Finally!

ITS ABOUT TIME!

The pair: Pepper (lemon pastel het pied) to Temper (blonde pastel het pied)
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Today after work, the wait was over!
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4 heavy healthy eggs! Not a big clutch but I'll take it!
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Ball python breeding cherry, POPPED! :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Now to pray to the Genetic odds gods for 55 days:bow:

And yes, someone called dibs on the super pastel if it happens ;)

Beautiful Momma and beautiful clutch!

She looks so proud and protective of her babies. Was this her first ?

Nothing at all wrong with those big pearly eggs!

Gale

I believe this was her 2nd. I got her from my good friend Bob Futo earlier last year, believe she was born in 2008. She wasnt happy at all when i took her off, she punctured my glove lol. She did good was a great mom and got her babies in the incubator already nice and toasty. Now for the Pinstripe matched with the same daddy to lay hers!

Think I am going to hybernate until May 20th! I cant wait to see them hatch got some great possibilities in these 4 little guys

Congrats and good luck!

Congrats:gj: and Good Luck on hitting the super pastel pied, that would be very awesome.

That seems like a really exciting combo, and a really REALLY exciting combo for a first time clutch! Congrats and please keep us updated!

Wow! Here's hoping the odds gods smile on you!!!

That is such a cool pairing! Hope the odds work out for you :gj:

Ooh! thats soo exciting! I cant wait to see the pictures when they hatch! goodluck!

Congrats! I hope you hit the odds with that one. 4 super pastel pieds lol :banana::banana:

Oh man good luck with that project!!!

Congrats!! And good luck. post some pics when they hatch.

Thanks everyone! Will keep you updated as they hatch.

4 killer pieds would be awesome!

Ok for those who havent read my post on Fauna, let me catch you up.

On day 50 (yesterday), sometime over night the incubator for my eggs shut down, dropping the temperature inside below 75 degrees. To keep them warm I stuck them on my Freedom breeder rack to keep warm. All were moving when I candled them. When I got home they were nice and warm at 88 degrees, and still all moved when candled. Worked on the incubator and got it running again, left it for 6 hours at 89 degrees, and at midnight placed them back in. Then this morning checked the temp before going off to work, read 89 degrees. When I returned from work today again the incubator shut off down and the temps where 76 degrees! After taking them out and seeing none of them moving when candled, I cut them open (out of panic mode and the advice of what some people suggested in Fauna). I was glad to see 3 of the 4 eggs move, but one did not. Not to keep them cold much longer I put them back on the freedom breeder rack at the temperature set at 80 (to slowly warm them up over sever hours, 3 degrees every hour), and left them to be for an hour. Longest hour of my life? YES! Finally I came back to check on them once again, because I wanted to make sure the 4th one was not dead, I inspected them again, All moved! PHEW!!!!!!

They are all sitting in their tub sealed and climbing their temps very slowly over night to not shock them from drastic temp climb.

Now for the part many have been waiting for, the pictures!

Reminder: Sire Lemon pastel het pied; Dam Blonde pastel het pied

Here are all of them together opened
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...chad04/230.jpg

Egg #4: Looks to be normal?
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...chad04/232.jpg

Egg #2: Pastel possible twins? When we candled this egg 2 weeks ago, it looked like there was 2 heads in the egg. Also this egg never caved in, it stayed swelled, and isnt much room in there as it is. Cant see any heads to confirm the twin theory though
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...chad04/234.jpg

Egg #3: Pastel Pied!? Looks like it is! very bright orange/yellow on its tail and neck! Looks to be Low white though
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...chad04/231.jpg

Egg #1: I will leave this one to you guys to determine. I know what I think it is, and have someone else who believes it is too. This is the one that wasnt moving at first. Let me know what you think it is!
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...chad04/235.jpg

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Soo relieved they all are moving!

let the morph gods be with you! congrats!
Tom

Congrats! I wish you for Super Pastel Beauties!

Thanks!

CONGRATS thats very exciting! How long have you been waiting to pair those 2? :gj:

About a year now

Anyone goin to take a shot at guessing what egg #1 is?

Super Pastel Pied?

Lemon pie? I think that's what it should be called anyways.


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Throwing a coming out party! :banana::banana::banana::taz::taz::taz::D:D:D:O:O:O:gj::gj::gj:

the what looks like killer pied is first to say hi!
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http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/002-1.jpg
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http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/005-1.jpg

Congratulations :D They're so cute! I hope to see more pictures once they're all out, haha

SEXY! :gj::gj:
Congrats! cant wait see pics of everyone out of the eggs on this one!

What a great first clutch :bow:!!

Can't wait to see em out of the egg! Hurry up you little worms!!

gonna be a sweet looking batch. high bright colours, and lots of white. congrats on your first clutch, and a crazy combo at that!!

Congrats, definitely looking forward to seeing them outta them eggs!

Congrats. im just like everyone els. Cant wait to see them out of the eggs.

Ahhh, can't wait to see them all out! Crossing my fingers for you for a Killer!

First 3 are out!
Egg 3:
http://img.tapatalk.com/a6935998-ed87-8728.jpg

Egg 2:
http://img.tapatalk.com/a6935998-edd3-80f1.jpg

Egg 1:
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http://img.tapatalk.com/a6935998-ee19-413d.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/a6935998-ee33-9271.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/a6935998-ee50-9ffe.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/a6935993-f11e-f2c0.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/a6935993-f146-c75f.jpg

Looks like 2 normals and 1 killer pied to me! Still got one more in the egg to go, will confirm the killer pied once it sheds! All are healthy!

Nice babies!! Love the pied! :)

-Amber

Yay! Congrats! What a smoker :bow:

Yay!!!!!

KILLER killer! :P

Congrats on the babies!

Congratulations! Nice babies.:gj:

Congrats again for them hatching :gj: THAT THING IS KILLER well i hope it is looks like it to me! But in no expert. Awesome job!

They are beautiful!! That pied looks like it's going to have an amazing pattern!

That has to be the most amazing pied baby I've ever seen!

Even if it isn't killer, it's still killer!

Gale

Thanks everyone! Can't wait for the other pied to come out and these guys to shed

Congrats on the great looking babies!:gj:
The Pied looks absolutely amazing and most likely Killer!
Can't wait to see it after it sheds.

Congrats on a beautiful clutch!

Here are a few updated pics of them cleaned up.

http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/007-1.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/008-1.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/009-1.jpg
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http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/011-1.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/012-1.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/013-1.jpg

And my wife and I's helpers...
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/005-2.jpg

also, can I get a few judgement calls on this one? This was my other female I was breeding, who did not look this big 2 days ago when I took her out. Late Ovulation perhaps???? (she was bred to the lemon pastel het as well)
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/015-1.jpg

One more still to go, yolk almost gone though so should be soon

Thanks!

That killer pied :bow: LOVE how faded the pattern is... incredible.

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LORD that is a beautiful clutch. Love the patterns on those normals, too. Congrats!

WOW, absolutely beautiful Pied, GRATZ!

The final baby is out! half white pied! Or is it Pastel Pied!!!??? I am not an expert but to me it looks pastel pied, the head is what is selling me, cant tell too much, but there is a light fade on the crown, and the cheek stripes are yellowish green. Cant tell if eyes are green yet dont wanna shine my LED flashlight in its face to tell lol.

Here it is! What do you guys think? normal pied or pastel pied?
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/001-3.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/002-3.jpg

And the entire clutch finally as one
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/004-2.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/005-3.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ad04/006-2.jpg

Couldnt be any happier on how this turned out! Dream come true for a first time clutch! Thanks everyone who commented and gave advice and support. It was much appreciated!

Next photos are post shed!

Thanks again!
Chad

oh my lord! that killer pied is just AWESOME! :bow: