The waiting is killing me!

If I've calculated correctly she'd due on the 14th. I've forgotten how hard the waiting is!

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...pstk64tm97.jpg

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...pskjeleqie.jpg

Dave

Wow! She look gorgeous, congrats. What was the pairing?

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Originally Posted by Albert Clark

Wow! She look gorgeous, congrats. What was the pairing?

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She had two, so I'm not sure who the sire is. First paring was a Pied. The second was my Mojave Yellowbelly. I never saw locks with the Pied, but he was with her plenty. Had plenty of confirmed locks with the MYB. I'm hoping for a het for my long term project, but I'll be happy with either.

Dave

How will you know a het pied is there if there was 2 sires?

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Originally Posted by Yodawagon

How will you know a het pied is there if there was 2 sires?

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Well that's the million $$$ question. I won't. IF I get a clutch of all Black Pastels, I'll be reasonably sure that they are all from the Pied. If it's a mixed bag, there's no way of knowing. Then again if it's all Black Pastels, my luck might just be really bad. I don't know if markers will present or not. The only sure thing is to prove them out.

Dave

She's gorgeous! I know some people don't like the 'duck-bill', but I don't mind it at all... Black Pastel girl is on my list of BP's I want to get eventually, to match up with my Black Widow boy. Black Pastel+ something. Just haven't decided what the something is yet... I was thinking Black Pastel Pied or het. Pied, until I saw the price they're going for! Those are a ways outside my budget. I look forward to seeing what comes of the pairing - I can imagine just how stressful the waiting is!

I'm not sure I'd consider her a duck billed specimen. Others may weigh in. I'm just not seeing the characteristic upturned nose in her.

This is the day I brought her home. Good side view I think.
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file..._1643_copy.jpg

And a nice head on shot right after a shed. She's narrow in the face, but so is my Killerbee.

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file..._1655_copy.jpg

Thanks though! She really is one of my favorites.

Dave

great looking snake! want one, almost looks like a black mamba ... :)

Oh, I didn't mean that SHE has duck bill! I wouldn't have been able to tell in the first photos anyway. I meant the Supers having the potential for it - the reason I want a Black Pastel mix female to pair with my Black Widow is the potential for a Super Black Pastel hatchling, which, to my understanding, will have the risk of duck bill.

Sorry for the misunderstanding!

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Originally Posted by Caspian

Oh, I didn't mean that SHE has duck bill! Sorry for the misunderstanding!

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No harm! :gj:

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Originally Posted by Caspian

the reason I want a Black Pastel mix female to pair with my Black Widow is the potential for a Super Black Pastel hatchling, which, to my understanding, will have the risk of duck bill.

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That is true. The risk is there. I think that's one of the reasons you don't see these all too often. That and kinking. Good luck with your project!

Dave