First steps in a double recessive project.
hey everyone,
so about a week ago my parents came to visit me and it was great then my youngest sister wanted to see my snakes and ofcourse I showed them, my mom then started asking if I was close in to breeding some and if so wich ones. I told her and then I came to this double recessive I wanted to go for. I told her I had to hatch double het's first then grow them up and then pair them together and that those eggs would have a 1 in 16 chance of having the double visual in them. she asked me how many eggs do they lay? I answered well the average is about 6 but that it can range anywhere from 1 to 10-12 or so.
That's when my mom and dad both said they where proud as they know patience isn't my strongest virtue haha!! It felt great!
Anyways to the pairing now,
Last night (Sunday) at around 01.00 AM European time I placed my male Clown in with my female Orange Ghost and when I woke up this morning around 8 AM I saw this
http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...psseoxvb6t.jpg
for some reason I didn't feel confident enough to consider this a lock but it gave me enough to believe the male was interested.
about 4 hours later I checked on them and saw this :D
http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...psjn8uuj1w.jpg
LOCK!
I am very excited at this moment even though I try to keep myself from getting to excited as I know this doesn't mean she will lay eggs but at least it is a start!
thanks for looking,
Andrew
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MS2
Nice! Good luck on your long term project.
Thx MS2!
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KitaCat
Congrats! I got so excited when I saw my first lock too, and I wasn't even working towards something as exciting as a double recessive. :)
Clown/Hypo?
WelL I also got very excited when my Calico Super Pastel locked with my Lesser Pastel and I even got excited at their 10th lock haha I guess all locks are exciting!
yep Hypo/Clown a.k.a Candied Clown, hopefully I'll get a nice male to female ratio to hold back a 1.3 group double het. Candied Clown group.
as I looked through the tub they where on the right side of the tub so I thought they where done and I wanted to put the male in his own tub so I opened the tub to see this
http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...psqzm6ddpd.jpg
he is acting like a real stud!!
it's the first pairing for both of them so I am really happy he understands what he needs to do haha
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Best of luck! Long projects are were it is at!
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Hoping you get more females than males more eggs more chances 👍
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Nice work on the pairings Arb. That clown project looks good. I just hatched a clutch of double hets this morning. Keep up the great work.
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Jay Mechtly
Best of luck! Long projects are were it is at!
Thank you, I think so too and what's also very nice is the fact I haven't seen any Candied Clowns or dh Candied Clowns being offered at shows here in the Netherlands where also bigger breeders from other European countries come.
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Emilio
Hoping you get more females than males more eggs more chances ��
Yeah indeed, I hope to be able to at least hold back 1.2 but preferably 1.3
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Albert Clark
Nice work on the pairings Arb. That clown project looks good. I just hatched a clutch of double hets this morning. Keep up the great work.
Nice, grats to you! hope the sex rartio is gonna be good for you!
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MidSouthMorphs
Congrats! That's a great start for sure.
Thanks man!
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tcutting
Rock on! good luck.
I too am trying a double recessive project. Caramel Glows... had a lock earlier but no eggs... yet...
Thanks and good luck on your project, just keep trying!
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BumbleB
Congrats! great start to a long project.
Thank you!
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CrazyPiston
I don't know if I'm more jealous that your already starting a candied clown project (something I have decided I want to pursue later), or the fact that your family is supportive and willing to listen to your plans. ( my mom won't come in my house because she knows I have snakes)
Well the first time they saw/knew I had a snake they only learned after they came to visit the same like they always did, but then at 1 point I said "hey mam, I got a new cool pet" and I got my Orange Ghost girl out her tub (she was my first ball python) and the first reaction I got from my mom was "Why am I not surprised you have a snake?" then I saw some poop in the tub and wanted to take it out so I just pressed the snake in my moms arms and said "here, hold her for a minute" and that is really how she came to enjoy her and all other snakes I got after.
I guess I am just very lucky with a mom like that
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CrazyPiston
I don't know if I'm more jealous that your already starting a candied clown project (something I have decided I want to pursue later), or the fact that your family is supportive and willing to listen to your plans. ( my mom won't come in my house because she knows I have snakes)
My mom wont come into my house either, she won't even poke her head in to yell for her grandkids to hurry...lol
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ARBallMorphs
"Why am I not surprised you have a snake?" then I saw some poop in the tub and wanted to take it out so I just pressed the snake in my moms arms and said "here, hold her for a minute" and that is really how she came to enjoy her and all other snakes I got after.
I guess I am just very lucky with a mom like that
Yes you are,, If I did that mine would never come to my house again, and she'd probably hit me in the arm every time she seen me after that...:(
