coastal hatchling variability

[Colin Vestrand]

i just wanted to post up a few pics from a coastal carpet clutch that hatched out last month.
the father of this clutch passed away since then so these guys are real special to me. can't wait to see how they progress... the main thing i wanted to show here is the variability within the clutch. about 50% were reds and the rest are just your normal banded coastal carpets.

this one's got a crazy pattern going on... reminds me of a ladder or a brick wall or something.



this one is super light and actually has a clear belly... not sure what to make of it. the color's hard to capture because the flash always wanted to make him look bright red; much more-so than the others.d



this one is probably my favorite one... it's got a more reduced pattern and great color.



this one has a nice lateral stripe and pure white ventral scalation.



this one has some nice blushing...



this one i will be hanging onto for a bit... it has almost no black on it - just some little brown tips.

[bhmorrill]

Those are some GREAT looking babies you got there!!! Love those reds. Keep the pics coming!!!

[Colin Vestrand]

thanks ben! you know i couldn't have done it without your sage wisdom over the last year or so.

[FIEND_FO_LYFE]

great looking coastals!
i love the reds

[shea]

Great looking clutch !!

Shea Peterson

[MPenn]

Great looking babies Colin!
If I can get off my bum and get some pictures taken, I will show you a few of the red progression.

[Colin Vestrand]

thanks guys!

mike, i'd really love to see some pictures (nudge nudge).

[Patrick Long]

Damn Colin, what happened to the sire?

[Colin Vestrand]

well to be very upfront...

i can't say for sure... i did not have a necropsy done.

he had some health problems and i actually took him out of the females cage early so i could quarantine him and get some food and fluids back into him.
after a few rounds of antibiotics, he eventually went on to develop severe debilitation in motor control so i elected to euthanize him just in case it was OPMV or IBD or something that could be passed on to the rest of my collection.

the good news is that a) he was in full quarantine for a long time and b) none of my other animals have had any syptoms - including the female he was in with.

my vet and i both did a lot of research on the subject and everything is non-conclusive because of the lack of ophidian veterinary research at the moment. could have been anything from a reovirus to a genetic abnormality.

[Patrick Long]

well to be very upfront...

i can't say for sure... i did not have a necropsy done.

he had some health problems and i actually took him out of the females cage early so i could quarantine him and get some food and fluids back into him.
after a few rounds of antibiotics, he eventually went on to develop severe debilitation in motor control so i elected to euthanize him just in case it was OPMV or IBD or something that could be passed on to the rest of my collection.

the good news is that a) he was in full quarantine for a long time and b) none of my other animals have had any syptoms - including the female he was in with.

my vet and i both did a lot of research on the subject and everything is non-conclusive because of the lack of ophidian veterinary research at the moment. could have been anything from a reovirus to a genetic abnormality.

Wow dude, although that is very sad, Im glad that you were smart enough to think of your whole collection, not just one snake.

Are you planning on a Necropsy or no?

I feel for ya bro, I wish you the best with these, you know that, The babies are comin along quite nice!