First lock of 2014

[Slitherous]

Hello all, happy to be back on BP.net after several months absence due to an out-of-state family illnesses, and the birth last week of my first grandson Michael. While I was out of state my daughter cared for my snakes, and did a wonderful job of it. Seems my grandson has been exposed to reptile keeping while still in the womb; future herpetologist maybe?
After my 2013 clutch of 8 from my 2007 Normal female & 2008 Cinnamon male, I have held back one of each male and female Cinnamon, and one male Normal out of that 2013 clutch. I also still have the above-mentioned parent snakes, and an unbred 2010 Normal male, and a 2012 Normal female. I have been putting the Cinny male back with the 2007 Normal female for a month now on and off, but haven't caught those two locking yet. Yesterday I decided my 2011 Spider female was old enough and big enough to begin breeding her, so I put the Cinny in with her yesterday, and noticed a definite lock today, (see photos). Very excited by this pairing, according to the wizard I should get 25% Normal, 25% Cinnamon, 25% Spider, and 25% Cinnabee. I also think the Cinny will produce a clutch with the 2007 Normal female again, so I might have two separate clutches this winter. Eventually when I get Cinnamons far enough apart genetically I want to do a Cinny X Cinny pairing to see if I can get some viable Super Cinny's. Now, with the Spider in that mix I may be able to build a nice little collection of morphs.....cool!!

Cheers

S

[eclipse3]

Awesome! That cinnamon looks so huge compared to the spider lol! He is a big boy. All my males a a lot smaller than my females so it's funny to see it the other way. Good luck on a cinnabee. That would be cool. I'm still hoping for my first clutch this year with my spider and pastel. I want a bumblebee very badly.

[Slitherous]

Awesome! That cinnamon looks so huge compared to the spider lol! He is a big boy. All my males a a lot smaller than my females so it's funny to see it the other way. Good luck on a cinnabee. That would be cool. I'm still hoping for my first clutch this year with my spider and pastel. I want a bumblebee very badly.

Thanks, and good luck yourself, I'd want a Bumblebee badly too if I had a Pastel. If you think he is big, you outta see my big 2007 Normal female, she's bigger than the male Cinny, (parents of 2013 clutch; she weighs in at 2150 grams). Here is a photo from last year when he locked with her. Got a clutch of eight out of her, (5 Normal, 3 Cinny), and like I said above I held back one each male & female Cinny out of that clutch). So that gives me a female Cinny for future projects.



This is the female Spider's third winter, and she is 1300 grams right now, so I assume if she's locking she's ready.

S.

[eclipse3]

Oh I have no doubt she's big enough lol. It's just funny to see the size differences. Here's my male sterling with one of my fem pastels. Granted she was digesting her food from the day before so that adds a bit of girth to her but the size difference is still there I don't have any cinnamon but my sterling of course has it in there. I like the cinnamons. It's very pretty

[Slitherous]

Oh I have no doubt she's big enough lol. It's just funny to see the size differences. Here's my male sterling with one of my fem pastels. Granted she was digesting her food from the day before so that adds a bit of girth to her but the size difference is still there I don't have any cinnamon but my sterling of course has it in there. I like the cinnamons. It's very pretty

That's very cool, she almost looks like a blood python in girth; what a beauty. I've seen other photos of tiny yearling males sticking it to big 'ol porky females. Size doesn't seem to be a factor, at least as far as the boys.are concerned.

S