Chondro Pippers!!!!!!!!

My GTP clutch is starting to hatch and I took photos of two of the little pippers.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...P1025658-2.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...P1025651-2.jpg

I will post more photos once they are all out.

OMG!!!!!

Best pics of the day!!!

Ditto that!! Those are awesome! :love:

the lil red guy looks like it could be a dragon. i hope a fire breathing animal hatches haha. great job on the hatchlings

They Are Beautiful! Absolutly Stunning!

Congrats Kevin! That little red is smokin'!:gj:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...cons/Cool3.gif You need to enter the next HOTM contest!

HOTM for sure...awesome pics...=)

Those are fantastic quality photos, The snakes are nice as well.

Nick

Congrats Kevin! Great photos!

Thanks for the complements! This was my first attempt at breeding chondros and it is alomst unreal to see these little ones poke their heads out.

I'll take that red one! lol
Nice pics! :gj::banana:

any updates on these guys or the rest of the clutch?

Congrats on the clutch. Nice pics and nice looking babies. What are the parents, and how many are you expecting?

Wow! Awesome pictures and amazing little heads!

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Originally Posted by amcceney

any updates on these guys or the rest of the clutch?

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Not much good news on the update. I have lost all but two yellow hatchlings during the hatching process. A few died in the eggs fully formed but several emerged without having absorbed their yolk still attatched to their umbillical only to die a short time later. The hardest part of this is that I was very carefull to monitor the eggs during incubation, set-up a hatching box, and pip them on day 49ish. The one mistake I made was being out of town for a weekend and not being able to get to the eggs until a day or two after they were laid. This left them a little dried out and they never fully plumped back up.

It was pretty stressful watching these little'uns go down hill rapidly but I am happy to have two more chondros than I had before this experience. I am trying to take this in as a positive and focus on what I have gained( 2 more GTPs and invaulable learning experience ) because it is very depressing when I think of the hatchlings I have lost. I will post some photos of the two survivors once they have shed and had a couple meals.

Thanks for all the nice comments and I wish I had a more positive update. On a brighter note my 2nd ball python clutch hatched and out 4 eggs from a yellowbelly X normal breeding I got 1.3 yellowbellies. Those odds put a mild smile on my face.

:O WOW! :bow::bow::bow::bow:Those are beautiful babies!!! congrats!!!

Those are gorgeous pictures! I absolutely love their eyes! Intense!

So sorry to hear the sad news in the update. :tears:

Congrats on the great BP clutch also.

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Originally Posted by karbogast

Not much good news on the update. I have lost all but two yellow hatchlings during the hatching process. A few died in the eggs fully formed but several emerged without having absorbed their yolk still attatched to their umbillical only to die a short time later. The hardest part of this is that I was very carefull to monitor the eggs during incubation, set-up a hatching box, and pip them on day 49ish. The one mistake I made was being out of town for a weekend and not being able to get to the eggs until a day or two after they were laid. This left them a little dried out and they never fully plumped back up.

It was pretty stressful watching these little'uns go down hill rapidly but I am happy to have two more chondros than I had before this experience. I am trying to take this in as a positive and focus on what I have gained( 2 more GTPs and invaulable learning experience ) because it is very depressing when I think of the hatchlings I have lost. I will post some photos of the two survivors once they have shed and had a couple meals.

Thanks for all the nice comments and I wish I had a more positive update. On a brighter note my 2nd ball python clutch hatched and out 4 eggs from a yellowbelly X normal breeding I got 1.3 yellowbellies. Those odds put a mild smile on my face.

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I'm sorry to hear about the losses from the clutch. I wish you the best of luck with the two that made it. I hope feeding trials go well too! Judging by the parents i've seen here and on mvf those are going to grow up to be some real stunners. :gj:

Congrats and awesome pics! :gj:
sorry to hear about you losing the others , that sucks :(

Sorry about the losses....at least u still got 2 little beautys!

That sucks :(

Was this a mixed batch of red and yellow babies out of one clutch?

Sorry to hear of the loss of some of the babies. :( The best thing you can do is chalk it up to a learning lesson and try again.
Hope the feeding trials go well with the two little ones you have.

Nice job Kevin! Sorry to hear you lost so many but congrats on the two that made it all the way out. Good luck with getting them to feed. Post some pics of the parents! :)

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Originally Posted by karbogast

Not much good news on the update. I have lost all but two yellow hatchlings during the hatching process. A few died in the eggs fully formed but several emerged without having absorbed their yolk still attatched to their umbillical only to die a short time later. The hardest part of this is that I was very carefull to monitor the eggs during incubation, set-up a hatching box, and pip them on day 49ish. The one mistake I made was being out of town for a weekend and not being able to get to the eggs until a day or two after they were laid. This left them a little dried out and they never fully plumped back up.

It was pretty stressful watching these little'uns go down hill rapidly but I am happy to have two more chondros than I had before this experience. I am trying to take this in as a positive and focus on what I have gained( 2 more GTPs and invaulable learning experience ) because it is very depressing when I think of the hatchlings I have lost. I will post some photos of the two survivors once they have shed and had a couple meals.

Thanks for all the nice comments and I wish I had a more positive update. On a brighter note my 2nd ball python clutch hatched and out 4 eggs from a yellowbelly X normal breeding I got 1.3 yellowbellies. Those odds put a mild smile on my face.

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uh WOOHOO to that highlighted part BY THE WAYYYY. WOOHOO yellowbellies! lucky.

i'm very sorry to hear that you lost some of your babies but like you said, learning experience! HOTM for sure, those egg pictures are phenomenal. congrats on your 2 new babes. keep us posted, can't wait to see pix after those beauties shed! :)

Excellent shots. Good luck with them! :banana: