Snakes and Stones

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Keep them all, build a bigger house...:rofl:

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Ahhh, I would if I could. It would solve one issue, but, raise others. :)

Photo #357
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Lavender Albino (+66% Het Clown) with a very challenging stone from the Morenci Copper Mine in Arizona, USA.
The stone is a composite Copper Oxide material (e.g. Chrysocolla/Malachite) with hard and soft spots which makes it highly prone to crumbling.
Non-flash photo of the stone with overhead lighting below.
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Photo #358
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Some agate with a Clown (+66% Het for Lavender Albino).

Ooooh, pretty pretty!

Photo #359
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Some local feldspar with an Enchi Het Clown. Not the cleanest looking Enchi, but, Enchi nonetheless. :)

Photo #360
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Enchi Het Clown with some Banded Sandstone (shown wet).

Note: I'm trying to pick out 2 Enchi Het Clowns to holdback from this particular clutch...
This Enchi has better banding than the one in Photo #359, but, all the additional Enchi traits are lower expression...so I would actually prefer to keep the previous one for future breeding...:)

Photo #361
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A good example of a 100% Het Clown with a piece of local iron-stained quartz.

Photo #362
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Spider Ivory with a piece of Brazilian Agate.

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Originally Posted by Lord Sorril

Photo #362
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Spider Ivory with a piece of Brazilian Agate.

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You should tell people that's her egg...:D

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

You should tell people that's her egg...:D

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That is a great idea! ;)

Last season I had two healthy looking clutches in two completely separate incubators die spontaneously. The only connection was that these two clutches were laid by two sisters.

This season it looks like one of my clutches is in the process of dying again. I checked my breeding records and it is from one of the same sisters from last season. This year I used a different male, but, the end result is the same *sigh*. I have been breeding ball pythons for a while now and I've never seen a female lay consistently non-viable eggs...I guess there is a first time for everything...

Unlike last season though: Losing one or two clutches is not going to slow my projects down...
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