My first hatchling of the year

My first clutch started poking their heads out this weekend. This girl was the first one out of the egg and the first of the year for me. She looks pretty good, I can't wait till she sheds.
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/PC185559.jpg

I also had one of my female pastels ovulate for me today. This is my first chance at super pastels or yellowbelly pastels so I was stoked to find her blowin' up.
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...2008-ovu-2.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...2008-ovu-1.jpg

cute girl! congrats and good luck with the other clutch!

Big congrats Kevin! You're having quite the season so far!:bow:

Congrats Kevin!
That is one awesome looking pastel! Here's hoping for some pastel YB's!! :D

Congrats Kevin...:gj:...That's a hot Pastel too -

Congratulations Kevin! I love her head spot! She's really pretty! And congrats on that lovely pastel girl!

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Originally Posted by python.princess

cute girl! congrats and good luck with the other clutch!

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Thanks! Keeping my fingers crossed that I get a nice fertile clutch from that pastel.

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Originally Posted by jknudson

Big congrats Kevin! You're having quite the season so far!:bow:

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I am happy with how it is going so far! I am still on cloud nine from getting some gtp eggs. I only had 12 female BPs to work with but 8 have already laid or ovulated and 3 more are on the verge of blowin' up so I expect to go 11 for 12 this year.

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Originally Posted by MPenn

Congrats Kevin!
That is one awesome looking pastel! Here's hoping for some pastel YB's!! :D

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I have a better chance at supers with this clutch since she was bred several times by my pastel and only once by my yellowbelly. My other pastel female that should ovulate any day now was bred heavily by my yellowbelly and if the odds work for me I hope between the two clutches to get a(some) YB-pastel(s).:please:

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Originally Posted by BT41042

Congrats Kevin...:gj:...That's a hot Pastel too -

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Thanks BT!

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Congratulations Kevin! I love her head spot! She's really pretty! And congrats on that lovely pastel girl!

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Thanks Robin, I think she looks somewhat like her mom( my avatar ). This is a dinking project of mine and I can't wait to see the others come out of the egg.


I checked this morning and another one has left its egg. This is a nice looking male yellowbelly.
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...PC185562-2.jpg

Lovely babies Kevin, great job!

Very nice!!

Love that photo of the baby..

Excellent :D

Ah, I'm so jealous.
I hope one day that I could have the money and ability to breed these lovely creatures. The satisfaction of getting beautiful healthy offspring and different types of morphs tempts me so.

Super congrats. :]

Congrats on the hatchlings and good luck with the pastel! :)

Congrats Kevin. Those are some nice looking babies. Hatchlings are always a blast. Good luck on the rest of your season.

That lil girl sure is pretty. The YB ain't bad either.....
Congrats on the new babies.

Thanks for the congrats everyone! All of them are now out and the stats are 1.2 Yellowbellies, 1.2 Normals, and 0.1 "?".

The female "?" could be an example of the abberrant mom of the clutch. She looks different from the other 3 normals in the clutch and has similar belly markings as her mother, but since I didn't have a camera when the mom was a hatchling I have nothing to compare her to except my foggy memory. I will just have to see if this girl colors up over the next year like her mother did, and if not she is still a beautiful ball python that definatley deserves holdback status.

Here are a couple photos of the few little'uns that would sit still.

YB's
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...PC195570-2.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...PC195575-2.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...PC195576-2.jpg

Normal girl
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...PC195564-2.jpg

I will post some better photos once they have shed and fed. Next clutch due to hatch is my Chondro clutch and I am sooooo psyched for that one!

The "?" girl is the one I first posted in this thread. If you compare her with the normal girl above you might see why I think she is different from the other 3 normals in the clutch.

Maybe it is just wishfull thinking?