2018 Breeding Season Thread

I will be using this thread to showcase my 2018 season from pairings to pipping. Yes, I realize it's still 2017 but nothing will be hatched before the end of the year. This season will be mostly about recessives, i.e. Hypo, Pied, and maybe even Clown if my male gets up to size. He's only around 600 grams and sometimes they just don't get it figured out when they're that size. Most of the babies should look like typical single and double gene animals, but they should set me up for some really nice combos in the future. Without further ado, the first pairing.

1.0 Pied Ghost X 0.1 Yellowbelly

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Please excuse the appearance. I use paper substrate and it can get pretty messy when they get going. Stay tuned for some future pairings. Thanks

With the remnants of hurricane Irma approaching the ATL, I thought I would take advantage of the low pressure system to pair some animals. I put three males with females last night and found all locked this morning.

0.1 Pastel Mojave X 1.0 Leopard Pinstripe
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0.1 Enchi Hypo X 1.0 Enchi Double het Hypo / Clown
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0.1 Yellowbelly X 1.0 Pied Ghost (this is second lock for these two)
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I have a 0.1 Vanilla that I plan to pair with the 1.0 Pied Ghost as well. I also have a 0.1 Fire het Hypo sitting at about 1,200 grams right now whom I hope will still make size for this season, but I'm not going to push it. Thanks for looking and stay tuned for future updates.

Amazing! Looking forward to the progress with these pairings. Nice work. :gj:

7 pounds of snake in a 2 pound bowl. Every time I've had a big girl soak like this, she has usually ovulated not too long after so I'm taking this as a good sign. Oh, and she has also just gone off feed which just reinforces my suspicions. She was paired to the Leopard Pin so fingers crossed for something fun.

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I'm starting to pair up as well. I should have taken a photo of my fire pied male with my bumble bee yellow belly possible het pied, trying to prove her out. Should get a really interesting clutch from those two. Actually saw them lock up on the first day! Also paired up an albino pied with a regular pied, trying to get some hets and make more albino pieds. A lot of my other stuff is top secret, I'll tell you when you see the babies next year LOLOL.

I actually just tried out my new ultrasound, it works great. Some of my girls already had follicles that were as big as 16 mm, some right at 12 mm. There was one girl that seemed to not have any follicles, I was wondering if she was really a girl so I probed her. Sure enough, she is a girl! My big retic had 13 mm follicles so I paired her up as well. It was so crazy in that tub my whole rack was shaking from those two retics in the big tub! They finally chilled out HA!

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I'm starting to pair up as well. I should have taken a photo of my fire pied male with my bumble bee yellow belly possible het pied, trying to prove her out. Should get a really interesting clutch from those two. Actually saw them lock up on the first day! Also paired up an albino pied with a regular pied, trying to get some hets and make more albino pieds. A lot of my other stuff is top secret, I'll tell you when you see the babies next year LOLOL.

I actually just tried out my new ultrasound, it works great. Some of my girls already had follicles that were as big as 16 mm, some right at 12 mm. There was one girl that seemed to not have any follicles, I was wondering if she was really a girl so I probed her. Sure enough, she is a girl! My big retic had 13 mm follicles so I paired her up as well. It was so crazy in that tub my whole rack was shaking from those two retics in the big tub! They finally chilled out HA!

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I always take pics of the locks just so I can back up genetics, especially with recessives. Also it shows prospective buyers of the babies what the quality or appearance of the parents is like.

I look forward to seeing some of your future productions. Sounds like it could be interesting.

This girl is really glowing. you can really see the difference from the photo of her in the bowl. I hope everyone's season is progressing nicely.

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I separated my pairs last Friday and accidently separated two pairs that were locked, not good. They were all balled up and I couldn't tell if they were locked or not. I won't do that again, I'm making sure I can see a tail before I remove the male!

Finally. The first ovulation of the season. Hopefully more to come.

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Your enchi-ghost and your leopard-pinstripe are really cool combos. I like how the genes interact on both of those breeders. :gj:

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I separated my pairs last Friday and accidently separated two pairs that were locked, not good. They were all balled up and I couldn't tell if they were locked or not. I won't do that again, I'm making sure I can see a tail before I remove the male!

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I hope they are alright and you get some nice babies.

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Your enchi-ghost and your leopard-pinstripe are really cool combos. I like how the genes interact on both of those breeders. :gj:

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Thank you. I'm pretty excited to see what the leopard pin throws.

This is an absolutely awesome post.
As Chris knows I am just starting out with BP's, and 2018 will be my first attempt at breeding.

This Pictoral Progression Post will be a big help for me.

I so look forward to following this Post.

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This is an absolutely awesome post.
As Chris knows I am just starting out with BP's, and 2018 will be my first attempt at breeding.

This Pictoral Progression Post will be a big help for me.

I so look forward to following this Post.

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Glad to be of help. Markus Jayne has a great breeding pictorial you can find out there with a simple search. The 0.1 Enchi Hypo in this thread just went off feed so I suspect she will ovulate here in the next 6 to 8 weeks. Stay tuned.

She finished her pre-lay shed today. As you can see she has darkened back up a bit since she is no longer glowing.

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So exciting, I’m excited for you! I sure wish one of mine would ovulate, I have the hardest time with being patient and it makes this hobby very hard for me lol.
She’s still looking very pretty even though she lost the glow. She reminds me of my fire mojave who I believe is my farthest along but no ovy witnessed yet so hard to say for sure.
Well good luck with your eggs. I hope she has a healthy and nice size clutch for you!

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So exciting, I’m excited for you! I sure wish one of mine would ovulate, I have the hardest time with being patient and it makes this hobby very hard for me lol.
She’s still looking very pretty even though she lost the glow. She reminds me of my fire mojave who I believe is my farthest along but no ovy witnessed yet so hard to say for sure.
Well good luck with your eggs. I hope she has a healthy and nice size clutch for you!

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Thank you. Hang in there and things will happen. This hobby is not for those who require immediate gratification, or any gratification for that matter. From females that won't stay on feed and get to size, or pairings that fail to produce a clutch, or clutches that fail to produce a desired combo, to a combo that ends up being the wrong gender, this hobby is littered with pitfalls. That's why when something happens exactly as hoped, it's overwhelmingly satisfying. Enjoy the journey!

And that is what makes this hobby so exciting.
The anticipation of plans bearing fruit.

I have a Vanilla girl that is up to about 2000 grams and could be bred. The problem is I am on the fence with which way to go. My choice is between my 1.0 Pied Ghost and my 1.0 Blade Clown. The Blade Clown is just over a year old, at almost 1000 grams, still eating, but has never been bred. The Pied Ghost has locked several times with a 0.1 YB this year but has gone off feed about three weeks ago. I think either would be interesting long term, but neither will be very exciting in this round since they are both recessives. Feel free to share your thoughts.

I personally chose to go the clown route with my vanilla girl but I did not have a pied ghost to choose from lol. I feel you on the lack of excitement this round but that’s recessive for you. Either choice will have some cool outcomes long term but if I were you, I’d use the pied ghost only because it will give you more options for future projects.

I took rufretic's advice and paired my 1.0 Pied Ghost with my 0.1 Vanilla. They locked immediately. Stay tuned.

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This poor girl looks like she's about to blow but she still has at least two more weeks to go. She hasn't eaten in months so this is all eggs.

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This poor girl looks like she's about to blow but she still has at least two more weeks to go. She hasn't eaten in months so this is all eggs.

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Wow, awesome fertility goddess you got there.


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nice looks like it is going to be an interesting season!

Fired up the incubator today. Eggs could drop as early as next week so want to be ready. Stay tuned.

Day 27 post shed and here come the eggs right on schedule. I will update as soon as she is finished. Stay tuned.

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Day 27 post shed and here come the eggs right on schedule. I will update as soon as she is finished. Stay tuned.

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Congrats! I can’t wait to see what you get!

Looks like my mojave Fire girl is about a month behind her, she’s going into prelay she’s right now. I’m just happy to finally have a count down, she’s also my first to go this season.

Proud Mamma on eggs. She gave me 9 nice ones weighing over 1000 grams. Can't wait till the end of March.

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Proud Mamma on eggs. She gave me 9 nice ones weighing over 1000 grams. Can't wait till the end of March.

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You are early, and I thought I was always early with eggs in February all the way to november.

Can't wait to see the results.

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You are early, and I thought I was always early with eggs in February all the way to november.

Can't wait to see the results.

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Thanks Deborah. This is the earliest clutch I've had yet. I haven't even had any other Ovys yet.

Here's another girl glowing and soaking. Good things to come. Thanks for looking.

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Congrats on a very nice sized clutch.
May I ask the weight of this girl before she was paired up.

Here is the second Ovy of the season. Now to watch for the pre-lay shed. Stay tuned.

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The girl above just finished her pre-lay shed so we are in count down mode to clutch #2.

As for clutch #1, we are at day 58 in the incubator so it should only be about 3 or 4 more days until we see some heads poking out. I incubate at 87 degrees so it usually takes 61 to 63 days. Stay tuned.

Congrats, I am definitely tuned to this thread.

Day 62. Here they come.

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Wow so exciting. I never saw this thread so just was able to catch up. Great progression thread. That ghost pied male tho dang! Beauty. Any more pics of him?

The second one to pip is the first one to crawl out. A nice little leopard Mojave. Once everyone is out I will take a group shot and then start a new thread for this clutch. I'll keep this thread going on subsequent pairings and eggs. Thanks for following this.

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Here's the whole clutch. I will start a new thread with individual pictures. Thanks for looking.

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Here's the whole clutch. I will start a new thread with individual pictures. Thanks for looking.

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Wow beautiful! What a clutch!


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They look great!

Well it was a long wait, 60 days since ovulation, but here they come. Clutch #2 will hit the incubator today. Pairing was 0.1 Vanilla X 1.0 Pied Ghost. Stay tuned for the final egg count.

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Eight is the magic number. See you all back here in about 62 days.

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Day 62 and I have pippers. I will post some pictures once they crawl out. Not expecting anything too exciting to look at though since it will just be double hets.

Here is a couple pics.

First is a group shot but one is being shy.

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The first one to climb out is a Normal dhet Pied/Ghost. Nice strong markers.

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Once they're all out I'll post a full clutch picture.

So squishy! Keep the photos coming. Love normal also.

They are finally out. Over 48 hours from the first pip until the last emerged. I have not sexed any of them yet as I will wait until they shed. All of these are double het for Ghost/Pied. Preliminary I have 5 Vanilla, 2 Normal, and 1 TBD. In the pics below, the two on the left are Normal, the five on the right are Vanilla, the one lower middle is the one in question. I'm leaning towards it being a Normal because the head isn't as blushed as the others. However, it seems brighter than the two on the left. I'll know better with a couple sheds. Thanks for looking.

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