Unusual Hatchlings (pics)

[The Cleaner]

I think they are all awesome...congrats!

[Pinoy Pythons]

All of them are keepers for sure! Goodluck on raising peanut

[SlitherinSisters]

Wow those are some really neat hatchlings!!! That pied het (?) is really awesome!

[nixer]

They look very cool no doubt! But they remind me of what a clutch looks like that has had a rough incubation, and infact the belly shot of one of the snakes is the biggest piece of evidence.

that and the possible pied looks to have kinks

[West Coast Jungle]

I was thinking the wierd coloration and markings could be from incubation problems/temp swings.

[GenePirate]

They look very cool no doubt! But they remind me of what a clutch looks like that has had a rough incubation, and infact the belly shot of one of the snakes is the biggest piece of evidence.

That makes good sense. The clutch was good, but her egg was very small and veins were threadlike and barely visible. Her egg was under a larger egg and it slowly deflated during incubation. We didn't know if this egg was going to make it, but we incubated anyway. Temp is static at 87 and humidity 85 or above, but this egg didn't seem to be getting proper gas exchange. We've had hundreds hatch out of this incubator--haven't lost one yet.

Next time we'll try flossing it away from the others although gas exchange should still occur between eggs--or perhaps it was just the poor venous system. Thanks for your observation.

that and the possible pied looks to have kinks

The vet observed some compression pinching in the x-rays, but said she should outgrow it, and that it didn't look like fusing that he sees in some animals. The parents have been a breeding pair for several years and haven't produced anything but healthy offspring. Good observation though, thanks.

[epicrates]

That weird het. pied looks a bit like the lava from urban pythons.
http://www.theurbanpython.com/meltdown.html

[GenePirate]

That weird het. pied looks a bit like the lava from urban pythons.
http://www.theurbanpython.com/meltdown.html

Interesting. Could be a temp thing--close to the door and away from the probe?

[JimmyBalls]

Those are all amazing, that coloring of the pastel is insane. Very Nice!

[SquamishSerpents]

awesome hatchlings!!

and peanut is adorable! i have a little het. pied girl that we're calling peanut, she's only 85 grams!