Finally!!!!!!!!!

:banana::banana: Finally, after 2 years of trying to breed ball pythons I get my first clutch on 6-17-09. Now today is 8-10-09, and my first baby hatches. :D I'm so excited :banana: I can't wait til the rest come out. Here's a pic. Sorry for the bad quality, I took it with my phone.
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/p...0909234328.jpg

Quick question. He has his head through a small slit he made, should I cut it to make the hole bigger? Or should I just leave him alone? I'm scared it's gonna choke him.

what did u breed

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Originally Posted by kris62901

what did u breed

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Well before I had her in with my pastel I had put a normal male with her, then around last november-december I was putting my pastel in with her. And they locked up like 3 times. So i'm really hoping the pastel is the daddy. Oh and the mom is a normal.

Congratulations!

goodluck and congrats and ur first clutch

Thanks guys. Ima get more pics when more of them start coming out.

as for your question just leave them be. They will all come out after a day or soo. Then just let them be until after they shed. Also incase you have one that the umbilical does not come off just place the snake on damp not wet paper towels and it will come off on its own just don't mess with it. Grats and good luck on some pastels.

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as for your question just leave them be. They will all come out after a day or soo. Then just let them be until after they shed. Also incase you have one that the umbilical does not come off just place the snake on damp not wet paper towels and it will come off on its own just don't mess with it. Grats and good luck on some pastels.

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Thanks. Oh and when you say "just let them be until after they shed", you mean to leave them in the bator until they shed, or put them in their tubs and not mess with them until they shed?

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Thanks. Oh and when you say "just let them be until after they shed", you mean to leave them in the bator until they shed, or put them in their tubs and not mess with them until they shed?

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put them in their tubs. Some people even leave all of them in one tub until after they shed but I split my clutch up.

That's great news, its a wonderful feeling isn't it? You're in the official snake breeders club now. It only gets better.

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Thanks. Oh and when you say "just let them be until after they shed", you mean to leave them in the bator until they shed, or put them in their tubs and not mess with them until they shed?

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generally I'll pull all the babies as soon as they leave the egg and put them all together in a shoe box in the rack with a very wet paper towel substrate and a water bowl. Once they shed I split them up into separate shoe boxes and then attempt to feed them a day or two later.

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Originally Posted by sg1trogdor

put them in their tubs. Some people even leave all of them in one tub until after they shed but I split my clutch up.

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Aite, cool. And thanks again. :)

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Originally Posted by MarkS

That's great news, its a wonderful feeling isn't it? You're in the official snake breeders club now. It only gets better.



generally I'll pull all the babies as soon as they leave the egg and put them all together in a shoe box in the rack with a very wet paper towel substrate and a water bowl. Once they shed I split them up into separate shoe boxes and then attempt to feed them a day or two later.

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Yes it is a wonderful, no, awesome, great, exciting feeling. And thanks. And ima put them all in one tub first then split them up when they shed.

Well I couldn't wait any longer so I cut all the eggs. And there ALL pastels. :D
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/p...1009125012.jpg
I was so nervous when I was cutting them, there where veins everywhere. But they look okay. So im happy. :banana::banana:

nice odds i hope they are all females!

whats with the luck this year on this board it seems like its all spread out

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nice odds i hope they are all females!

whats with the luck this year on this board it seems like its all spread out

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Thanks. Yea I hope they are all females too. And I guess this year is a good/lucky season for everyone.

Congrats Arial can't wait to see them out the egg.:gj:

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Congrats Arial can't wait to see them out the egg.:gj:

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Thanks. I hope they come out by today. I want to put them in their tub already. lol

Wow! Congratulations on such great luck!!!

Lets see them out of the egg :)

Congrats

Hey guys one of the babys came out of the egg but the rest are still in there eggs. Should I leave the one that came out of the egg in the bator with the rest or should I take him out and put him in his tub already?

You can move it to the tub with wet paper towels, and once the others come out put them in there too.

congrats thats awesome, can't wait to see pics

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You can move it to the tub with wet paper towels, and once the others come out put them in there too.

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Aite cool. Thanks. :)

Here's the little guy.

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/p...1109190004.jpg

Oh and he's a little boy.

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Here's the little guy.

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/p...1109190004.jpg

Oh and he's a little boy.

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wow...he looks really interesting... Oo

you selling? :D

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wow...he looks really interesting... Oo

you selling? :D

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Thanks. And naw. Not yet at least.

u have the best odds and that a beautiful pastel im guessing hes a keeper

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u have the best odds and that a beautiful pastel im guessing hes a keeper

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Thanks. Yea he's probably a keeper. And I think I actually got a normal. lol. But im still not 100% percent sure if I did. But i'll keep you guys posted on that. But regardless it's still really cool to finally be a breeder, and to have some baby snakes I produced myself. lol

Nice pastel Arial he's bright and I like his busy pattern. Can't wait to see the rest.

Well so far their all boys. lol. All 4 that came out are pastels so far. The 5 one will probably come out soon. So Ill post pics of all of them when the last one comes out.

nice pastel, it has a cool design

Congrats on the first clutch!:gj:

aw man! that must be a cool feeling!! grats!

GRATZ! Hope you get Pastels!

Daniel

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Originally Posted by Simpson Balls

GRATZ! Hope you get Pastels!

Daniel

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Thanks. Lol, I have 4 pastels so far.

Well the last one came out. She is the only normal I got in the clutch, and the only female too. lol. But anyways, she has some kinks, and her motor skills aren't good. she has trouble moving her head. Ima keep her and hope for the best. I'll post pics up soon.