And the daddy is...

Julius the Mojave! :banana:

As some of you probably know, I did a "who's the daddy" clutch with my girl Mona... she was with Toby the Pastel, Julius the Mojave, and possibly Vinnie the Spider too. She's a hussy, LOL. :oops: Out of 6 eggs I unfortunately only got one morph, but I couldn't be happier with him/her. It's a beautiful FAT (72g) Mojave, who looks just like his/her daddy!

Now this project got me thinking, especially after seeing other multiple-sire clutches... do you think having multiple dads increases the number of normals? Maybe the normals have 2 dads, and only one produced a morph? Just a thought, since I noticed a few other clutches like mine - where the normal percentage is higher than usual, and the mom was with multiple males. Anyway, here are some photos of the parents & resulting babies... I'll post a full clutch thread on the photo forum, once the ONE holdout decides to emerge from the egg.

Here are the mom & dad together
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DSCN1589.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DSCN1632.jpg

Mojave baby
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020163.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020160.jpg

In natural light (and before getting a bath)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020162.jpg

With three clutchmates
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020168.jpg

Hey, you're weird looking! :D
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020170.jpg

Congrats, very cute :D Mom and dad are beautiful as well. How big is mama? In the pic she looks huge!

congrats! fingers crossed for a girl.

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Originally Posted by brikimura

Congrats, very cute :D Mom and dad are beautiful as well. How big is mama? In the pic she looks huge!

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Thanks! :) She was about 2500g before becoming gravid, and like 2000g after laying... she's been eating like a hog since then, so I imagine she's close to her pre-lay weight again. She is a gentle giant, though - sweet as can be!

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Originally Posted by jben

congrats! fingers crossed for a girl.

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Thanks, and I'm crossing my fingers too! I tried popping, but I'm not sure I was doing it right... got some pee & scent gland (yellow) stuff, and what looked like female genitalia. Let's hope there are no hemipenes hiding in there!

P.S. I called my vet to ask for help with sexing, and they said they only use probes - and won't do that until they're 2-3 weeks old. Is that typical, and is it also too soon for popping?

Congrats :gj:

Never too soon for popping. ;) Probes in hatchlings make me nervous. Maybe that's just me, though.

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Originally Posted by Quiet Tempest

Never too soon for popping. ;) Probes in hatchlings make me nervous. Maybe that's just me, though.

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Cool... I'll have my roommate takes some photos/video of my popping attempts, and we'll see if you all concur with the assessments. The four I popped all looked female, though, which makes me doubt my abilities. Either that, or the odds gods decided to make up for the 5 normals. :D

Congrats on the mojave and the other beautiful babies!

Thank you, python1024! Here are a few more shots... btw, I popped the Mojo again, and it still looks like a girl to me. :):)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020181.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020180.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020190.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020189.jpg