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    My first Ultramels!

    Can't complain about these odds! This started out as a 5 egg clutch from my het ultramel pair. I felt pretty good about my chances of hitting at least one Ultra. Then, about half way through incubation, two eggs went bad. At that point I was thinking that I would probably end up getting nailed and end up with no visuals. I candled them at about day 40 and two of them looked much lighter than the 3rd. That gave me hope but I figured it would be too good to be true. When I cut them last week I was definitely excited to see that I actually did hit on two. These are my first Ultramels and I think they may already be my favorite of any snakes that I have hatched so far. Ended up with 1.1 Ultramels.


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    Awesome! Nice job hitting the odds when they were against you!
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    Beautiful, simply stunning. I'd tell you great job, but I know it was out of your hands. Congratulations on hitting the odds!

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    NICE man!! Love those things..
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    Re: My first Ultramels!

    Congrats great odds 1.1 pair wow. Beautiful babies love me some ultramels.
    1.6 normals
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    Re: My first Ultramels!

    Wow, when they coined the phrase "two out of three ain't bad" they weren't kidding! Big congrats!
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    Re: My first Ultramels!

    Quote Originally Posted by VicShell View Post
    Congrats great odds 1.1 pair wow. Beautiful babies love me some ultramels.
    I was actually hoping for 2.0. Would have made it way easier to let one go, but I definitely can't complain about a female. I am just glad I got my male so I won't have to be making any more possible hets. I have 7 possible het females from last season that I can't wait to prove out.
    John Vandegrift

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    Very nice, congrats John!

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    Huge congrats

    The hard part is deciding if you're going to let the female go, right? Always a tough decision!

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    I would to have that male...

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