{"id":106,"date":"2021-06-18T22:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2021-09-21T00:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T00:50:53","slug":"2021-breeding-plans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/?page_id=106","title":{"rendered":"2021 Breeding &#8211; Eggs and Babies!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greetings and Salutations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have currently have 4 female Western Hognose (Heterodon nasicus) of breeding age and size. We have high hopes for this year, and will update on the successes and disappointments as they fall out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First off, Agrias. Our oldest female, and who took half a decade to get to a safe size to breed, we paired her with Shippo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"http:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210227_072927-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So far Agrias has produced one clutch! Though sadly the eggs did not make it. She had a little difficulty with the last egg, so we did not reintroduce Shippo, but we&#8217;re watching and feeding for a second clutch regardless. Currently, she has shed within the time frame that might indicate it was a second pre-lay shed. So we&#8217;re on tenterhooks to see if there will be more eggs or not in the next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210406_074732-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210406_074732-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210406_074732-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210406_074732-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210406_074732-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210406_074732-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210406_074732-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next Up, Sheik we paired with Tomba,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/8DE0AF6A-494F-41B5-8106-F769E5220F32-577x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/8DE0AF6A-494F-41B5-8106-F769E5220F32-577x1024.png 577w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/8DE0AF6A-494F-41B5-8106-F769E5220F32-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/8DE0AF6A-494F-41B5-8106-F769E5220F32.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She produced her first clutch right on Easter Weekend! (very exciting!) about half of the clutch made it to hatching, and the lovely half a dozen babies they produced proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that both parents were Het for Toffeebelly as advertized!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Resized_20210411_175543-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Resized_20210411_175543-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Resized_20210411_175543-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Resized_20210411_175543-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Resized_20210411_175543-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Resized_20210411_175543-1-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Resized_20210411_175543-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently she has shed within the time frame that might indicate a pre-lay shed, so we&#8217;re waiting and checking to see if there will be more eggs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210604_210619-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210604_210619-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210604_210619-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210604_210619-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210604_210619-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210604_210619-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210604_210619-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirdly, Ginger, one of our newer adult females, was also paired with Shippo, and for a while we thought we must have missed her window, but she&#8217;s looking very gravid at the moment! Has not gone into pre-lay shed as of yet&#8230; but her rapid weight gain and what palpations we&#8217;ve done would seem to indicate gravidity. I guess time will tell!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, we acquired a proven female breeder Mary Ann, also paired with Shippo, (he&#8217;s quite the lil&#8217; stud).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210401_204829-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" width=\"609\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210401_204829-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210401_204829-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210401_204829-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210401_204829-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210401_204829-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210401_204829-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> She has successfully laid our largest clutch so far, and all fertile to boot! All the eggs currently look fantastic! So we&#8217;re feeding her back up and gave her a bit more time with her boyfriend to see if she&#8217;s up to a second batch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"653\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MaryAnn-eggs2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MaryAnn-eggs2021-1.jpg 653w, https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MaryAnn-eggs2021-1-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Ann did in fact double clutch! though only one of the eggs was fertile. Still! Thrilling news!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Salutations! We have currently have 4 female Western Hognose (Heterodon nasicus) of breeding age and size. We have high hopes for this year, and will update on the successes and disappointments as they fall out. First off, Agrias. Our oldest female, and who took half a decade to get to a safe size&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/?page_id=106\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2021 Breeding &#8211; Eggs and Babies!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652,"href":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stardragonherps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}