A wonderful surprise!!

[T&KBrouse]

After a week of her being sealed up in her hiding spot, I came home to find this! :main_thumbsup:

Momma G. pulchra with her egg sack

 

[RepBex]

are they fertile ?

 

[T&KBrouse]

Looks to be! She was bred a while back and shes still tending them and rolling them around. *keeping our fingers crossed*

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

You better grab a couple hundred viles! :main_evilgrin: Congrats!

 

[T&KBrouse]

LOL! Yeah, I heard. Somewhere in the neighborhood of about 200 slings?

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

That is a pretty big number, but 120-140 isn't uncommon!

 

[MischiefManaged]

Oh my gosh! Congratulations on the egg sac! I have read that G. pulchras can be very difficult to breed successfully so that is really wonderful! I have two Brazilian Blacks myself, but they are only about the size of a quarter/half dollar. I have had them since '05-'06 when they were both slings. They grow so slow but it sure is worth it to have a jet-black beauty like the one you have. Congrats again!

 

[Halley]

sweet!

 

[T&KBrouse]

Thanks!
I've heard of them being difficult mothers, but thank goodness, shes doing wonderfully so far!:main_thumbsup:

 

[MischiefManaged]

Thanks!
I've heard of them being difficult mothers, but thank goodness, shes doing wonderfully so far!:main_thumbsup:

That is so awesome...please keep us updated and I can't wait to see pics of the slings! :daisy:

 

[T&KBrouse]

Most definitely!
Due date is set for September 12th!

 

[MischiefManaged]

*waits patiently*

 

[T&KBrouse]

Sorry, Nikki... I forgot to post an update.

Wish I had some good news. A couple days before we were to take out the eggs, mama pulchra started loosing her mind. She tucked the eggs into a corner and started destroying her enclosure. We went ahead and pulled the eggs, opened it up and found this:

Not a single live nymph in the bunch.
There was somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 eggs that were stuck together.
It was just very strange as she was guarding them as if they were good eggs.

Sorry for the bad news. I was really looking forward to sharing some pulchra slings with everyone.