HELP! How do I get them to survive?

[adamjeffery]

at this stage you can turn the light off. they are already developed and teh ambient temp will be just fine for the duration. hope the one little guy makes it, they usually move a little when poked with something. i usually poke them with tweezers to make sure they are ok, but dont mick with them too much. i would just let them be until they decide to come out.
as for how your housing them i would seriously reconsider separate housing.
adam jeffery

[kellifrass]

I really do appreciate you guys talking to me about this
I don't know anyone personally who knows a thing or two about baby snakes, or even snakes in general so I figured this would be my last hope - to find a ball python forum (which is working!) and seek out help. It really means a lot to me that you guys are taking the time to read this and answer me

My female I believe is 100% normal. I didn't even know she was a female until a year in that I had her. The reptile store I bought her from said she was a male, until I had her sex'd at a reptile show a year later. (she's now around 3-4 years old)
I believe the father is the albino (but he's almost a year old), because I'm pretty sure I saw them one day with their little tails wrapped around each other ._.
My other male I got at a reptile show and they said he was 100% het for pied (about 2 years old)
He looks pretty normal to me!

If the babies pull through, I'll definitely post some pictures. I really hope they do, I'll be the happiest person ever! *crosses fingers*

[heathers*bps]

Some males can breed as young as 6 months old!

I will definitely be keeping my fingers crossed for your little ones. Welcome to bp.net, BTW

[kellifrass]

at this stage you can turn the light off. they are already developed and teh ambient temp will be just fine for the duration. hope the one little guy makes it, they usually move a little when poked with something. i usually poke them with tweezers to make sure they are ok, but dont mick with them too much. i would just let them be until they decide to come out.
as for how your housing them i would seriously reconsider separate housing.
adam jeffery

Separate housing - I just spoke with my boyfriend and he's agreed to turn the cage we have into sections for each of them so they're not together, or just build new cages for the 2 males.
My albino tends to hide in a different area of the cage ever since the eggs were laid. I don't think he likes being around the other male & female.

[CoolioTiffany]

I definitely agree. Get some separators in that enclosure or completely separate them all together.

I would keep the light on for those snakes. You still need to reach their heating requirements as you do with any Ball.

Those holes you had cut are far too large and it seems a lot of the goo has leaked out. This can not be good as that can dry out the yolk sack.

Usually when incubated at cooler temps it will take longer for the snakes to hatch, so I would not worry. But I would worry about that cut you made. I would add a *little* bit of lukewarm water to each egg so the yolk does not dry out. They could be in those eggs for another week or so being incubated at lower temps.

And also, if a snake it HET for Pied, it means they carry the Pied allele but do not show it because the dominant trait (normal/wild type in this case) overpowers the recessive. If you bred that 100% het Pied to another 100% het Pied or a Pied (visual), you would get Pieds in the offspring. There are markers that can indicate being het for something, but they are not always correct as regular normals can display the markers as well.

If the father is an Albino, then your hatchlings are all 100% het Albino. But, since she was housed with another normal that she could have also bred with, they could just be normals. If you are interested in breeding in a few years, I would suggest holding back one of your hatchlings if one of them is female so you can breed her back to dad. If she is het Albino then you will get Albinos in the offspring being paired back to dad.

[ball-pythons]

thanks for sharing these pictures and i wish you the best of luck!

[kellifrass]

If anyone could also answer this please -
Do I keep the humidity up in the box?
That one I'm still not sure on, but I keep misting it every few hours.

[iCandiBallPythons]

If anyone could also answer this please -
Do I keep the humidity up in the box?
That one I'm still not sure on, but I keep misting it every few hours.

Your humidity seems fine in the box. Once theyre out of the egg you can place them in a clean tub on wet paper towels until they have their first shed

[kellifrass]

I have no idea why only 1 of the 3 survived, but I'm in love with him/her. Here he/she is.



A ball of cuteness!
I'm very sad the other 2 didn't make it