Season '19 at Cyb-Psy Imperium

As a beginner last year was instructive, full of challenges and failures, from which I have learned a lot.
If You wish to read it search for: "Season `18 at Cyb-Psy Imperium". /keyword: Imperium/
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...light=imperium

Sad the bumble bee sisters did not survive. Both of them passed away after 3 months with one day difference, without any sign of sickness.
I changed the thermostat to a different one in the incubator. This seems to be more precise. Modified the level of the shelves. One fan got loose, heat glued it back again. Meanwhile also building a new 48 qty hatchling rack.

Breeding plan for year '19:
Male x Female
1. Butter het. Ghost x Butter
2. Butter het Ghost x Fire
3. Phantom Mojave x Butter
4. Phantom Mojave x Normal
5. Cinnamon x Enchi Lesser Pastel
6. Spider het. Pied x Pastel Pied
7. Banana x Pastel Champagne Pied

Comparing to last year I already have better results. 3 clutches laid so far (No. 1,4,6); 19 eggs and just only 1 slug. One got a tiny hole, I used a bandaid on it, seems to be fine. Being more cautius to exact incubation medium (perlit + vermikulit mixture) weight/water ratio; no molded eggs. This year I also try to hit a BEL and prove out the spider being a het pied.
The first egg cutting for the No. 1 - Butter x butter, should be on 26th June, but i will do it before/after, because exactly that day I already got ticket for Slipknot event. :) No.4 is planned to cut 5th and no.6 on 16th July. Rest of them still waiting to lay the eggs. The other butter is positioning and just shed yesterday, champagne is building...Wieghted my granite it will be ready next year. On side got also new animals: My friend gave away her leopard geckos and for surprise got also two eggs with them!

Good luck. Post lots of pictures please!

nice pairings and i hope your season goes well! i hope the Spider proves out for you and u get Bumblebee Pieds. :)

also could u post pix of your Pastel Champagne Pied? that sounds like a beautiful snake.

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Originally Posted by Ax01

nice pairings and i hope your season goes well! i hope the Spider proves out for you and u get Bumblebee Pieds. :)

also could u post pix of your Pastel Champagne Pied? that sounds like a beautiful snake.

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She is shy today... Will catch her later.:) I bought her as pastel champagne het. Pied, but after deep inspection we came to conclusion that she carries pied markers. When i bought her did not notice and seller did not mentioned, she has two small issues: bug eye and short tail.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9860f9eab7.jpg

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^ she has a gorgeous pattern. what "Pied markers" did u notice? she might just be high ringer.

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^ she has a gorgeous pattern. what "Pied markers" did u notice? she might just be high ringer.

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yes, she has ringer as common mark of hets, however within yellow spot there is a darker colored small spot, that we think is pied marker.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f3314f5f14.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9b69294faf.jpg

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yes, she has ringer as common mark of hets, however within yellow spot there is a darker colored small spot, that we think is pied marker.

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hmm interesting description of Pied markers. i wish u had a visual 1.0 Pied to pair her with to prove it out faster. but maybe u will get ringer Banana's and Pastel's.

i love seeing and reading threads from other parts of the world where the BP market is still behind and folks are still proving out genetics and making combo's w/ their small collection. so i really appreciate your thread and our threads from our friends in South Africa, Asia, etc.


Edit: BTW she doesn't have bug eyes. it looks like she has the opposite of that - small eyes or a condition known as microphthalmia. (unless one is big and buggy and the other is small that is. i can only see the right side eye.)

From genetics, inheritation point of view does it have any bigger meaning, influence if the snake has a different colored spot in one of his eyes?

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Originally Posted by Cybred

From genetics, inheritation point of view does it have any bigger meaning, influence if the snake has a different colored spot in one of his eyes?

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i don't quite understand what u are trying to say...

are u asking if big eyes/small eyes can be inherited genetically from the parent? big bug eyes are common in Super Lesser/Butter's and small eyes are common in Lesser/Butter Pieds. i haven't heard of anything else proven genetic w/ eyes and other cases seem random.

or are u saying that your snake has different colored eyes? this would be paradoxing/chimerism i think and would be completely random.

Hello Everyone!

Do not expect egg cutting videos and pictures for a while. My mobile did not survive VOLT festival. It was a great night in Sopron, very hot and got shooted with a fire truck water hose.:D

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Update on 1st clutch:
We are at day 58 now. I did not want to wait any longer with cutting. Thought the one egg with window looked like bumblebee and turned out to be a normal only. Results: 4 pastels and 2 normals, all het pieds. Well, this year did not hit any pied again. I start to consider my spider is actually not het for pied in reality. But I've got another pastel het. pied male as backup for next year ready for breeding.
Stay tuned for the 2nd clutch in 2 weeks! Of course when my mobile got repaired will update You on all of the happenings here.

I'm so focused to get piedball hatchlings that I mixed up the clutches. The 1st clutch is a butter het. Ghost to Butter, so the results are actually 4 butters and 2 normals, possible het ghosts. That means still there is a chance for pieds! Just a week more for the 2nd clutch...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...03a40719ad.jpg

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Hereby photos of 1st clutch before shed. And the 2nd clutch already pipped with a perfect bumblebee.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...389485f347.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4b54a34b5e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2cce6f3fd4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...66ebacea94.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fcab44a73f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...41e0d0a235.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...df32704473.jpg

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It is time for the 2nd clutch to check what is there! The spider het. pied male prooved out! It is day 59th and 5 of 6 eggs pipped; last day I could see only 1 head. 4 bumblebees, 2 pieds and if I'm right both of them are pastel pieds! ... opening a beer...:Dhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...07cd90ab7b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1b3aa9888a.jpg

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Congrats, that's awesome!

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Congrats, that's awesome!

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Thank You! Now looking at the picture I'm confused if these are bumblebees or only spiders, but will see when they are out of the eggs. So happy right now!

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Thank You! Now looking at the picture I'm confused if these are bumblebees or only spiders, but will see when they are out of the eggs. So happy right now!

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It's hard to tell because the picture is pretty dark but I think you might be right, I see spiders not bumblebees. My bumblebees were pretty much solid bright yellow with black pattern when they hatched. Yours look pretty dark but until they are out and you get better pics, it's going to be pretty hard to say for sure.

So the 2nd clutch after cleanup is 4 spider het pied and 2 pastel pied high white.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fc7d6ff809.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e0d77b83d2.jpg

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5th clutch is also here. Cinnamon x Enchi lesser pastel. This will be a good year!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...316e0c7264.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...dfc242a972.jpg

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Finally pc repaired, so I'm able to start uploading videos about this season. Better later, than never... :)
2nd clutch, Spider het. Pied x Pastel Pied cutting after they pipped:
https://youtu.be/JFnXH26Ff1k

3rd clutch started to pip at day 59th! Purple passion x Normal. Result should be half phantom, half mojave. I know these are basic morphs, anyway Im happy cause it won't produce normals. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...af590835b0.jpg

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3rd clutch is out of the eggs. Purple passion to normal. At first view it was really hard to spot the difference between phantom and mojave.

https://youtu.be/fRpa_Sh96Bo

I'm testing my rack system, how is the best to handle the hatchlings within. I assume Is this a scale rot? Just right now I'm making modifications, more holes in the tubs for airflow and drying out the substrate. Till that time all will receive a paper towel.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0b5e196f49.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...86854172da.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d46f5c5d7c.jpg

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Originally Posted by Cybred

As a beginner last year was instructive, full of challenges and failures, from which I have learned a lot.
If You wish to read it search for: "Season `18 at Cyb-Psy Imperium". /keyword: Imperium/
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...light=imperium

Sad the bumble bee sisters did not survive. Both of them passed away after 3 months with one day difference, without any sign of sickness.
I changed the thermostat to a different one in the incubator. This seems to be more precise. Modified the level of the shelves. One fan got loose, heat glued it back again. Meanwhile also building a new 48 qty hatchling rack.

Breeding plan for year '19:
Male x Female
1. Butter het. Ghost x Butter
2. Butter het Ghost x Fire
3. Phantom Mojave x Butter
4. Phantom Mojave x Normal
5. Cinnamon x Enchi Lesser Pastel
6. Spider het. Pied x Pastel Pied
7. Banana x Pastel Champagne Pied

Comparing to last year I already have better results. 3 clutches laid so far (No. 1,4,6); 19 eggs and just only 1 slug. One got a tiny hole, I used a bandaid on it, seems to be fine. Being more cautius to exact incubation medium (perlit + vermikulit mixture) weight/water ratio; no molded eggs. This year I also try to hit a BEL and prove out the spider being a het pied.
The first egg cutting for the No. 1 - Butter x butter, should be on 26th June, but i will do it before/after, because exactly that day I already got ticket for Slipknot event. :) No.4 is planned to cut 5th and no.6 on 16th July. Rest of them still waiting to lay the eggs. The other butter is positioning and just shed yesterday, champagne is building...Wieghted my granite it will be ready next year. On side got also new animals: My friend gave away her leopard geckos and for surprise got also two eggs with them!

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Womt a bandaid hold water against the egg?

let's get the ball rollin'

4th clutch is pipping! Butter het ghost to Fire.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9a01f6f23e.jpg

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The smallest baby of the season - a Nuclear (Butter-Fire). I really hope the survival instinct is strong within. It crawled out of the egg by itself leaving a big yoak sack there in the egg.

https://youtu.be/con_6mqAxpM

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Sometimes we loose. The surprise, didn't planned breeding resulted with 6 slugs.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7f6147368d.jpg

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The last clutch for this year: https://youtu.be/_ivhbuQ3iZE

Just wonder why it is so hard for breeders to identify gender and morphs correctly...
I need to apologize for one if you and correct myself of a mistake I was not aware. Sorry! My Enchi Lesser Pastel is actually an Enchi Lesser Fire...

Finally I got a Banana Pied that will be paired with my Pastel Pied. I just love pieds! :)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...21c6066619.jpg

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congratulations on all the new babies my friend. i'm sorry about the slugs from your Champagne. they don't look the worse and i hope u are attempting to hatch them. either way, this is a much better season for u unlike last year. you hit some goals and got some new animals. congrats.

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congratulations on all the new babies my friend. i'm sorry about the slugs from your Champagne. they don't look the worse and i hope u are attempting to hatch them. either way, this is a much better season for u unlike last year. you hit some goals and got some new animals. congrats.

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Hi and thanks. I did throw them out, cause definitely were infertile. For this banana pied male I gave 12 babies which I think is worth far more, but still I've got another 21 hatchlings. The last clutch gives me hard times with identification - WOB can't hint. I promised pictures also, so it is time to get them uploaded.
Finally also I just learned how to probe.
Interesting how a gene (mojave exactly) can vary in color. I just bought a mojave het. ghost which is way more black than my newborns.

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