Lesser clutch (with dorsal striping!) and failed Stingerbee clutch...

Two of my last clutches of the season... one lesser x normal (shared clutch), and one spider x enchi.

Stinger clutch: 5 slugs, 3 eggs (but lost one), then one baby came out kinked and normal. I put her down immediately. Her kink was on her neck, so that her head was curved around facing her bottom. It looked like several vertebrae were fused. At one point she flipped over and could not right herself.

One very small egg survived. A 47g enchi male. Beautiful snake, with a slight kink at the bottom of his tail below his vent. he will stay here at Chez Lezard with his poppa.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttleenchi1.jpg

Lesser clutch: Six eggs, lost one half veined egg early on. Two lesser females, and 3 normal males. All with some degree of dorsal striping.

Was unsure as the mother is my rescue female Georgina, she came to me with full dorsal scarring so I cannot tell what her spine looked like. But when I looked at dad again, he has full dorsal "islands" but with lots of breaks. So I do think it came from the dad. Definitely going to pair these two again next year and see. :D


Female 1

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttleenchi4.jpg


Female 2

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttleenchi5.jpg


Males 1-3

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttleenchi3.jpg


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttleenchi6.jpg


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttleenchi7.jpg


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttleenchi2.jpg

Thanks for looking. :)
Bruce

Very nice looking babies Bruce. I am so sorry that you had to put one down.

Putting her down was unfortunate, but she was suffering, so it was an easy decision. Very skinny, could not lift her head, would never be able to eat or thrive.

It is part of breeding... the sad part, but part of it.

Bruce

Ohhh i love female 1 and male 1-2 , theyre awesome , congrats :) , i'd hold female 1 back shes stunning!

It is part of two combined shared clutches... so I may or may not get her, just depends on where the odds fall. I would be happy with either one, and I now own both parents, so I can reproduce this trait. :)

Bruce