Hahaha yeah. After 30 minutes of short wave light my eyes feel like they were sandpapered. I'm not going to use that light on my pythons unless I have their heads blocked.Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Wow, that's AMAZING! SO beautiful...we'll let it go "this time" (that you omitted snakes).
I may post some interesting UV stone specimen pics when I have the time.
Photo #395
GHI/Fire/Lesser with a tumbled/polished Thunderegg.
Breeders Notes:
Last night one of my distributors picked up a large group of hatchlings-it is a huge relief because I have been maintaining epic numbers of ball pythons for the last few months, and I'm exhausted. Next year I'm reducing the number of matings by 50%, however, I did keep a record number of holdbacks this year...so I guess it will be a temporary lull.
For 2024: I had about a 92.5% successful hatch on ~160 eggs from 27 clutches...(I still have Clutch #28 incubating). I lost two ball python hatchlings due to failure to thrive.
I am still maintaining the hatchling that got caught stuck escaping the egg shell and was pinched (the same one I had posted a picture of previously). I would like to say that is has made a miraculous recovery, but, miracles are a rarity. It is still in rough shape. I would like it to survive, but, I'm not expecting it to. It is overdue for first shed, and with the extensive level of internal bruising-I think any sort of manual manipulation on my part is out of the question. Even though it is slowly losing body condition-I think my best option is to wait. If it does manage to shed-then feeding/digestion will be the next hurdle.
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