Chondro Pippers!!!!!!!!

Sorry about the losses....at least u still got 2 little beautys!

That sucks :(

Was this a mixed batch of red and yellow babies out of one clutch?

Sorry to hear of the loss of some of the babies. :( The best thing you can do is chalk it up to a learning lesson and try again.
Hope the feeding trials go well with the two little ones you have.

Nice job Kevin! Sorry to hear you lost so many but congrats on the two that made it all the way out. Good luck with getting them to feed. Post some pics of the parents! :)

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Originally Posted by karbogast

Not much good news on the update. I have lost all but two yellow hatchlings during the hatching process. A few died in the eggs fully formed but several emerged without having absorbed their yolk still attatched to their umbillical only to die a short time later. The hardest part of this is that I was very carefull to monitor the eggs during incubation, set-up a hatching box, and pip them on day 49ish. The one mistake I made was being out of town for a weekend and not being able to get to the eggs until a day or two after they were laid. This left them a little dried out and they never fully plumped back up.

It was pretty stressful watching these little'uns go down hill rapidly but I am happy to have two more chondros than I had before this experience. I am trying to take this in as a positive and focus on what I have gained( 2 more GTPs and invaulable learning experience ) because it is very depressing when I think of the hatchlings I have lost. I will post some photos of the two survivors once they have shed and had a couple meals.

Thanks for all the nice comments and I wish I had a more positive update. On a brighter note my 2nd ball python clutch hatched and out 4 eggs from a yellowbelly X normal breeding I got 1.3 yellowbellies. Those odds put a mild smile on my face.

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uh WOOHOO to that highlighted part BY THE WAYYYY. WOOHOO yellowbellies! lucky.

i'm very sorry to hear that you lost some of your babies but like you said, learning experience! HOTM for sure, those egg pictures are phenomenal. congrats on your 2 new babes. keep us posted, can't wait to see pix after those beauties shed! :)

Excellent shots. Good luck with them! :banana: