Candling shots-Find the albino

Here are some candling shots of a clutch of hopefully many albinos, they are at day 39. See if you can see pattern or Albino? Or just enjoy some fun pics:D
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w.../Candling1.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/5wspots.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/Albino4.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/Pattern.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/Albino5.jpg

The cosmic shot, came out real trippy with neat light effects
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...icCandling.jpg

I think I see two albinos or maybe three, one being a paradox(A guy can dream cant he!):snake:

No countin' them chickens till they hatch!!

That first pic is hard to tell if the dark hatches are pattern or blood vessels on the egg wall. I think you need to get video up for us to be sure. :D

I like the cosmic spaceshot. You should name that one 'Astro'. :O

Crossing my fingers for ya, buddy!

Cheers,
Kat

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Originally Posted by janeothejungle

No countin' them chickens till they hatch!!

That first pic is hard to tell if the dark hatches are pattern or blood vessels on the egg wall. I think you need to get video up for us to be sure. :D

I like the cosmic spaceshot. You should name that one 'Astro'. :O

Crossing my fingers for ya, buddy!

Cheers,
Kat

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Thanks Kat, I think I need the 2001 Space Oddessy music going with the Astro pic, LOL

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Originally Posted by janeothejungle

...I like the cosmic spaceshot. You should name that one 'Astro'. :O....Cheers,
Kat

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:rofl::rofl: Astro-- I love it!!!! :rofl::rofl:
Raul: Looks like you've got some eggs!! Cool!!! Hope there are snakes in them and I hope that you get lots and lots of albinos...
...and who's to say there is no paradox in there? :)

I can't really tell, I've never been very good at that. My guess would be that 2 and 5 are albinos and maybe 3 also? Very cool pictures, I can never do candling pics clearly.

Raul....very nice! Countin dem days!

Anybody else notice that #5 looks like there is an angry cabbage-patch head glowing inside that egg. Or maybe it's a miniature sun with eyespots. Creepy.



I think the caffeine is wearing off. I'll re-evaluate in the morning.


Cheers,
Kat

are you sure they are not all snows!
that would be sweet

I honestly dont know how you can tell by just candling the egg. Must be one of the secrets that only pros know.

Anyways, my fingers are crossed for ya. I hope you get some stellar odds.;)

Okay. I re-evaluated and I still think you may be hatching some odd, cabbage-patch kid re-incarnation. $20 says it comes out bald. :O

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...kyCBpython.jpg


Between the trippy cosmic one and the angry cabbage-patch one, it should be an interesting clutch........



Cheers,
Kat

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Originally Posted by janeothejungle

Okay. I re-evaluated and I still think you may be hatching some odd, cabbage-patch kid re-incarnation. $20 says it comes out bald. :O

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...kyCBpython.jpg


Between the trippy cosmic one and the angry cabbage-patch one, it should be an interesting clutch........



Cheers,
Kat

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:8: Hahaha!!! I see it!

Excellent post... :bow:



BTW... I think that last pic looks like a freaky critter-cam birth canal or something... :P Really great pic Raul!

Very best of luck with the odds-gods! :banana:

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Originally Posted by janeothejungle

Okay. I re-evaluated and I still think you may be hatching some odd, cabbage-patch kid re-incarnation. $20 says it comes out bald. :O

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...kyCBpython.jpg


Between the trippy cosmic one and the angry cabbage-patch one, it should be an interesting clutch........



Cheers,
Kat

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Very interesting, hope the cabbage patch make a comeback;)

Hey Raul - I'm bringing this one back up because I have a question....

I just candled a clutch due to hatch the 30th of May. Ghost-like normal girl (real light) to a bee and a mojave. I can easily see black on 6 of the eggs - one looks like a bee (spider with dots) and a spider and maybe a pastel or normal. One egg has me puzzled. Actually it looks exactly like the first shot in post one - white head, dark eye with a little pattern sweeping back from the eye. I saw the same exact head pattern and can faintly see pattern on the body but no dark colors anywhere....

So my question is - could it be a mojave and the colors are slow to develop? Or do I have a surprise albino? Very exciting stuff!!!

do you have a smaller flashlight? If not, go get one! I have found the key to getting egg shots is a small flashlight pushing against the egg, sealing the beam it the key...

I've always used a mini-maglight with the AA batteries. And it works OK, but I've never really been able to discern a lot of detail other then that there was a snake in the egg. So you think if I got the smaller maglight that takes the AAA batteries I'd see more detail? Is there anything with a smaller more intense beam than those? (that doesn't cost an arm and a leg)

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Originally Posted by JenH

Hey Raul - I'm bringing this one back up because I have a question....

I just candled a clutch due to hatch the 30th of May. Ghost-like normal girl (real light) to a bee and a mojave. I can easily see black on 6 of the eggs - one looks like a bee (spider with dots) and a spider and maybe a pastel or normal. One egg has me puzzled. Actually it looks exactly like the first shot in post one - white head, dark eye with a little pattern sweeping back from the eye. I saw the same exact head pattern and can faintly see pattern on the body but no dark colors anywhere....

So my question is - could it be a mojave and the colors are slow to develop? Or do I have a surprise albino? Very exciting stuff!!!

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Sounds like you may have a BEL? That would be cool. Best of luck:gj:

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Originally Posted by MarkS

I've always used a mini-maglight with the AA batteries. And it works OK, but I've never really been able to discern a lot of detail other then that there was a snake in the egg. So you think if I got the smaller maglight that takes the AAA batteries I'd see more detail? Is there anything with a smaller more intense beam than those? (that doesn't cost an arm and a leg)

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I use one of the smaller maglights it it works great. In my last clutch I pretty much knew I had a killer (white and black was washed out), a bee(spider with dots) a spider and 2 pastel looking snakes....

That is why this egg is tripping me up.. I can see very light pattern on the body, so I don't think it is a leustic. I'm leaning albino.... ;)

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Originally Posted by MarkS

I've always used a mini-maglight with the AA batteries. And it works OK, but I've never really been able to discern a lot of detail other then that there was a snake in the egg. So you think if I got the smaller maglight that takes the AAA batteries I'd see more detail? Is there anything with a smaller more intense beam than those? (that doesn't cost an arm and a leg)

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Same here. I can only tell with my eggs (which are on day 48) that there are little critters in there. No patterns or any of that good stuff. I tried yesterday to see them, I really did, but no cigar.

I took a look again today and I can see mojave pattern, but it's really faint... So I'm thinking that the brown in the mojave develops later then the black does in the pastel/bee. Wouldn't it be cool to put a camera inside and watch them develop??

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Originally Posted by JenH

I took a look again today and I can see mojave pattern, but it's really faint... So I'm thinking that the brown in the mojave develops later then the black does in the pastel/bee. Wouldn't it be cool to put a camera inside and watch them develop??

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That's a really interesting observation, although it makes sense in a way. If the reason they are brown instead of black is because they produce less of it and/or it is not as dark, it would take longer for there to be enough pigment to be seen through the egg shell, even with candling.

I know on my mice I can recognize which ones will be black or black & white spotted sooner than I can recognize which ones will a lighter color such as grey or the worst is the orange color.

As soon as you develop that camera for inside the eggs, let me know. I want one! :D

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Originally Posted by JenH

I took a look again today and I can see mojave pattern, but it's really faint... So I'm thinking that the brown in the mojave develops later then the black does in the pastel/bee. Wouldn't it be cool to put a camera inside and watch them develop??

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Color and pattern are the last things to develop. Good luck with the eggs.