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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Snakesitter[/i] [br]This month Living Gems gives a mid-season update on its breeding progress. We have four pairs and one trio this season, for a total of six possible litters. We are covering two females each week over three weeks; this is the last post in the series. [i]Prometheus-Spessartine[/i] Fifth up is the Prometheus-Spessartine pair. Both parents were born in 2009, and neither has had a litter before. The female weighed 1875 grams at the start of the season. Notably, the introduction for this pairing was rocky. Spessartine treated Prometheus and his interest more like a hostile invasion than a potential mate: there was massive pushing and shoving of each other and furnishings at first, which slowly calmed down over the course of an hour. I came very close to separating them, only to see it calm down and keep a wary eye on the situation for the next few days. Destroyed Viv (December) [img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8118/8711782829_62ef5f9071_z.jpg[/img] (but) Shared Hide (January) [img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8260/8712908982_4ddf7e0c29_z.jpg[/img] Progress so far is as follows: 1218 Introductions (late, to give them more time to bulk up) 1218 Hostile reception: he followed her around, but she had none of it 1221 Entire viv littered with rumpled paper and urate trails (even water bowl edge and viv door) 0111 Some courting/chasing after evening cleaning 0114 First shared hide, contact unclear 0119 Scattered urates, shoved furniture 0121 Both snakes very actively exploring enclosure 0212 Courting – following, head rubbing, etc 0214 More courting 0220 More courting 0310 More courting 0310 Shared hide, clear tail wrap 0311 Shared hide, clear tail wrap 0314 More courting 0405 More courting 0427 Spessartine begins lying on heat 0430 Spessartine stops lying on heat 0505 Spessartine lying on heat again 0509 Spessartine off heat again 0511 Spessartine in hide, which is on hot end of viv 0520 Spessartine lying on side on heat 0523 Spessartine off heat again 0525 Spessartine in hide again (79F) 0528 Spessartine in hide 0605 Spessartine in hide Hugging the Heat (May) [img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/8774199619_b3b37bccbf_z.jpg[/img] For an affair that began so dubiously, this one seems to have turned possible. As of now, Spessartine has been bred and shown *some* signs of seeking heat. Her weight has hit 1976, an increase of over 100 grams. She is, however, not seeking heat consistently, and is still feeding. Status: leaning gravid. [i]Hades-Carnelian[/i] Sixth and last up is the Hades-Carnelian pair. Both parents were born in 2009, and neither has had a litter before. The female weighed 1890 grams at the start of the season. As with the pairing above, the introduction for this pair was rocky. There was massive pushing and shoving of each other and furnishings, which slowly calmed down over the course of an hour. Again, I came very close to separating them. Destroyed Viv (December) [img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8271/8712861816_fae37962c3_z.jpg[/img] (but) Cute Moment (January) [img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8413/8711734215_ba51cf7d36_z.jpg[/img] Progress so far is as follows: 1218 Introductions (late, to give them more time to bulk up) 1218 Hostile reception, after which she hid in a corner behind her hide 1221 Entire viv littered with rumpled paper and urate trails (even water bowl edge and viv door) 0111 First shared hide, he on top of her but contact unclear 0119 Scattered urates 0517 Carnelian looks swollen during weekly cleaning? 0523 Carnelian on cool side of viv (73-74F) 0528 Carnelian on cool side of viv 0605 Carnelian in hide There was additional hide and water sharing several times, but no confirmed locks that I witnessed. However…. Recent Hope? (May) [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/8752461404_129f2d6b4e_z.jpg[/img] Until mid May, this one was not looking good, with few if any signs of courtship, breeding, or pregnancy. However, there was a recent hopeful sign, as captured in the final photo. That said, Carnelian’s female’s weight has dropped to 1855, which is a very slight loss (about two percent), she is still feeding, and she has not been hugging heat. Status: uncertain. Thank you for reading, [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.