Here's a head scratcher!

[Freakie_frog]

Ohhh,.,., I' so sorry to hear this. It's always a terriable thing to loose a snake. Regardless of the situation.

Keep those holdbacks and hopefully you'll figure out what's going on here.

Andy-

There was nothing going on. The animal looked the way it did due to deformity. It seems that most of the "Holy cow" animals that we see in the egg and can't be explained are tweaked.

[DooLittle]

Aw, that's too bad. He was a cool looking little dude.

[Dracowoman2]

Thanks Andy, the other 4 babies are big bruisers, and look like they are going to hatch looking for food, and I can always pair the same parents next year and see what happens. Maybe that will tell me a bit more.

[SquamishSerpents]

Sorry to hear

Kind of looks like an underdeveloped normal to me.

I just wonder why the eggs were cut so early when they were being incubated at such a low temperature, was the baby attached to its yolk sac when you pulled it out?

[kc261]

Sorry you lost that little one. Hope you get something interesting when you repeat the pairing next year, although FreakieFrog is right... an awful lot of the interesting looking but unexplainable babies we see pics of while still in egg end up being tweaked.

[sharkrocket]

Condolences. We just lost one out of our clutch too, so it happens. I guess that's what we sign up for!

[tikigator]

There was nothing going on. The animal looked the way it did due to deformity. It seems that most of the "Holy cow" animals that we see in the egg and can't be explained are tweaked.

I am just seeing this thread for the first time. My very first reaction when I saw the pic was "incubation issue" as there was a post on here a year or 2 ago with someone whose pastel clutch came out looking crazy leopard clown and it was just from an incubation temp problem...not genetic. My clutch last year pipped on day 54 and was out in 24 hours. I incubate at 87*. Day 76 is way over due.....sounds like there were incubation issues that causes that color/pattern weirdness and deformity. Sorry the little guy didn't make it. Keep us posted on the others. Like stated above, usually the "holy cow" with no explanation animals can be explained with temps.