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Our 2010 Ball Python clutches :)
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Re: Our 2010 Ball Python clutches :)
WOOHOO! First pipping :) he's shy, and keeps hiding when I walk in the room, so I have no idea what he is yet...
http://mojavereptiles.com/wp-content...on-450x337.jpg
http://mojavereptiles.com/wp-content...n2-450x337.jpg
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Re: Our 2010 Ball Python clutches :)
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And it's a spider!
about 2 weeks before these eggs were laid, we had a problem where two females got out in the same night (careless work on my part in not sliding their tubs in properly). I put them back in cages, but they were about the same weight and both normal, so... well I put them back in the wrong containers!
So my clutch 02-10, which was supposed to be butter x normal, is actually bumblebee x normal!! :)
Here is the spider, the first to come out:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5261674_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2312556_n.jpg
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wow congrats.......at least you know whos who now
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Very cool I hope you get what you want in your clutches..
Its like x-mas / B-day when they hatch out huh??!
Got 2 luv it:gj:
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Congrats:banana::banana::banana:
Jim Smith
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:) He/she is perfect :) and yes, good to know which one is which now haha! Maybe there will be a Bee in the remaining 3 eggs of that clutch... mayyyybe :)
Either way, I keep going out there to look at him :) he's all curled up in the heated side of his tub... he's so cute! :) :) Will let you guys know what else comes out of those eggs hehe! :)
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Awww. He's gorgeous! Congrats and good luck with the others :)
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Its a Butter!
First snake out of clutch 03-10 is a butter:
http://mojavereptiles.com/wp-content...-5-450x337.jpg
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Um... OK!
My butter x normal clutch, which has already produced a butter (see my previous post for his pic, clearly a butter), has just produced a... pastel???
what the... ??
This female was introduced once to a bumblebee, and I did not witness a lock. Aside from that, she was ALWAYS paired with my Butter male and the lock was witnessed a few times, and as evidenced by the other hatchling in this clutch, that mating did take...
can ball pythons retain sperm from previous matings?
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Re: Our 2010 Ball Python clutches :)
sorry:rolleye2: i totally miss read the title. i thought it said your 2010 clutches. sorry for messing up your thread. brain fart i guess:rolleye2:
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that is wild :) I hadn't expected that to be sure.. and no worries about the posts :) I don't mind, they are some good looking hatchlings!
I was just.. very shocked to see the second snake out of my clutch be a pastel!
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Originally Posted by mojavereptiles
that is wild :) I hadn't expected that to be sure.. and no worries about the posts :) I don't mind, they are some good looking hatchlings!
I was just.. very shocked to see the second snake out of my clutch be a pastel!
he must have snuck a quickie in while you wernt looking:D
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LOL!
Well, I think I beat the odds with this clutch (and had a little murphy's law thrown in as this was normal x butter, where a bumblebee had been introduced to the normal only once!)
4 Eggs and I got:
1 Pastel
3 Butters
WOOOT!
Here is the last Butter to come out:
http://mojavereptiles.com/wp-content...11-450x337.jpg
http://mojavereptiles.com/wp-content...12-450x337.jpg
I couldn't be happier! :) Their dad is a BEAUTIFUL butter, and one of my favorite snakes - super friendly, and well behaved, and a good eater :)
Now the rest of my clutch0210 is hatching - I had a rollout egg from that clutch hatch out a few days ago (was kept in a separate container to prevent possible mold spreading), and it was a Spider :)
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More baby ball pythons!
Clutch 0210 ended with 2 spiders, 1 normal, and a DIE bumblebee (ack! horrible...) (Normal x Bumblebee)
Clutch 0310 ended with 3 Butters and 1 Pastel (normal x a butter and a bumblebee)
Clutch 0410 has 1 normal out of the egg, and in the eggs are 4 pastels, 1 normal, and a bumblebee! (Normal x Bumblebee)
The normal and spider from clutch 0210 are below, and the normal from clutch 0410:
normal from 0210
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6795481_n.jpg
spider from 0210
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._4111391_n.jpg
normal from 0410
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1846582_n.jpg
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It may just the pic but that pastel looks like a nice high gold normal. It is possible for two males to father one clutch! Beautiful clutches!
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Originally Posted by mojavereptiles
Very very pretty baby. They are all pretty but that pastel is gorgeous!
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Originally Posted by appygirl84
Very very pretty baby. They are all pretty but that pastel is gorgeous!
Thanks!! I think that'll be a keeper. She has great blushing in her black that I really like, and is just pretty all around! :)
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YES!!!
One of my girls who hasn't gone back on feeding yet (have another one who is still refusing) just laid a clutch of 4 eggs!!! :)
All four look good too. Mom is a normal, dad could be a Bumblebee or a Butter (both bred with her, the bumblebee early in the season and the butter later in the season)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._4675871_n.jpg
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:) Had a clutch hatch over the last few days - one pastel and one bee still in the egg, but this is one of the babies to come out. 4 Egg clutch from a normal x bumblebee hatched out two bees, one pastel, and a normal (and at the same time, we got another clutch just LAID yesterday of 4 eggs too!!!)
What do you guys think about this bumble? Its my first one with such a dark/thick dorsal stripe:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7940872_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5857441_n.jpg
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My late season clutch of 4 from a normal x bumblebee, I had suspected her of being gravid, but she resumed feeding, so this was not expected!
They are due around Thanksgiving LOL
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how much for a female pastel?
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Hi,
He can't answer that - as you should know we do not allow sales discussions on the open forums.
I suggest you take any such questions to the PM system. :rolleyes:
dr del
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Originally Posted by mojavereptiles
all i know is a love the head pattern on this lil one love the little dots that make the v pattern on his head its awesome cant wait to produce my bees next year
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Originally Posted by dr del
Hi,
He can't answer that - as you should know we do not allow sales discussions on the open forums.
I suggest you take any such questions to the PM system. :rolleyes:
dr del
Thanks for the info dr del. And I'm a "she" btw :)
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Originally Posted by ahunt037
all i know is a love the head pattern on this lil one love the little dots that make the v pattern on his head its awesome cant wait to produce my bees next year
Oh I am definitely excited about that little beauty :) And he's fiesty...already tried to bite me a few times, and he just had his first shed. Crazy thing.
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Originally Posted by mojavereptiles
Oh I am definitely excited about that little beauty :) And he's fiesty...already tried to bite me a few times, and he just had his first shed. Crazy thing.
I was looking at your website and your available bp's and came across this...
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2010 Ball Python Clutches
Clutch 02-10, 4 Eggs, Normal x Butter Ball Python – Results: 1 Normal, 2 Spiders, 1 DIE
Clutch 03-10, 4 Eggs, Normal x Butter Ball Python – Results: 3 Butters, 1 Pastel
Clutch 04-10, 7 Eggs, Normal x Bumblebee Ball Python – Results: 1 Bumblebee, 2 Normals, 4 Pastels
Clutch 05-10, 4 Eggs, Normal x Bumblebee Ball Python
I'm lost... Am I missing something? How are you getting spiders and pastels from butter/lesser and normals?
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Originally Posted by Coastietech
I was looking at your website and your available bp's and came across this...
I'm lost... Am I missing something? How are you getting spiders and pastels from butter/lesser and normals?
She explained it earlier in the thread.
Edit: Post #4 and #12 should help explain it.
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Originally Posted by demjor19
She explained it earlier in the thread.
Edit: Post #4 and #12 should help explain it.
Thanks for helping demjor19! Yes, that clutch actually had two sires in the end... mommy had been with a bumblebee only twice, and with a Butter the rest of the time, and apparently both males played part of the fathering of the clutch.. fun stuff!
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Whoops, meant to do an update! :)
Clutch 0610 is almost done hatching. 3 of the 4 have come out - all 4 are pastel! What are the odds? :) (from a normal x bumblebee).
Here are the results of Clutch 0510, a normal x bumblebee, with 2 bumblebees, 1 pastel, and 1 normal:
Bumblebee #1
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5518898_n.jpg
Bumblebee #2
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1090606_n.jpg
Pastel
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6383879_n.jpg
Normal
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5552023_n.jpg
And here is clutch 0610, 3 of the Pastels (will add 4th Pastel when he/she comes out!)
Pastel #1
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2166794_n.jpg
Pastel #2
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1929808_n.jpg
Pastel #3
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In case you were interested, here were the overall results of my year's breeding:
22 eggs that went to term with 10 pastels, 2 spiders, 3 bumblebees, 4 normals, and 3 butters.
Unfortunately, 1 spider, 1 normal, and 1 pastel could not digest food properly - they refused eating on their own, and when assist fed, they did not digest the food, and died :(. I had a few trouble eaters that I had to assist feed a few times, but all are now eating on their own, including a butter that I had to assist for almost two months but has now taken 6 feedings IN A ROW on his own! :)
I need to post a new pic of my first bee - he is already almost 300 grams, and is beautiful! He is a true blue avid eater - he's the biggest of this year's hatchlings right now. Gotta love watching them grow up and get big and strong :)
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Those are some awesome numbers, sorry for the losses. And wow! Something about all those pastels just catches my eye. Everything looks great!
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woa! what a looker! Your bees turned out amazing. I'm sorry some of the babies did not make it, that is always sad! :C but i hope the rest are good, healthy eaters!
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