Snakes and Stones Pr. 2

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #533

BP = Pastel/Het Gravel or Yellowbelly

The stone is a piece of Chalcedony from the West Coast, USA (with a piece of local quartzite gravel trapped in it during tumbling).
Because the stone is so gnarly-I considered breaking it up and tumbling the smaller pieces to get a 'cleaner' end result. I find larger rocks more interesting-so I decided not to...

[Lord Sorril]

For my clutch #10: I had a 38% chance/egg for Pastel/Orange Dream (+Het VPI Ax/+Het OG) and I missed on 5/6 eggs.

My last egg in that clutch is hatching:

I see an OD head stamp, I have my fingers crossed it will be Pastel.

[Bogertophis]

C'mon, you can do it!

[Lord Sorril]

C'mon, you can do it!

Awwww no luck!
It is an Orange Dream (+Hets interfering with color/patterning)

Breeding scheme: Pastel/Axanthic/Orange Ghost x Pastel/Orange Dream...(13% Chance of Super Pastel OD + 25% Chance of Pastel OD/each egg)
My Clutch #13 is from the same breeding scheme but a different female Pastel OD, only 4 eggs in that group though...
I would have liked to have seen at least 1 Pastel OD in my first 6 eggs from Clutch #10.

[Bogertophis]

Frustrating for sure, but hey, that's why you breed snakes, isn't it?