September 11th Clutch, black pastel pied x 'pixel' pied

Four out of my five eggs hatched out on September 11th and I'm in love with each and every one of them. I did not get any 'pixel' pieds, however I'm not discouraged (my first pairing of a mojave to pastel six years ago yielded seven eggs: one mojave, six normals). With such a special hatch date I have given all of them patriotic names. I will be naming the fifth one once s/he hatches (bad luck to name them in the egg) and s/he will also get a patriotic name despite being a little late. I have peeked inside that egg and loved what I saw ;) so I've got all my fingers crossed that they are a survivor.

I couldn't hold off a photoshoot any longer! So here are some quick pics of the first four. They have not been sexed, but the names work either way.

Nimitz (Aircraft Carrier), black pastel pied (this is a dream snake of mine, a nicely balanced color to white black pastel pied!):

http://pre08.deviantart.net/830e/th/...ry-dahihnt.jpg

http://pre09.deviantart.net/2ec9/th/...ry-dahihtp.jpg


Skyes (Army Base) Pied (love the pattern here):

http://pre11.deviantart.net/5258/th/...ry-dahii8h.jpg




Fallon (Naval Base) Pied (in my opinion this is what a pied should be, love the 50/50 white to pattern with equal distribution. If this one is female she will be staying with me):

http://pre00.deviantart.net/8ced/th/...ry-dahihvs.jpg


Oorah (Marines' rally cry) Pied (With that odd patch behind the head Oorah has a slight chance of having that pixel gene just in poor expression of it with all that white since the father has that exact same spot behind the head...although I know it's not an unheard of mark in pied so I'm not counting this one as a 'pixel', as s/he grows it will be interesting to see what happens to the margins of this spot and if it has that digital look to the edge).

http://img01.deviantart.net/9590/i/2...ry-dahiish.jpg

Correction: That's Sykes not Skyes.

Finally! Excellent clutch can't wait to see #5


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Great looking pieds!

Thank you! I'm very happy with this clutch despite no pixelation. The fifth one is still stubbornly sitting in the egg without so much as a glance at the outside world. That one knows how pretty s/he is and wants an engraved into this world. :)

Snake Pile!!!


http://pre06.deviantart.net/1b69/th/...ry-dahip7o.jpg

So cute!!

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Thanks!!

Upon closer inspection Oorah has *one* perfect white scale on the back of the head (that's not a flash or a missing scale).

http://img05.deviantart.net/6d54/i/2...ry-dahjb2h.jpg

WOW congrats.. this answers my question I just asked about a couple of minutes ago !!

What a gorgeous clutch! I'm so happy for you [emoji1] it would be so hard choosing which one to keep. I really like them all!


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Thank you both!

It is hard to chose! I will pick after I sex them. :)

So I opened up the last egg a little bit more because he hasn't poked his head out at all. He still has an umbilical cord...it doesn't seem to be twisted (not that I can see anyway) however his color looks a little pale? I didn't take a pic the first time I looked but I recall him being darker. Not sure there is anything I can/should do.

I really want this snake to live...look at the white markings on the face!

Thoughts?

http://pre10.deviantart.net/03e9/th/...ry-dahk1ya.jpg

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Originally Posted by piedlover79

So I opened up the last egg a little bit more because he hasn't poked his head out at all. He still has an umbilical cord...it doesn't seem to be twisted (not that I can see anyway) however his color looks a little pale? I didn't take a pic the first time I looked but I recall him being darker. Not sure there is anything I can/should do.

I really want this snake to live...look at the white markings on the face!

Thoughts?

http://pre10.deviantart.net/03e9/th/...ry-dahk1ya.jpg

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beauty there hope s/he comes out soon and ok

I hope so too! Right now I think the best (perhaps the only) thing to do is nothing at all. I'm used to having clutches that take longer than 60 days, but this is the first time I've had one not come out with the others...but he's just a day late so far. ;)

Yea best thihg to do is wait. And know that it will be ok. Of course that is alot easyer said than done

If it was anyone else I would be all "Dude, chill, it's just a day late." But with this one being so special looking I'm on pins and needles!

Rooting for your last guy!

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I hope it makes it. By the look of it's face it should look pretty unique.

I really hope he does too. I did one last color check to make sure his cord wasn't twisted, he'd pulled his head back down into the egg and revealed his cord (untwisted for now) but also a large amount of yolk still attached, about the size of a large marble. My hope is that over the next few days he absorbs it. Now that I know the cord isn't actively twisted I'm going to avoid mucking with him for the next 24 hours.

I'm so in love with the marks on his face.

Positive sign! Little head poking out of the egg this morning!

Great, the best always comes last.

That seems to be the truth here!! Can't wait to get home!

Congrats on your new little babies!!!
And I hope #5comes out soon!

Thanks! I'm so excited!!

Hopefully the last guy will be out when I get home. :)

beautiful clutch with some cool names too.

can't wait to see the last one. kinda looks like mama with the half face. :)

Edit for double post.

When I came home his egg had rolled over and the middle of his body had spilled out, umbilical cord and yolk still attached (seems like less yolk). So I carefully righted the egg and slipped him back in. He looks a lot better today, his color is much darker. I almost wonder if his cord was twisted for a while and now is better?

I couldn't help but take a quick pic. I love how the stripes on his face meet up with his white marks! I'm really pulling for this one!

http://img02.deviantart.net/149e/i/2...ry-dahnlhe.jpg


Color yesterday:

http://pre10.deviantart.net/03e9/th/...ry-dahk1ya.jpg

That's a nice clutch I would keep a female and breed back to the sire if that angle has not been explored yet. ;)

Thanks!

I'm going to keep Fallon if that one is female and/or Oorah. If this one makes it I'm keeping no matter the sex. ;)

Well the last one is still curled up in the egg. All the veins are gone, so I'm hoping that means he's absorbing the yolk as well. His color still looks good.

Fantastic clutch pl! That runt will probably be the one with pixelation. Good luck with them bc they are all amazing. :gj:

I'm very pleased (although I'd love to have seen some pixel)! I don't see any pixel on the one large patch of color I've been able to see, but I haven't seen the last half of his body yet! It would EPIC if he was black pastel pixel, but I'm thrilled with the white marks on his face! :)

Come out little guy!! :)

He's taking his sweet time coming out of the egg isn't he.

Big news! He's (maybe she) is OUT!

Pics soon!!

WOOOOOT

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Hurry up man! Post the pictures!:D The wait is driving me crazy, and it's a short drive.:rolleye2:

So here we are! Only three days late. No sign of pixelation, however two interesting traits. The most noticeably is the fact that s/he has the same 'two face' markings as the mother right down to the fact that it's the right side of the face that is browned out. the other interesting thing is the gray markings behind the neck and on the one patch of color.

The one thing I'm worried about is the fact that his/her head is noticeably smaller than the others. Not sure if this is going to be an issue or not.



Meet Semper (as in Semper Fi)

http://pre07.deviantart.net/3199/th/...ry-dahraxu.jpg

http://img08.deviantart.net/ff2a/i/2...ry-dahraul.jpg

http://orig13.deviantart.net/fa04/f/...ry-dahrasc.jpg

http://img03.deviantart.net/ce5f/i/2...ry-dahra8g.jpg


Moms face for comparison

http://pre00.deviantart.net/f555/th/...ry-d4tpjtq.jpg

glad it made it out. it's super cool! looks like u may have a genetic Harvey Dent morph. ;)

It would be pretty cool if the two face thing really is genetic! I guess we shall find out in the future! If it happens again I'm going to guess it's genetic. :)

I love Semper! This one stays here no matter the sex. Heehee.

Congrats on the last little baby!! I'm glad it finally made an appearance lol. It would be really awesome if the two face thing was genetic [emoji4]


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Thanks! That really would be cool.

I'm interested to see what happens with the gray after a few sheds. All my others are going into shed right now.

Yes you saved the best for last. He or she looks nice. It's going to be interesting to see how it looks after a shed or two.

Heehee. I didn't save it....the snek did!

Yep. I love it


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Such a nice little snek!

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Thank you both! I'm very happy!!!

updated pics after shed!

Can't wait. 😁

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Well Nimitz and Fallon ate right out of the gate f/t no problems! The other two struck but didn't coil, and Semper is still waiting to shed for the first time. Still I'm happy that two of them ate so quickly without issue, now to get the other ones on board.

Once all five have shed I will update pics!