Look at what I got!!!

[melly911]

thats the only bad part about breeding balls, good luck with the baby that did live

[bsash]

That really sucks, my condolences. Hoping the little one pulls through and thrives for you.

Thank you, I appreciate it. On a slightly better note, on 10-10-12 my only survivor out of this clutch had it's first meal, a mouse hopper.

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I'm very sorry for your losses, what temp were you incubating at?

It looks like the baby that died was also missing an eye. I'm not so sure I would breed a snake that has a defect like missing an eye, but I guess that's the only way to tell if it is genetic or not. :/

Good luck with the sol survivor.

I was incubating at 88 degrees, with my Nature's Spirit incubator, and the Helix thermostat I bought to go with it. I don't think there was an issue with that, I have two alarms, one that will go off if temps spike, and one for if they fall, neither were ever set off. The other baby that was lost was missing an eye, the one that survived did have one, at one point. Still have not sexed it, still waiting on that, or procrastinating I guess you could say.

[bsash]

Ashley, Crystal and I are both reading this together. We are both very sorry for your losses...especially Tipper. It looks like the baby that passed was missing an eye too, so not sure there was incubation probs, or a genetic issue. But, we are both hoping that little one pulls through for you. And I hope it eats well for you, but if it doesnt let me know, cuz Im good at getting non-eaters to eat. Also let us know if we can help out in any way.

Thanks guys, Tipper was my favorite, and the most I paid for to date... so it hit me kind of hard. Won't be doing any pairings this season, going to make sure everything is absolutely perfect for this next season. I really don't think it was an incubator flaw, but at this point I don't know what happened, but it all went horribly wrong. I'm almost thinking this clutch was supposed to just be doomed from the start, like maybe they didn't develop inside of Tipper correctly or something? I don't know if that is possible, but I don't see why they would all die (Except one) and then for Tipper to follow almost right after. Horrible breeding season for me to say the least, hope you guys got the luck I missed out on.

[meowmeowkazoo]

You should have a necropsy done on Tipper. From the sound of things, it seems that Tipper may have had something wrong with her that also affected the clutch. Very sorry for your losses.

[S.I.R.]

Sorry to hear of your losses. It never gets any easier when one of your BPs passes on. Good luck in the future and don't give up on breeding them.

[bsash]

Sorry to hear of your losses. It never gets any easier when one of your BPs passes on. Good luck in the future and don't give up on breeding them.

I won't give up on breeding them, I just will be out this breeding season. And thank you.

[1nstinct]

sorry about the loss, hows the one that survived doing now?(update pics)

[bsash]

You should have a necropsy done on Tipper. From the sound of things, it seems that Tipper may have had something wrong with her that also affected the clutch. Very sorry for your losses.

I am seriously thinking that was the case. As my only surviving baby died about a month after this whole ordeal. There were no survivors from this clutch, which really saddened me.