Update on my pieds from last year.

[angllady2]

So, tonight was feeding night, so what better excuse to break out the camera for new pictures of some of my favorite babies. Many of you will remember the difficulties I had with my first pied clutch, here is a link for those not familiar with it, but be warned the pictures are very graphic: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...33#post1911633

So it occurred to me, most of you have no idea what happened afterwards. Well; Tiny the pitiful little boy I had to cut from his twisted umbilical, isn't so tiny anymore! He took days to shed his egg skin, and I had to peel the poor thing out of it, it was so heavy and thick and he was so weak. He ate like a little trooper though. His second shed I also had to help him with, after that he took over. Now he eats like a horse and is getting bigger by the day. This is him in all his attitude cuteness:



This is a better one of his ridiculous tail stripe thing:



He was not happy with mama showing off his " het pied markers" He's got some pretty solid train tracks, doesn't he?:



Also from that clutch, the het pied female. This Beauty hatched out at 78 grams of awesome, and she just keeps getting better! She ate from the get-go, and she never misses a meal. She is one chunky little lady! This is her and her tail stripe thing, just like her brother:



This is the little Beauty in all her drippy, melty pattern and crazy blushing magnificence:



She was even less thrilled with mommy showing of her "het pied markers". She's only got one little train track, but it's there:




And of course, the star of the clutch. The handsome nearly perfect 50/50 pied. A boy of course, but he's still here to stay. He represents 15 years of dreams and 4 long years of hopes fulfilled.

Here he is:



Here you can see his little beauty spot and too cute for words white tail tip that I still just squeal over! :



Pied cinnamon bun anyone?



And because I don't want her to feel left out, the only remaining pied I have from two clutches and the only female pied I got last year, I'm really surprised she's still here:



She was being little miss won't-stand-still :



And what I still think is her coolest feature, her front half is a different color from her back half. She's a pied of a different color! :



And for no reason other than I love to show her off. My vanilla mojave female:






So there you have it. From heartbreak beyond words to amazing triumph, I'm pretty proud of my babies.

Gale