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?

[Lord Sorril]

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

Definitely!

Photo #534

BP = Banana/Pos. Het Hypo.
Stones are assorted, off-hand I see: Petrified Wood, Brazilian Agate, Iron-Stained Quartz, and Carnelian.

[Bogertophis]

Beautiful BP, stones & overall arrangement.

[Lord Sorril]

Beautiful BP, stones & overall arrangement.

Thanks!

Photo #535

BP= Hidden Gene Woma/Lesser/50% Het Hypo (aka Soul Sucker/50% Het Hypo)
The stone is a larger piece of Salmon Feldspar-heavy granite from my area.

For some reason my digital camera has issues taking photos of Soul Suckers-I think it tries to do some sort of internal correction and makes it blurry.
Here is a closeup of the head I managed to take.

Breeders Notes:
-My Clutch #11 is next up to hatch, this is the one where half of the eggs died early on (2 out of 4). The remaining two eggs look fine, but it is very possible they could be duds.
The two remaining eggs are also adjoined to the decaying eggs, but they are not directly below them (liquid drips down)-so I did not bother to cut them loose.

-I have established my breeding scheme for 2026: 15 males and 55 females.

-For 2026 I have sixteen fully mature females breeding 1:1 with my Super Blade/Het Clown/Het Lavender Albino male that failed to produce any offspring this year (x12 1:1's).
I hope I get *something* from him next year...