First pip!

Day 58 on my lesser x leopard clutch and 2 finally pipped! Looks like a lesser or lesser leopard and maybe a leopard or normal. Will have to wait and see [emoji16] they are so little and adorable [emoji173]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e423aa0450.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...58be0bde9d.jpg

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Aww! Congrats!!

I'll never get tired of seeing snakes peeking out of eggs....never! :D

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Aww! Congrats!!

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Thank you [emoji4] can't wait to see what else pips

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I'll never get tired of seeing snakes peeking out of eggs....never! :D

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Same [emoji16] I love it!

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I'm a big fan of lesser leopards so I can't wait to see what you get. Congrats on the clutch!

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I'm a big fan of lesser leopards so I can't wait to see what you get. Congrats on the clutch!

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Thanks, I love lesser leopards too [emoji16]

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Woah, so I checked on the eggs and noticed something strange...how in the world do I have a white bp! Pairing was Lesser 66%het OG x Leopard [emoji50]
This is a first pairing for the leopard.

Last year she was paired with a banana pastel Enchi so I don't think its retained sperm if she has any and it still wouldn't explain why there's a white one.

This clutch is turning out more interesting than I thought it would be, I can't wait until they are out!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d999f258bd.jpg

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Don't you just love surprises!? :D

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Don't you just love surprises!? :D

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I do! Lol now I'm really excited to see what else I have. I was expecting lessers, leopards, normals or lesser leopards xD

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Also looked back at my records, the only other male I've paired with her is my butter pastel, but that was in 2016! She didn't lay that season though.

But like I said, she laid a clutch for me last year and the banana pastel Enchi was clearly the father of that clutch. I'm stumped lol

Gonna be a long day or two waiting for them to crawl out of their eggs to ID better xD

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Pics of parents, lesser 66% het OG and Leopardhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2a65eeeaee.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4a6e1a42bb.jpg

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Leopard Mojave possibly? That leopard obviously has to have another gene. So excited for you, what a cook surprise!

Or is it possible they both have yb?

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Or is it possible they both have yb?

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No yb in either of them, I contacted the breeder and he said the leopard (my boy) came from a mojave pairing. So it could be possible that he is also a mojave [emoji54]

He asked if I could send photos of them when they crawl out and I told him I will for sure [emoji4]

I'm just glad/lucky he still had the records, I bought this boy in 2015 lol!

Oh and I have 2 BELs! [emoji50]

Yay for accidental BELs [emoji16] if one is a male I'm keeping it, already have a female butter mojave BELhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7a88c0c9a1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e3c6d44726.jpg

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And here is a pic of my boy when he was a hatchlinghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d2ccf8ab04.jpg

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Yeah I think you have a Mojave leopard, I can see it in this pic even more. Always nice to discover an additional morph ;) congratulations! I can't wait to see the rest of the babies.

Crazy! Maybe the non-BEL babies will provide some clues? If the male is a very low-expression Mojave Leopard, you may get a Mojave hatchy. Super curious to see what all come out.

I wouldn't rule out retained sperm from the Butter just yet. While she wasn't bred to anything in the in-between season, I have had a girl go three years after pairing and then produce a clutch. They can be very at keeping that stuff on lay-away.

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Crazy! Maybe the non-BEL babies will provide some clues? If the male is a very low-expression Mojave Leopard, you may get a Mojave hatchy. Super curious to see what all come out.

I wouldn't rule out retained sperm from the Butter just yet. While she wasn't bred to anything in the in-between season, I have had a girl go three years after pairing and then produce a clutch. They can be very at keeping that stuff on lay-away.

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The female was bred to a butter pastel in 2016, didn't produce. In 2017 I paired her with the banana Enchi pastel and produced 5 eggs, all fathered by the banana.

Sorry I that part was confusing lol words are hard sometimes lmao

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