YAY! Second to Last Clutch

Well, here I was, Thanksgiving Evening, cleaning snakes... and I find this. 

This female is the second to last female to lay for me for the season. She is a proven Het Pied female bred to a Pied male. I am pretty excited about this, considering I need a few more Pied things to take hold over here. Plus hatching Pieds are always fun!

And of course, since I have family in town, it was that much more exciting to share this experience. And wait for said family to take a million pictures of the event.

And piss off the mother more so than usual...

But eventually, we got the photos taken and the eggs put in a box.

Seven good ones, my friends! I can't wait to see what pops out!

Here's to New Years Babies!

Have a great holiday weekend, my friends!

WOW!

I absolutely loved the feedback I got over the weekend in regards to the post about the Industry.

I really do appreciate all e-mails and messages I get in regards to the blog...

So I will try and get more hot topics on the blog. Everyone has their opinions, and I want to hear what you think about things too!

And to top it all off, my friends, the last two clutches of the 2010 season are hatching as we speak!

This clutch is Pied to poss het, and she did not prove. Two out of the five are pipping, as well as when I cut them earlier, I knew they were all hets, and no pieds... That's alright!

 Aren't they just too cute??

This clutch is the other Pied to poss het clutch, which DID prove out, as you cannot see in this photo, but let me let you in on a little secret... That one egg that is cut was the only one I cut in that clutch. In there, in that one cut egg, is a Pied. So I didn't cut any others...

Why not? Well, you can clearly see that there are a few bad eggs in the clutch, so I didn't want to expose any other embryos to contamination, although it is more than likely fine, I just didn't feel the need to do it.

So lets wait for another few days, and see what we have popping out of 2010, shall we?

I can't wait!

Have a fantastic day, my friends!!!

Well, its a start...

Luck is turning around, somewhat...

Things are hatching, and although they are all BOYS, it seems to be a good thing finally for what I am interested in.

Surprisingly, I have had half clutches hatching out with other clutches a day or two apart, so this will be interesting to say the least. 

Yes, again I was impatient, but this is one of the bigger things I was waiting on this year...

Introducing, the Pastel Pied.

Why yes, I did open the egg a little bit, and yes, I did try and sex it in the egg. So far, as it seems, it is a BOY.

THIS IS A GOOD THING.

YAY!!!

But, here are a few other hatchmates, and they are also ALL BOYS.

A little washed out to say the least, but two Regular poss hets, and a pastel 66% poss het Pied. ALL MALES.

I don't know what happened to me this season so far. I got bit by the boy bug.

Come on, odds... Be nice to me, please.

But as I mentioned before, the other snakes are also hatching from the clutch that got laid the day after.

And this is the only thing that has come out so far..

Welcome to life, Super Pastel Lesser BOY.

Yes, he's a boy, and again, I'm not too upset about it.

I am willing to work with it. I really am.

He is also pretty darn hot...

I'm happy with him!

So hopefully I will be able to show off the rest of their clutches tomorrow or so. We shall see when they decide to pop out.

We are also waiting on a clutch of failed proving out of a Poss Het Female Genetic Stripe, so a whole bunch of Het Genetic Stripes are due to come out any day now as well.

Things are popping out, and I can't wait to see what else is in there.

Have a great day, my friends.