update on my babies

Well i got the results of my babies today.I guess the female must have retained sperm from her previous breeding because not one baby is a pastel.So i figured i would show my honesty and post this info since i have had several people contacting me wanting pastels.I did end up with 3 male and 5 females all with some nice patterns.I will make a post in the classified section in the next day or two along with some pics.I will have pastels next year though;) .Incase someone is wondering how i could not tell if i had pastels or not this was my first year trying to breed a ball python morph.I am also color blind concerning certain colors.That is why i would not make any deals until i was 110% sure or not i had pastels.Thank you for reading

Doesn't mean it was retained sperm. You could have just missed on the odds.

A couple of years back, I had a big girl breed a lemon pastel and give me 12 normals out of 12 eggs ... no pastels ... I know it wasn't retained sperm, because she had only been with the lemon pastel in previous years.

A co-dom doesn't automatically mean half the babies will be that morph ... it's 50/50 odds per egg ... looks like you just had some bad luck.

The ball gods will be extra kind to you next year ... the year after I missed on those 12 lemons, I went 10 lessers out of 11 eggs in a clutch ... what comes around goes around. :D

-adam

Wow man better luck next time.

Thanks Adam & Emilio, i am still happy with this clutch as a few are really nice looking black backs with some sweet patterns.One in particular would have made one very sweet looking pastel if it would have caught the gene:gj: .I just might keep a few back for the future.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

The ball gods will be extra kind to you next year ... the year after I missed on those 12 lemons, I went 10 lessers out of 11 eggs in a clutch ... what comes around goes around. :D

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Whoa...10 lessers >>> 12 lemon pastels!

But really, healthy baby bp's > everything. =)

Normals are nice too! Congrats!

I bet your normals are gorgeous though, right?

Yea they are some nice looking normals.I will post some pics of them in the next day or two.I will make sure i take them outside so the pics are clear.

Congrads on baby ball pythons!! That's awesome and I look forward to pics :D

Sorry to hear they did not come out as planned :confused:

How much are ya askin' for em'???