And the daddy is...

Julius the Mojave! :banana:

As some of you probably know, I did a "who's the daddy" clutch with my girl Mona... she was with Toby the Pastel, Julius the Mojave, and possibly Vinnie the Spider too. She's a hussy, LOL. :oops: Out of 6 eggs I unfortunately only got one morph, but I couldn't be happier with him/her. It's a beautiful FAT (72g) Mojave, who looks just like his/her daddy!

Now this project got me thinking, especially after seeing other multiple-sire clutches... do you think having multiple dads increases the number of normals? Maybe the normals have 2 dads, and only one produced a morph? Just a thought, since I noticed a few other clutches like mine - where the normal percentage is higher than usual, and the mom was with multiple males. Anyway, here are some photos of the parents & resulting babies... I'll post a full clutch thread on the photo forum, once the ONE holdout decides to emerge from the egg.

Here are the mom & dad together
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DSCN1589.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DSCN1632.jpg

Mojave baby
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020163.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020160.jpg

In natural light (and before getting a bath)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020162.jpg

With three clutchmates
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020168.jpg

Hey, you're weird looking! :D
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020170.jpg

Congrats, very cute :D Mom and dad are beautiful as well. How big is mama? In the pic she looks huge!

congrats! fingers crossed for a girl.

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Congrats, very cute :D Mom and dad are beautiful as well. How big is mama? In the pic she looks huge!

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Thanks! :) She was about 2500g before becoming gravid, and like 2000g after laying... she's been eating like a hog since then, so I imagine she's close to her pre-lay weight again. She is a gentle giant, though - sweet as can be!

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Originally Posted by jben

congrats! fingers crossed for a girl.

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Thanks, and I'm crossing my fingers too! I tried popping, but I'm not sure I was doing it right... got some pee & scent gland (yellow) stuff, and what looked like female genitalia. Let's hope there are no hemipenes hiding in there!

P.S. I called my vet to ask for help with sexing, and they said they only use probes - and won't do that until they're 2-3 weeks old. Is that typical, and is it also too soon for popping?

Congrats :gj:

Never too soon for popping. ;) Probes in hatchlings make me nervous. Maybe that's just me, though.

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Originally Posted by Quiet Tempest

Never too soon for popping. ;) Probes in hatchlings make me nervous. Maybe that's just me, though.

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Cool... I'll have my roommate takes some photos/video of my popping attempts, and we'll see if you all concur with the assessments. The four I popped all looked female, though, which makes me doubt my abilities. Either that, or the odds gods decided to make up for the 5 normals. :D

Congrats on the mojave and the other beautiful babies!

Thank you, python1024! Here are a few more shots... btw, I popped the Mojo again, and it still looks like a girl to me. :):)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020181.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020180.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020190.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020189.jpg

very nice little one for sure! i dont think adding multiple co dom males would mess up any kind of odds, just more of a luck of the draw... At least shes a looker!!!

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very nice little one for sure! i dont think adding multiple co dom males would mess up any kind of odds, just more of a luck of the draw... At least shes a looker!!!

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Thank you! And yes, I think she made up for the lousy odds... definitely a keeper. :gj: I also agree it's probably just "luck of the draw" regardless, but it would be interesting to do a study on multiple male clutches. Hmmmmm.

Congrats on hatching everything out! Awesome that Mojo is a female, she's a cutie!

Congrats!

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Congrats on hatching everything out! Awesome that Mojo is a female, she's a cutie!

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Thanks! I'm still not 100% sure it's a female, but I've popped "her" twice without seeing any hemipenes... and they looked like lady parts, hehe. ;) I'm going to have them all verified by either my vet or the vivarium, just to make sure I'm not doing it wrong.

P.S. Believe it or not, the one late bloomer egg is STILL not out!! He's been sticking his head out since yesterday though, and isn't tangled or anything... just taking his sweet time, I guess. :cool:

Congrats on the beautiful mojo, fingers crossed for a girl :gj:

Muchas gracias! :D The last baby FINALLY emerged about an hour ago, 8 days after the first one came out... he really liked his egg, LOL. He has a tiny bit of umbilicus (yolk?) at his "belly button," but weighs in at a very healthy 78g - biggest of the clutch. I put him in with the other babies, half of whom are now in full shed. Thanks to everyone who helped me through the process, and I can't wait to do it again!

P.S. I popped this last baby and saw clear hemipenes, meaning my popping skills are obviously fine... so I did the Mojave again, and feel pretty confident in saying it's a GIRL. :bow:

Here's the late bloomer...
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020197.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020196.jpg

His weird belly button/umbilicus... hopefully it clears up quickly!
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020201.jpg

Joining his clutchmates (minus the one I have separated, due to unabsorbed yolk)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020203.jpg

Dawwww, :wuv:

Welcome to the world shy guy. :hug:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020196.jpg


dr del

He is pretty cute, huh? :) Has kind of a neat "motley" pattern too, and some really nice black coloring... it's gonna be hard letting go of ANY of these babies! How do the big breeders keep themselves from holding back everything? LOL

Im late to the party but congratulations!