Parias mcgregori, first attempt

In order not to interrupt Mario's story (i think the story is'nt finished and he will tell us a something more about his successful breedings), I'm opening a new Thread for my own breeding "experiments".

First 2 pictures showing pre-mating behaviour; I never had the luck to catch'em in copula, they must have done it in the early hours after midnight and pretty quick.

Parias mcgregori, first attempt Mcgp10

In the beginning of July, I found my yellow female "sitting" on a small clutch of small, infertile eggs.
That's it for the breeding season 2007, I thought, the snakes still too young, to small, and to late already in the middle of the year.
Two weeks later, I found this in the morning:

Parias mcgregori, first attempt Mcge10

Getting eggs that soon from a species known as almost impossible to breed did not allow me to stay easeful, and the result was a big mistake; in order to prevent the eggs from "drying out" and getting wizened, I used too much moisture. Two weeks later, everything was over, all of the 4 eggs rotten and myself near to suizide!
Cutting off the eggs, 3 of'em were found to be infertile, the last one containing a small enbryo. Maybe it was a bit too early to breed these guys.
At this time, mating season is running again, and there's a new hope for the first real breeding of this species outside the Philippines.

Here's a picture of my mcgregori cage, a group of 2,3 is living in here. To the left on the bottom one can see the breeding female.

Parias mcgregori, first attempt Mcgt10

Greetings from Austria
Peter

Nice animal, nice setup and a very interesting story!

Jan

An interesting thread indeed. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, Jan, I hope the story will continue soon and with better results.
One of the females (yellow) seems to be gravid already.
Cheers
Peter

nothing beats seeing the ladies with eggs! goodluck with them! Very Happy

Best whishes from Switzerland, it's an amazing species and I really that that you will succeed with breeding them as soon - would be an honour to see them live at your place.

By the way: Maybe I can organise it to visit you this year, would be great to meet you and your amazing collection of awsome snakes Cool

Cheers and take care
Marco

Doesn't look bad this year with my yellow tiger female.
Parias mcgregori, first attempt Mcgfet10

Peter

ill cross my finger for his peter..

its about time, somebody else is breeding them beside me...
ill attach a picture of a hatching baby, so you can see - how it looks like and you have somethings to look forward to... she is very gravid, your little tigress!

Parias mcgregori, first attempt Mcgreg12

Parias mcgregori, first attempt Mcgreg12

is that cute, or what?

cheers
Mario

@Bossing Mario - Totally speechless for that hatching hatchling! Smile

@Peter - Best of luck! Wink

Incredible snakes, I never get tired of looking at these beauties.
The hatching pic is awesome. I can't imagine how it feels to witness that live...

Guest

I just wish we could get them here in the states. Have seen one pair in ten years.

Congrats Peter, that looks very promising.

Guest

Peter, any updates?

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