of which 30 look perfect and 1 a little dodgy. While this isn't her largest clutch of eggs, it is the largest number of fertile eggs per clutch she has laid, so I'm over the moon.
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Now the long wait and daily peeks into the incubator!
Sheila is still in her brooding mode, coiled in her hide and giving body contractions every now and then
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exellent news Karl.
That male Jag is awsome looking
How long do Carpet python eggs incubate for?

Thanks Phil

Coastal eggs usually hatch in the 60-65 day range, although mine have gone a little longer in the past. Anything up to ~80 days is within the normal incubation range for these guys.

do you try to seperate the eggs or leave them clumped together?
Whats the going rate for Jags at the minute?

Personally I prefer to separate the eggs out for incubation, but some good friends of mine in Germany leave them in a clump and incubate them that way. Its down to personal preference as either method gives good hatch rates.

The prices of Jags vary as much as the trait itself varies - there are many 'types' of Jags, for example Hypo, Red Hypo, Super Hypo, Ornate, Banded, High Contrast etc. and the prices of each type vary hugely depending on looks and parentage. The 'normal' looking Coastal siblings that also result from a Jag x wild type Coastal pairing also vary a great deal, so again these are priced accordingly. With Jags and Jag siblings it really is a case of getting what you pay for.

If you want specific prices for what might hatch out here, drop me a wee PM.

Thats more like it. Back to your egg layers.

Great news. Looking forward to seeing fresh jaguars hatching soon.

Warren

Warren_Booth wrote:Thats more like it. Back to your egg layers.

Great news. Looking forward to seeing fresh jaguars hatching soon.

Warren

Oh you know me Warren, the Morelia are my big thing but I like to try a bit of everything. I have to say that between egg layers and livebearers, the latter are easier as the female does the hard work of temperature monitoring while the young develop (as long as she has a temp gradient to work with that is). That said, seeing a clutch of freshly laid eggs is a nice thing to come home too and the wait for hatching is always well worth it.

Wow hoo Karl, well done!

I remember when I was over at yours a while back you had those two in together. She made him look like a yearling! I'm glad the pairing turned out well for you.

Nice Karl , super news buddy

Whats the usual clutch size for these guys ?