Python Passion Clutch 12-2 Normal X Pastel

[SnakeGirl3]

Python Passion's second clutch of 2012

Female (our lightest-colored normal, ~3,300 grams):

Male (our super-bright pastel male):

Breeding:

Ovulation (3-10-2012):

Laying Eggs (5-17-2012):

Eggs Laid:

10 healthy eggs! My biggest clutch to date! This girl normally gives me 7, so 10 was quite a nice surprise.

Eggs moved to egg box; I wasn't sure if they were all going to fit in one box! LOL

 

[KY Reptiles]

Congrats on the eggs!

 

[R. Eventide]

Wow, nice big clutch, there! Congrats!

 

[SnakeGirl3]

Thanks much! These are due to hatch aroun the 11th of July, so not too much time left! LOL I candled them yesterday (Day 35), and I can see some pattern in some of them. With pastels, though, it's hard to tell what's pastel and what's normal through an eggshell. I'll probably just have to wait until they hatch to see what I've got; my flashlight is an LED, but it isn't a super-strong one.

 

[SnakeGirl3]

Babies are here!

First Pip, Day 55:

5 out of 10 open (yes, I let all pip on their own--I do not cut):

All 10 open:

Pipping Pics:

 

[bxjoon]

life is a beautiful thing

 

[SnakeGirl3]

Clutch Shot (3.3 Normals, 2.2 Pastels):

Individual Baby Pics (and the gold striping on mom and dad really paid off for this clutch! ):
Normal Males:
#1:

#2:

#3:

Normal Females:
#1:

#2:

#3:

Pastel Males:
#1:

#2:

Pastel Females:
#1:

#2:

 

[jack2682]

killer pics! Congrats on the huge healthy clutch. Pastel female #1 is a looker!

 

[R. Eventide]

Congrats on a huge, healthy clutch of babies!

 

[SnakeGirl3]

Thanks much guys! My favorites in the clutch are Male Pastel #1, Female Pastel #1, and Normal Female #3. Not planning to hold any back though--just don't have the space (and concentrating on other projects at the moment). My main goal here was to see if the sire passed on his nice, bright genes . . . and apparently he does. So he'll be used in other projects later down the road, but paired with some morph ladies. LOL Just attempting to get a good look at his single-gene offspring, to see what he specifically was gonna pass on (not what a morph female might enhance).

 

[SnakeGirl3]

I should clarify: I do have space for the hatchlings, and even space if they obtain a bit of size before I'm able to sell them. Just don't have space long-term for adults, and they don't work into my other breeding projects later.