Pastel Mojave and Axanthics

I was looking thru my blog tags to see if I had posted any Pastel Mojaves, and to my shame and dismay, this year, with my pride in hatching the Pastel Super Mojaves, I have been shirking my Pastel Mojave photo taking.

So in my shame, I took a picture of the last available female Pastel Mojave of the season.

She's pretty hot.

And then, I cleaned (well, I was cleaning while taking pictures) and I took out the Pastel Axanthic and I thought to myself... "Heather, you haven't taken many pictures of this girl either..."

So I did.

And then I got to thinking, Axanthics are a pain to photograph, as I mentioned yesterday as well. I like to think I get some good colors out of the photos I do take, although some days are better than others.

Above, however, I think I got the good shades of greys and yellowish tinty-ness in the picture, true to the animal itself.

AND THEN I thought, well hell, I haven't taken any Red Axanthic photos in a while either.

So I pulled this guy out from where he was staying with his girlfriend, and I took a couple shots.
Over the last six months, he has changed a lot in terms of the colors, and he is now officially Red.

He is still Axanthic-like, but not grey at all.

I have intentions of elaborating on this soon with side by side photos.

But in the case of yesterday, I was too busy cleaning to stop and take more photos.

So everyone is clean, feeding day tomorrow, and things are working towards the end goal. I palpated a few females, felt a few follicles, things are on the right track.


Have a great day, my friends.

HAPPY MARCH!

Bleh on waiting

Black Pewter

 I am waiting.

Waiting on eggs to be laid, waiting on eggs to hatch, waiting waiting waiting.

This time of year is especially tedious, considering there are many breeders and hobbyists out there already hatching their 7th clutch or something, while I am waiting for my number one. 

Although I shouldn't complain, really. I know other people that are waiting for their first clutch to even be laid...

I know, I know... 

But one incubator is completely full, and the other is waiting for more, and I am waiting and checking in tubs and annoying my snakes.

Pastel Mojave

So what to do while waiting? 

Take requests for photos, and blog topics and sit on my hands and rock back and forth. 

Well, not quite, but idle hands are the devil's playground, and I honestly should not be associating with anyone from The Underworld right now. It's just not kosher...

So I am going to clean like I have never cleaned before, and prepare myself for some interesting clutches and babies and fun things to happen. 

YAY!

But until then, I am going to ramble on. 

And share random pictures of my snakes.

Have a great day, my friends. 

Pied

Photo fun time!

Photo fun time, because I'm not sure what to touch on today.

Here are a few pictures I have taken over this week. 

This is my holdback Pastel Het Red Axanthic. I really like the pattern on these guys, and although they darken up the Pastel with the Het Red characteristics, I really think this combination is pretty awesome in its own less impressive way. 

The yellows turn a nice deep gold, darker than the bright lemons that you would see typically in Pastels.

 Speaking of bright yellows, this is my Pastel Mojave, with lots of bright yellows and side blushing. I also love the pattern typical to Mojaves, the floating circles and weird alien heads... and those curly-cues on the spine? Yeah, this one is a hottie.

And again, bright yellows.. but this time, deep oranges and purple tinges. Caramels are absolutely GORGEOUS, and I love this one too.  They only get better with age as well, so this guy is going to be stunning. They also have red pupils, which is super cool.

 And one of my Axanthics, those in which I am very proud. Axanthics are very hard to get correct colors in photos, and this one I didn't get perfect, but it is close enough, I suppose.

And this one is my Pastel Orange Ghost, and I love this morph! So much to be done with it, and so cool looking to boot! Hypos are awesome, and I have finally gotten a decent group of them together. I'm pretty happy with that, but to have them all ready to breed would be fantastic. 

Until then, I can plan and play around like I do every year. 

 

And of course, I'm sure you do too with your own collections. 

Have a fantastic weekend, my friends!!!

One of these is not like the others

For the past couple of days, it has been photographs. I have been having a good time with my camera, and I have been enjoying my new babies.

Now to tie all of my photos together, I have to be clever. I talk about colors, patterns, specific morphs and their combos. 

And I am going to do it again today. 

It's Friday, so I was thinking about doing something cool... Maybe have a hunt for the morphs that tie things together. 

So this blog was born.

Above is the Pastel Pied. He is a cutie patootie, as well as being an awesome looking morph as well.

Below is the Super Pastel Lesser Male. VERY yellow, as I discussed in a previous blog. 

 And this guy below?

This is my Pastave holdback girl. Pastel Mojave for the win!

Gotta love that morph, seriously. 

But Wait... What's this? Does this tie in with anything else?

At first glance, it looks like a Pewter. That's a Cinnamon Pastel, right?

So everything on the blog has Pastel in it, right?

Well, no.

This is the Black Pastel Lesser, which technically, if you want to be a smart-ass, has "pastel" in it due to the name.
I'm sorry, but that doesn't count.

 

This gal right here doesn't count for the Pastels that have been previously shown, and this one is not like the others. 

YAY!

Did you like that tie in?

 

Yeah, I'm good. 

HAH!

I hope you enjoyed the photos, and I will be back with more on Monday.

Have a fantastic weekend, my friends.

Post shed goodness

Finally, the last few clutches have shed out.. There are a few more, but these guys have captured my attention.

I LOVE THESE GUYS.

Hypos in many shades... Hypo male first, Honeybee male second, Pastel Hypo female last but not least.

I really like the Honeybee. I have never had a chance to really admire one before, so I did so very much with the camera today.

He is so awesomely frosted... I am really really liking him! Maybe his name shall be Frosty?

And a few versions of Crystals

Pastel Mojave, Pastel Crystal, and Crystal, respectively. I do plan on doing another Special blog, so stay tuned! I am doing this blog very slowly thru tethering, so photos are taking forever.. which means the Special blog will have to happen when I have more internet.

Head colors up close and personal, kinda... I love the blue eyes and the yellow face stripe. Gotta love them.

So that's all for now, but I will be getting into more interesting topics again soon.

Have a fantastic day, my friends.