pamnsam94
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What a relief! 
They're finally hatching just 2 days short of 5 months. The clutch was laid on 2/21/13. Only 21 eggs were laid, out of which 19 looked good. Two went bad within a week. A third one went bad after 3 months. After opening up that one, I saw that there was only a small area of red. The egg was mostly yolk. The small area of vascularization let me know that at least some of the eggs were fertilized, but I was concerned about whether any of the eggs would hatch after that one went bad. I knew some melleri have been reported to hatch around 4 months and I've been watching them extra closely slightly before then. Just like my quads, they took right around 5 months. I wouldn't have wanted to wait much longer. I consider myself a pretty patient person, but I'd have to put the anticipation out of my mind for a while should I ever decide to work with species that take much longer to hatch.
The first two pics are of the first (and only so far) baby out. It is so hot and muggy here (feels like I'm under a hot, wet blanket) that as soon as I went outside to take pics, my camera fogged up (the reason for the blurry pics). Other eggs have shrunk and slit so hopefully, they'll be strong enough to make it out too. The third photo is of one of two eggs where the mouth is clearly visible.
Perry
They're finally hatching just 2 days short of 5 months. The clutch was laid on 2/21/13. Only 21 eggs were laid, out of which 19 looked good. Two went bad within a week. A third one went bad after 3 months. After opening up that one, I saw that there was only a small area of red. The egg was mostly yolk. The small area of vascularization let me know that at least some of the eggs were fertilized, but I was concerned about whether any of the eggs would hatch after that one went bad. I knew some melleri have been reported to hatch around 4 months and I've been watching them extra closely slightly before then. Just like my quads, they took right around 5 months. I wouldn't have wanted to wait much longer. I consider myself a pretty patient person, but I'd have to put the anticipation out of my mind for a while should I ever decide to work with species that take much longer to hatch. The first two pics are of the first (and only so far) baby out. It is so hot and muggy here (feels like I'm under a hot, wet blanket) that as soon as I went outside to take pics, my camera fogged up (the reason for the blurry pics). Other eggs have shrunk and slit so hopefully, they'll be strong enough to make it out too. The third photo is of one of two eggs where the mouth is clearly visible.
Perry
