My first clutch... all out!

So some of you might have seen a few of these guys on a post I had earlier about me wondering if there's any chance any of these could be killerbees, even though I didn't really think they were... but here are all 7 of them out.

The pairing was a male bumblebee x female pastel. I got wierd odds, but I'll take it. 4 bumblebees and 3 normals. I was really hoping for a killerbee or a super pastel since I don't have any in my collection :(... Maybe next year...

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file..._01c_thumb.jpg

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file..._01b_thumb.jpg

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...h_01_thumb.jpg

I didn't get too many pics since they are already probably stressed out. I'll get more after they have their first shed. Hope you all like :)

Congrats! :w00t:

Awesome clutch, congrats! :banana: Still anxiously awaiting mine!

Congrats! May not have gotten the Killer or Super but those are pretty nice odds regardless! :gj:

Nice clutch. :)

You can always breed some of those bees back when they're older for more shots at the killers or supers! Still a pretty clutch :)

Congrats! I would have to say that I would still be very happy with a clutch like that:gj:

Congrats on the healthy little ones :) Hope you hit next year!

Regards,

B

Well Congratulations on the nice clutch!

Don't worry, there is always next year =] Now you have more to look forward too!

also, i wanna see mama and papa >.<

Nice odds. I hope mine are like that next year!

With 4 bumblebees, I'd say that you have plenty of trading material there to get yourself a superpastel, and a few other things to boot.

Congrats on a nice clutch!

Very nice, congrats!

wait! you paired a Bumblebee and a Pastel, and got normals out of that mix (besides the little bumblebees)??


I really have a long way to understand all the genetics stuff :/

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Originally Posted by pinkeye714

Well Congratulations on the nice clutch!

Don't worry, there is always next year =] Now you have more to look forward too!

also, i wanna see mama and papa >.<

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Here's papa:
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...0640_thumb.jpg

Here's mama sitting on her eggs:
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...0129_thumb.jpg

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Originally Posted by Munizfire

wait! you paired a Bumblebee and a Pastel, and got normals out of that mix (besides the little bumblebees)??


I really have a long way to understand all the genetics stuff :/

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Yeah that's kind of why I was hoping to get a super pastel. If you breed a bee to a super pastel, you won't get normals :)

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Originally Posted by Redneck_Crow

With 4 bumblebees, I'd say that you have plenty of trading material there to get yourself a superpastel, and a few other things to boot.

Congrats on a nice clutch!

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Yes I've already been thinking of trying to trade one of the bee's and maybe a little cash for a male pied. I have a male and female het pied that should be ready to go next season, but I've been debating if it's worth trying with hets, or just get a visual so I can at least guarantee the babies will be hets and up my chances of getting visuals.

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Originally Posted by Munizfire

wait! you paired a Bumblebee and a Pastel, and got normals out of that mix (besides the little bumblebees)??


I really have a long way to understand all the genetics stuff :/

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Well, think of it this way. If he's just a bumblebee and not a killer bee, and the other is just a pastel and not a super pastel, they both only have one pastel gene ("heterozygous"). That means each parent has a 50/50 chance of passing that gene onto an egg, and they could both fail that shot (normals). :) You'll get it!

Why don't you sell them all? Then you could buy a killerbee with your newly acquired funds? If not I can definitely understand wanting to produce your own. Either way, those are all stunning bees!

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Originally Posted by eel588

Why don't you sell them all? Then you could buy a killerbee with your newly acquired funds? If not I can definitely understand wanting to produce your own. Either way, those are all stunning bees!

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Thanks! I really want to keep a few of them since it's my first clutch, at least 1 if any of them are females. I would really love to be able to create something I don't have, which I think that's where the thrill of breeding comes from, at least for me. I'm not really at a point yet where I'm super concerned with selling everything and making money. Don't get me wrong, I would love to make money, but it's just a hobby for now... well until my lesser, mojave, pastel het OG and het pied females are ready to breed next year :) I think I'm gonna need a bigger reptile room lol!

I was stoked with my 1 bee, grats to you! :)

Oh wow beautiful clutch!

Better than my odds!! I have 43 bp's and no return hahaha