Babies pipping!!

Ok well some of you may or may not remember the trouble I had with this clutch. I missed to original ovulation and thought I had longer than I really did until eggs were laid. Needless to say when these eggs were laid I had NOTHING ready for them. There were 7 eggs originally and I ended up losing 4 right off the bat. The 3 remaining eggs have held up perfectly and have started to pip today on day 55!! I'm soooo excited. These are from pastel het ghost X nice looking normal. I cut the eggs on day 52 and ended up with 2 normal 50% PH ghost and 1 pastel 50% PH ghost. The pastel is the first one pipping and WOW the head on this thing is incredible, I hope it's a little girl. Anyways enough blabbing here are a couple pics I shot really quick of the pastel.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8290391.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8290392.jpg
mom
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P5050111.jpg
dad
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P2230247.jpg
More to come as soon as they're out!!

holy shhhhhhhigflkgjsldbksblvn ! ! ! ! ! !

Amazing! The mom is....WOO, the dad is WOO, and the kids are *falls over*

woooow!
the mom looks NICE
and a cute witto head on that pipper =p

Thanks you guys... the mom I actually got for 25 bucks last year from a guy who owns a pet shop here in town. She was already 2800 grams when I got her, so I think I got a good deal. This is my first clutch so I don't know, do pastels usually have a really faded head like this that gets darker when they hatch?

it depends on the snake and a faded head is a great thing.

Congrats on the three beautiful babies! Can't wait to see out of the egg pics!:gj:

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Originally Posted by herpchick

This is my first clutch so I don't know, do pastels usually have a really faded head like this that gets darker when they hatch?

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It will get "slightly" darker, but that's a quality pastel right there. I can't wait to see it out of the egg. Definitely the type of blushing on the head everyone should aim for when selectively breeding. Good job!

VERY NICE!! I love the blushing on her head...i would love to have one of those ;) nice clutch

cant wait to see an updated pic ;p

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Originally Posted by rabernet

It will get "slightly" darker, but that's a quality pastel right there. I can't wait to see it out of the egg. Definitely the type of blushing on the head everyone should aim for when selectively breeding. Good job!

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Thanks, I'm trying to be as selective as I can and breed for only the highest quality animals. I believe that with all the "so-so" pastels there are out there, people would be more willing to pay extra for an "A" quality pastel rather than a browned out one. Even some of the supers I'm seeing lately don't look as nice as a selectively bred quality "normal" pastel.

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Originally Posted by herpchick

Thanks, I'm trying to be as selective as I can and breed for only the highest quality animals. I believe that with all the "so-so" pastels there are out there, people would be more willing to pay extra for an "A" quality pastel rather than a browned out one. Even some of the supers I'm seeing lately don't look as nice as a selectively bred quality "normal" pastel.

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I'm doing the same, and I'm one who is willing to pay more for a Grade A animal.

The pastel is still chillin in the egg but one of the normals came out. He/she still has some yolk it hasn't absorbed though. I weighed it quick before I put it in it's new home, 78grams. I have it on moist paper towels for now. How long does it usually take until they absorb all of it?
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8300394.jpg

Haha! The rotten eggs looks like rotten apples!:rofl::rofl:

Daniel

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Originally Posted by Simpson Balls

Haha! The rotten eggs looks like rotten apples!:rofl::rofl:

Daniel

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Yeah, they're pretty nasty looking but they were attached to 2 of the other eggs so I wasn't going to cut them off and risk losing the good ones.

Cant wait for future pics of that pastel:) Grats on the clutch!

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Originally Posted by spitfireashlea

holy shhhhhhhigflkgjsldbksblvn ! ! ! ! ! !

Amazing! The mom is....WOO, the dad is WOO, and the kids are *falls over*

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like what he says.. :D

congrats, that super nice. You lose some, and gets better.. ;)

All the babies are out now and I have pics. It's really hard to get decent pictures of them since they're still so shiny everything reflects off of them.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8310405.jpg
close up of this ones cool head. I'm keeping this one and naming it "Dot"
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8310406.jpg
the other normal baby
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8310403.jpg
and the pastel
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8300398.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8310399.jpg
Group shot
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/P8310410.jpg

Oh wow! They're gorgeous!
Congrats!!! (I'm jealous lol)

I want one!

wow the yellow on that pastel is amazing....:banana:

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Originally Posted by rabernet

It will get "slightly" darker, but that's a quality pastel right there. I can't wait to see it out of the egg. Definitely the type of blushing on the head everyone should aim for when selectively breeding. Good job!

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Quite right! That's a great combo you did- the results speak for themselves, well done! :cool::gj:

Very nice, even the normals look nice! :gj: