High white...

Um, in case you can't read the pics, this is Lotus, the first piebald we've hatched EVER from two het pieds. We beat the odds! Three eggs, two poss hets, and her:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/...g?v=1215411200

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/...g?v=1215408876

Ever have your family totally NOT understand why you're so flippin' excited? Sigh. My mother just wants to make sure my snakes don't eat the children. My sister tried to be genuinely interested as long as I didn't remove the lid to the container, but my sis-in-law swore she sent the link to my brother and he was impressed.

Then........I was on another (non-herp) board and posted her pic and someone made sure I didn't feed her kittens...she'd heard somewhere that people use Craigslist to find kittens and feed their snakes.

I'm glad I found this board. You don't know how happy I am I found this board. Did I say I like it here? Do you guys understand?

Haha! I completely get where you're coming from. I took eggs due to hatch with me to NC this past week, and was so excited when they hatched, but no one in my family could understand my excitement.

My brother was the closest to being excited, but he mainly does capture and release of the wild snakes native to NC (he's a photographer, so he keeps them for about 24 hours to photograph then releases).

My mom hates snakes, my dad tries to show interest, but none of them can understand why ANYone would want to buy them! LOL

Oh, and my brother took some pictures of the babies and posted it on jpgmag.com and one person commented "very cool, but very dangerous stuff!"

Congrats on your first pied - she's gorgeous!!!!

Mega congrats. That is a gorgeous snake you have there!

I am not family but I am very excited for you.

As long as... like... you do let that big scary snake eat children and kittens... and NEVER a child holding a kitten. :O

(not that I am really that fond of either one). :P

Bruce

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Originally Posted by rabernet

My brother was the closest to being excited, but he mainly does capture and release of the wild snakes native to NC (he's a photographer, so he keeps them for about 24 hours to photograph then releases).

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My first and only two encounters with venomous slithers came in NC, Fayetteville area, both with copperheads. Darn near stepped on babies both times, one while walking through pine needles and the other while taking babysitting charges (!) to get soda.

Thanks for the kudos on Lotus. We cut the eggs on Day 53, saw white at both ends, and I think we let a lot of humidity out of the incubator over the next few days. It's made from an old freezer, and I had to laugh every time I heard hub opening it (the hinges squeak) to take a peek and, of course, had to look as often as he did. Twas only fair, right?

Oh, and I have to say, as far as bosses go, my boss is amazing and always wants details! I do transcription and I've never met her, but I've whipped up quick web pages to explain morphs, etc., because she's so interested! I can't believe how fun she's been about it, and the office's overall positive reaction. They apparently find me amusing and pass my links around :weirdface:

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Originally Posted by Loft Lizard

As long as... like... you do let that big scary snake eat children and kittens... and NEVER a child holding a kitten.

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Given the defiance disorders from my three human offspring and the mess I found from our kitty, I'm thinking about buying a Burmese. :mad:

Thanks! I just think she's awesome and she hasn't minded being handled at all. It's a good thing, because we can't stop looking at her. It's our first recessive ultra-visual thing.

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Given the defiance disorders from my three human offspring and the mess I found from our kitty, I'm thinking about buying a Burmese. :mad:

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I suggest taping them all together... :8:

OMG!!! stunning ((faints)) congrats :gj:

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OMG!!! stunning ((faints)) congrats :gj:

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Thanks. I spent most of the night making pretty pictures with her.

I even sent hub an alternative home page for his site with her as a focus. Now, if he'll use it? :confuzd:

That is an awesome looking piebald!! :banana: High whites are my favorite! BIG congrats!! :cool:

Congrats! I hope you're going to keep her! she's amazing.

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:banana: :carrot: :banana: wowwieee.. congrats on hitting the odds and getting that beauty. I am so excited for you and cannot wait to breed my het pied pair.

can you tell I like pieds?! :D

i want a pied just like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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congratulations!:gj::D:banana:

Oh she's gorgeous and what luck to hit on her out of only a 3 egg clutch! That's fantastic.

We just got our first het pied this year (a male) and can't wait for the day one of those beauties hatches out for us too. Major congrats!

**gasp** I am in LOVE!!!! STUNNING!!!

Let's see if my attempt at answering multiple posts works:

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That is an awesome looking piebald!! :banana: High whites are my favorite! BIG congrats!! :cool:

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Thank you. We, um, snipped both ends and saw nothing but white and just sat there, speechless.

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Congrats! I hope you're going to keep her! she's amazing.

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Oh yeah, she goes nowhere. We're looking for the extra-special enclosure that says "worship me."

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:banana: :carrot: :banana: wowwieee.. congrats on hitting the odds and getting that beauty. I am so excited for you and cannot wait to breed my het pied pair.

can you tell I like pieds?! :D

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I know that there are so many amazing snakes out there, but...dude. We have a pied. She's just the coolest. Hub and I realized last night that the most valuable thing in our house slithers. We're just modest folks raising three kids in Mid America.

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i want a pied just like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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congratulations!:gj::D:banana:

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Oh, and how...so did we!

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Oh she's gorgeous and what luck to hit on her out of only a 3 egg clutch! That's fantastic.

We just got our first het pied this year (a male) and can't wait for the day one of those beauties hatches out for us too. Major congrats!

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I hope you have success. It's an amazing feeling. When you're starting small and building stock, this just kicks keester on so many levels. The luck factor...man, we couldn't bank on that at all, so it was a very long incubation.

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**gasp** I am in LOVE!!!! STUNNING!!!

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Thank you! She is absolutely precious. This is our only recessive of the season, but we've got possibly pewters on the way, so that should be fun, too.

I want to thank everyone for making me feel special. I'm so proud of her!

My god that's awesome!!! I bet you couldn't control yourself when you saw that little one! She's gorgeous!

Nice odds! Condrats. Love the high white pieds (and the lows lol).

Wow, what a beauty! :gj:

SOOOO awesome!!! :O :D Grats!

I hope to get a het pied girl sometime soon!!!

I totally feel you my mother lies very close to my family and we are super close but I have actually never told her I have snakes because she thinks they will get out and kill my daughter or some other crazy thing just because she is scard of them

Sweet!! Congrats, that's my goal, to hatch out a pied.. one day. Maybe next season.
If I get one half as beautiful as Lotus.. I'll be estactic!

CONGRATS !:banana: she looks amazing !

Thanks again, everyone. Even the kids wander back to take a look at her and sigh happily. One is even volunteering himself for feeder watering duties, so I take back the comment on the Burmese. :P