Hello Everyone!
Sean wrote the following post below and I just wanted to share it with the Redtailboa community because I think the information might be helpful to some out there...
Hello everyone,
I hope to share not only some killer new babies with you guys but perhaps a technique (or product) that may change all of our lives.
Have you ever had an egg develop a grayish colored window that began to "sweat"?!? I know that I have! Nearly every time this has happened to an egg in our collection, it was lost. The egg seems to sweat and get gradually worse as the gray "wet spot" expands across the shell. Mold begins to grow on this area and the egg seems to melt away to nothing? Sound familiar? I think we may have found a solution.
Upon losing an entire clutch of Spider x Normal eggs (5 out of 7 to be exact) I brainstormed (maybe a little dangerous in itself!) I tried to think of a way to "seal" the egg back up. I knew I needed something water resistant, non-toxic and somewhat antiseptic. I thought about this great product called liquid bandage! During a horrid trip to the local Wal-Mart (most certainly Satan's lair) I picked up a box of Band-Aid Brand Liqiud Bandage. When I got back to the facility I spread it all over the perishing Spider clutch. I saw that it discolored the eggs slightly at first but after about 24 hours I noticed a few of the eggs not getting any worse. 5 of the eggs were completely destroyed before the Bandage could take effect but two remained. This all happened within 2 days of the deposition of the eggs, roughly 55-58 days prior to hatching. The last two eggs hung on throughout the rest of their incubation period and hatched. One Spider and one normal both of which were approximately 25 grams each hatched. The normal died shortly after but the Spider, although slightly distorted is doing fine.
At that point I was fairly disappointed that my Liquid Bandage had not done anything but saved an already doomed snake. I was upset but thrilled that I had gotten my first clutch from my Pinstripe x Normal which was 12 beautiful eggs. Another bad thing happens... a few days after deposition the egg on top developed a gray sweaty spot!! In a panic I used the liquid bandage to coat that small area of gray color and crossed my fingers. A few days later that spot turned white again. Upon candling this clutch at about 35 days into incubation I was thankful.... that egg was a PINSTRIPE egg.
I then had a clutch of 9 eggs from my Clown x Normal... wet spot... Band-Aid... white spot again! Followed by another wet spot on a Pied x PH Pied egg... wet spot... Band-Aid... white spot again! I think I caught them! The Band-Aid works! I shared this information with a couple of my customers and they tried it and it worked the same way for them. So I lost the Spider clutch
BUT the Pinstripe was saved!
While we don't know exactly what may cause these "wet spots" that seem to sweat our babies away, we may be able to save them with a little Liquid Bandage!
Now what does one do with this sort of information? I don't know what you would do but I know how we are and we are all about sharing our "tips and tricks" with everyone! I think that this may be a valuable product for all of us to keep nearby. In the spirit of this great business I bring you this story. Perhaps someone else may have used a similar product in a similar fashion but I never heard about it!
The male Pinstripe, affectionately named "Band-Aid" will remain in the BPM Collection and he was brought into this world care of Johnson and Johnson and their Band-Aid brand Liquid Bandage!
He entered this world alongside his 4.3 Pinstripe and 2.2 Normal Siblings in one of the most beautiful and amazing clutches of snakes ever to hatch here at Exotics by Nature!
Here are a few photos...
Our "Baid-Aid" Boy...
2 of his GORGEOUS brothers...
The greatest clutch we've ever had...
At this time I would like to thank B.H.B. Enterprises for the chance to work with the Pinstripe Project (Thanks a TON Brian and Lori!) Also thanks to Johnson & Johnson for their pioneering home medical products!
Finally thanks to all of you for reading this! I hope it helps someone save a cool snake!
Good Luck to Everyone!
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