Frustrations

There are plenty of times in life where you run into a bunch of frustrations..

And I am in the middle of it.

Here we have the heat cords that I had to purchase to replace the heat cords that either went dead (cold) and/or got chewed up by a renegade rat.

Now I need to go into the room and move everything around to get the new heat cords working, as well as moving the animals around themselves. ARGH!

These are the days I am reminded how much I love my critters, cause some days it is a lot of work!

And on top of that, I am not getting much in terms of locks right now, which concerns me for the season. I'm going to be moving the males around to see if something else picks up, but right now, I'm a little worried.

Above is the only lock I caught while with the camera. Black Pastel and Spider Mojave...

But there is always a good thing to look forward to in all of this.

I got to play with my Balls.

HAH!!

And I took a photos of a new pair of animals I've had hiding.

You know how I always talk about the power of double hets?
Well, here is a new pair that I have.

What are they?

Double het VPI Axanthic Pieds.

YAY!!!

Thanks to Sam at GBU Enterprises for these beauties!

Male on the left, female on the right. Yeah, they look normal, but OH THE POSSIBILITIES!
I'm excited.

It's stuff like this and the feelings I get that get me thru some of the days of frustration.

So when in doubt, when things are getting you down, play with your Balls.

Have a fantastic day, my friends!

Everyone is in Shed

I was taking photos a few days ago, and it seemed like everyone smaller was in shed.  The trio above was not all in shed, but one of the females was. This is my trio of double het Albino Pieds. I am taking the longer route in terms of creating and using my own double hets, but I have to say I think it will absolutely be worth the wait in the long run. 

I love Albino Pieds, so it will be a great joy to hatch them out from my own visuals. 

The female in the top left was in shed, and the others were not. But the more I looked at, the more I found critters that were in shed. 

It is very difficult sometimes to identify morphs when they are in shed. The bumblebee was in shed and blue, and the Pastels (yes, those two above the Bumblebee are Pastels) are in deep shed. The pastels are usually very nice looking, although the top left pastel is less yellow than the one on the top right. 

So with shed, the color change can be drastic. Here is the Pastel on the top right after her shed. 

And the Bumblebee after shed. Now, the last pastel was not out of shed at the time of writing the blog, but she will look a lot better. 

Renewed and refreshed is usually how I like to put it. Deeper colors, more rich in tone, and vibrant.

Anyway, I'm looking for more important sheds, such as post and pre-ovulation sheds. Maybe I will catch one sooner rather than later. 

Have a fantastic day, my friends. 

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