Sneak peek at Olive's progeny. :)

Anyone that knows me knows that I have been beside myself waiting for this clutch to hatch.

Nothing spectacular, a double sired clutch, het orange and pastel, to a normal female.

But this female is my favorite snake in the world, and I have been going through HELL since October with worry over her, and then over her eggs.

But all is well at Chez Bruce and after a looooooong day at work I came home to see these two sweet face peeking back at me. :)

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...aandfriend.jpg

Thanks for looking,
Bruce

PS: I have NO idea what is up with the hyper extended neck *she* did that when I opened to tub to say bonjour and has been in that position ever since. Crazy Snake!

PPS: It looks like 4 normals, 4 pastels and one *not sure*

huge congrats!!!! im so happy for you:gj:

Very nice Bruce, that Pastel will be a smoker :)

Love your V shape slits ;)

Congrats

Ah!! I had been waiting for this clutch too! Congrats all around :D

Sweet pastel!!! & the other little guy is adorable! Huge congrats! Go Olive!

Ivy

congrats !

Woo Hoo, Bruce!!!! It's time for a celebratory dance - let's do it all together now!!!!

That one throwing his head back is adorable!

Congratulations "Grandpa"! :P

Ohhhhh I can't wait to see them all out and tidied up! Congrats Bruce!

Just to let you know, your neighbors are complaining about the noise again! :8:

Congrats on the babies what a great way to finish your first of I am sure many breeding season!

Very cool congrats, you can now stop the worrying about her and worry about getting the babies to eat

Thanks all. :)

I couldn't be happier. Zolan and Olive have given me 5 pastels, and 4 normal P-het hypos.

I went with the small slits this time. Just enough to peek in and look. And most of the babes made their own holes anyway. One of the little pastels in on its third hole. Love seeing that little egg tooth.

I just expect them to open their mouths and lisp at me. :P

Once they are all out, I will pop about 8 Zan... and sleep for a week. I need it!

Thanks for the nice comments and thanks for looking, and yes, now that they've hatched I will FINALLY shut up about this clutch! At least I'll stop asking the following...

1. Think she's buidling?
2. Is this a glow?
3. Is she ovulating?
4. How long after the prelay shed again?
5. Do I look fat in these jeans?

Bruce

Oh nice odds there my friend! Congrats! Can't wait for those hatchling pics!

Hah.... you say that now Jo. :)

You'll be SICK of my pics by the time any of them are shed and eating and... you know the rest.

Bruce

Congrats on the little bundles of joy.... more pics! :)

Congrats Bruce. Can't wait to see more pics.

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Originally Posted by Loft Lizard

Hah.... you say that now Jo. :)

You'll be SICK of my pics by the time any of them are shed and eating and... you know the rest.

Bruce

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Oh heck no. You know I love snakey pics! :banana:

congrats bruce....you got any updates yet???:D

Yeah Bruce! Those babies are adorible. Big congrats on the clutch!

Cute little heads poking out!

I do have updates. :)

Thanks for the comments.

I have been OD'ing on these babes. I have fought the urge to cut the eggs at all. Everyone is in and out of the eggs right now. I have split the five that have come out into smaller tupperware and placed them back in the incubator, dropped the temps a few degrees, and am waiting till they come out so that I can get the rack up and running (the thermo for the rack is running the incubator).

Here are the pastels while they were still in the eggs...

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...stelfaces3.jpg


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...stelfaces2.jpg


http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...astelfaces.jpg


Then the first three to leave the eggs...

Normal possible het hypo male.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...male1olive.jpg


Normal possible het hypo female. I like her light colors, I think she'll be staying with us. :)

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...male1olive.jpg


FINALLY got my girl! :banana::banana::banana:

Xena... pronounced K' sen ya... NOT Zena(!). I will not even say how long I have had that name picked out for. :rofl:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...bum/xena-1.jpg


Had two more leave the eggs, but no pics yet. A male normal possible het hypo and a pastel male as well.

I'll hang onto the first male pastel. That gives me one holdback pastel male from each of my females (Linda and Olive), and lets me get an idea of how they'll colour up.

Thanks (again) for looking,
Bruce

And I have to throw in a pic of dad as a babe... if you look you can see the trident on his neck... 3 of the 5 pastel babes have the same marking. :)

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...malepastel.jpg

(Pic courtesy - not like I asked - of regiusco.ca)

Congrats on the babies, you sooooooo deserve it :gj:

Congrats! Nice babies and I like dad too! He's a looker.

Aww Bruce they are adorable! Funny how odd little patterns can pass down. Your babies have their father's trident topped neck stripe, my possi het Albino's have their daddy's spot in the neck stripe thing (most of them anyways).

I do think that anything with a snake is possibly genetic... much like people, whether it is a big deal or not... who knows.

Example... my friend Kathee, has "Mongolian Butt"... a birthmark on her rear, and her daughter has it as well. A sign of aboriginal genetics. Her daughter has blonde hair and blue eyes. :)

My siblings have a generation of offspring running around with long torsos, not noticeable except that you can always see their navels (regular T's do not accomodate the extra bit of abdomen).

I have hatched out alot of babes this season with small stripes on their tails... the same length on each snake. I thought this might help me identify the sire... but then I checked and both the het hypo and the pastel have it. :)

B

Yep I know how that is. My oldest daughter and I have the identical small birthmark on the identical spot on the same leg. Pretty odd really.

Cngrats Bruce, those are some pretty pastels:gj::snake:

Awesome Pastels, Bruce.

Really nice looking pastels there Bruce congratulations!