I was going to wait but I'm too excited!

My first set of twins is hatching!! This was a breeding partnership between myself and Matt Cossman of Reptile Revolt. The dam is my 10 year old dark normal "Thunder". The sire is Matt's Champagne. I will update with more pics when they all hatch.

6 eggs. 4 have pipped, and so far there are 3 Champagnes and 2 normals. The twins egg has a Champ and normal.

:D

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http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/6ygabaty.jpg

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And last but definitely the coolest..
THE TWINS!! One normal, and one Champagne!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/7esy2u9a.jpg

Awesome. :D

And I think that is the smallest slug I have ever seen. :O

More pics when they come out please? :please:

Yeah and to think I was disappointed when I saw the slug but I got 7 babies from a 6 egg clutch anyway!

Congrats! So cool that you got twins!

isn't it pretty rare to have 2 different "morphs" or phenotypes hatch out as twins?

but regardless, congrats!

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isn't it pretty rare to have 2 different "morphs" or phenotypes hatch out as twins?

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It's more common than one would think. At its most basic, it's the product of two different fertilized follicles surrounded by one shell. I'm pretty sure there are other circumstances leading to the same event, but someone more experienced with genetics will have to chime in on that one.

Congrats Monica, that's awesome!

I love twin egg pictures! Congrats! :)

Very cool. Congrats on the champs and twins!

Awesome,

Congrats on the whole clutch :)

Gratz Monica !!!!:gj:

Congrats!

Regards,

B

Congrats, that is super awesome!

Not bad congrats :gj:

The last two eggs pipped and have normals in them. I was hoping for more Champagnes but I'm still super excited about the twins. I finally saw both of their heads. They are small and cute! Ill post clutch pics when they venture out.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/21/du5u3y2u.jpg

congrats!!!

Very cool! Congrats on the twins, that is way cool!

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isn't it pretty rare to have 2 different "morphs" or phenotypes hatch out as twins?

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Not really, in fact it's a lot more common then identical twins which is what happens when the zygote splits into two embryos. What happens in this case is that two ova were shelled together in one egg.

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THE TWINS!! One normal, and one Champagne!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/7esy2u9a.jpg

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That is very very cool. Congratulations.

that's awesome! Id love to have twins!

Now that's pretty cool!

The first one out is a male at 80 grams on 5/20/13.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/21/ugajazer.jpg

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The second one out is a female with a nice stripe, a cool orange spot, and a pink tail tip. 80 grams on 5/21/13.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/21/uvamusyz.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/21/5uvyhetu.jpg

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And the twins are still cuddling. I slit the egg across to see them better and be sure they're ok. More pics later!

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/21/8amuvege.jpg

Here are the TINY twins with the other two Champagnes..

The twins are 40 grams each while all the others are a big 80 grams each.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/22/e4amabed.jpg

Tiny female Champagne twin. She so cute!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/22/da7uvu3y.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/22/3uqysana.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/22/3anuvazy.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/22/atyzudys.jpg

In total.. 6 eggs, 7 babies.

1.3 normals
1.2 Champagne

The twins egg contained a male normal and a female Champ. The other 2 Champs are 1.1.

The other 3 normals are all females.

That's awesome! Congrats! Champs have to be one of the cutest morphs imo. Those twins are extra adorable.

That made me want a champagne, they look amazing as hatchlings!

The twins are so tiny and I love the picture of them snugglin'

Congratulations! :gj:

They all look great! Congrats!

Congrats monica, those champs are very pretty!

40g is a nice size for twins. The only time I had twins they were both under 20g and I ended up losing one. You shouldn't have any problem with those at all.

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40g is a nice size for twins. The only time I had twins they were both under 20g and I ended up losing one. You shouldn't have any problem with those at all.

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Yeah I'm sure they'll be fine. They're too small for rats and unfortunately my ASFs are not producing very well. I'm waiting on a new colony to mature so ill probably need to get mouse fuzzies from the shop down the street for those two for a few feeds.