My newest hatchlings, I fnally got a pied.

5 years ago, I bought a pair of het Pied babies from Ralph Davis. The male has been breeding for 3 years, but the female has been a bit finicky and has been hard to get up to size. Well, I finally got three eggs out of her this year and I couldn't be happier with the results.

I finally got my Pied, and it's a male...

The three bothers. The two possible hets look just like their Dad. I love those little spots by their nostrils 'booger balls' :D

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...iedClutch1.jpg

He's SO white, but just enough contrast to make it interesting.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...iedClutch2.jpg

I just love the way he looks. 5 years in the making, but well worth the wait.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...iedClutch3.jpg

Wow Mark! I am soo envious! That is the morph I have been chasing! Maybe next year. :please:

I guess gettin all those pastels and no lessers happened for a reason...because you were going to get a pied! Congrats man!

Personally I'd rather hatch a pied over a lesser. I would consider this a successful season for ya now! :)

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

Wow Mark! I am soo envious! That is the morph I have been chasing! Maybe next year. :please:

I guess gettin all those pastels and no lessers happened for a reason...because you were going to get a pied! Congrats man!

Personally I'd rather hatch a pied over a lesser. I would consider this a successful season for ya now! :)

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Thanks Josh, I'm a very happy herper today. And yup, I officially declare this to be a very successful season. :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Congrats on the pied, you defied the odds with the 3 eggs. Congrats now raise him up to breed to your het female and make more pieds and 100% hets next year!

Wow!! He definitely was well worth the wait. Easily one of the best pieds I've ever seen. His pattern and distribution of white is perfection.

That has got to be so gratifying. Too cool.

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Red

Congrats, Mark! He's a crazy nice looking Pied.

YES!!!! Great job Mark!!! :banana: He's a looker for sure!

Thanks everyone, here's something interesting too. It's neat that Ralph still has the birthing records up, my het male whom I call Lonesome George was an only child in clutch number 47 and the Mom came from clutch 44, both from 2004. Here is the link to Ralphs online birthing records.

http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/bi...thons_5_04.asp

Congratulations on a beautiful pied baby boy!

Congrats! that is a beautiful little Pied!

Congrats Mark just you wait that white will get a smudge and you will just have to wait til next shed to clean it lol. Bro I couldn't have waited as long as you did.

Grats, and a nice high white one that that! :gj:

I am happy for you! That is a stunning pied! Enjoy him :)

Aww, cute little guys! Congrats on your long awaited pied, he is a real looker!:gj:

What a sweet looking piebald! Congrats! :banana:

Way to go mark... Thats a GREAT!! Looking Pied there.

Congrats Mark! Pieds are my favorite and that boy is hot!

congrats. 5 years is a long wait.. but yeah I'd say definitely worth it. very beautiful pied.

Wow, Congrats. Piebalds are one of my favorite morphs. I hope to have such luck some year with my het Pieds.

He is gorgeous!!! Congrats :)

Nice Mark!!! He's a Smoker too!

Glad to see your patience finally paid off, congrats.

Great looking pied. Makes the wait worth it. I hope to see the same in my incubator one day. I have had tough luck with the pieds as well.

Congrats :) he is a handsome fella

He is absolutely beautiful... congrats!! :)

The more I hear experiences like this, the more I want to pick up a pair of het pieds...

Great job Mark, he is a beauty! Congrats.

congrats. great looking pied :sweeet:

Absolutely stunning! Congratulations, Mark!

FANTASTIC HIGH WHITE Mark!!! I can't remember seeing a Pied I have liked more -- and a BOY to boot. :banana: Well done!!! :gj:

Great looking Pied.......Congratulations on beating the odds with only 3 eggs :)

Whoa boy! That pied is beautiful!

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Originally Posted by blueapplepaste

Wow!! He definitely was well worth the wait. Easily one of the best pieds I've ever seen. His pattern and distribution of white is perfection.

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I have to agree. He is really gorgeous. Congrats!

Nice pied. Patience has its rewards.

Congratulations.

Congrats! Very nice pied!

Thank you all so much for the kind words. It's very much appreciated

I've been breeding snakes of one species or another for almost 20 years now and have hatched out over a thousand babies, but two days after this little guy hatched and I still feel like I'm walking on clouds. Thats one of the nice things about this hobby. No matter how long you've been doing it, there's always something new every year to surprise you with. It never gets old.

Congrats a very nice one too.:snake:

very nice