My first lesser baby.

I produced my first and only lesser baby this year. Didn't do too well, I bred my lesser male to 6 females but only 1 ovulated and laid eggs. She dropped 6 eggs, but 4 of them went bad within the first week. Last week, this little guy and a normal sibling popped out of the two remaining eggs. I was hoping for more this year, but at least he's a good looking little boy.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...serplatty3.jpg

very nice.... here's to better odds next season.... :carouse:

Very nice Mark, he's a good looking little fella! Hopefully you hit better odds next year!:gj:

Mark that is super sweet! I didnt know you had them. Very nice! :gj:

I have been meaning to ask...Do you have pics of the axanthic-like adults you were talking about? And did you say they dropped a clutch for ya...?


Did I mention that is a NICE looking lesser? :P

hey..one is better than nothing, right?

congrats.

The baby looks so sweet, sending luck your way for next year.:gj:

Sorry about your odds, that's a smokin' baby though!

He looks great, any healthy little snake is a good one.:gj:

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

Mark that is super sweet! I didnt know you had them. Very nice! :gj:

I have been meaning to ask...Do you have pics of the axanthic-like adults you were talking about? And did you say they dropped a clutch for ya...?


Did I mention that is a NICE looking lesser? :P

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Thanks Josh, the one I was talking about is a wild caught male that I got several years ago that looks like it might be an old browned out axanthic, he's got a very un-normal color to him thats kind of hard to reproduce in pictures. I bred him to a couple of females this year, one clutch has already hatched and the other one is in the process of hatching now. The babies have a very distinct look to them and I'm not really sure what I've got if anything. I'll try to take some better pics tonight and post up another thread.

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Originally Posted by MarkS

Thanks Josh, the one I was talking about is a wild caught male that I got several years ago that looks like it might be an old browned out axanthic, he's got a very un-normal color to him thats kind of hard to reproduce in pictures. I bred him to a couple of females this year, one clutch has already hatched and the other one is in the process of hatching now. The babies have a very distinct look to them and I'm not really sure what I've got if anything. I'll try to take some better pics tonight and post up another thread.

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...saweet! Hold back some females and hopefully you'll get a recessive surprise! :please: :salute:

I will keep an eye out for the thread...


...sweet Lesser if I havent mentioned it yet... :P

Congrats Mark!!! That's a nice clean boy you got there! Then again, I'm biased to lessers in general....

;)

Cheers,
Kat

Congrats! Have you counted the other girls out for the season? I have two that just ovulated recently. Have you been checking for follicles?

Good luck next season, at least those girls will be nice and fat.

Richard

Bad odds. But smoking boy!

Gorgeous looking baby, Mark! I love the blushing on him!

Sorry about the crappy odds but congrats on the lil guy.

He looks great! Too bad you didn't have a better season :( Next year!

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Originally Posted by Somed00d

Congrats! Have you counted the other girls out for the season? I have two that just ovulated recently. Have you been checking for follicles?

Good luck next season, at least those girls will be nice and fat.

Richard

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Well, I never count them out completely. Heck I'm still putting the male in with them and have seen breeding as late as a couple of days ago. But there are no follicles to be felt anywhere on these girls, so my expectations are pretty low.

Thank you everybody for all the well wishes for next year, I'm really not that disappointed with my first lesser, he is a good looker. I was just a little hopeful that I could have gotten at least one girl out of all that. It sets my white snake project back at least another year.