Non-hatchling jungle ball (caution graphic pics)

[wildlifewarrior]

sucks, that would be awsome if you could learn from this on anything from how jungles are made, or any type of incubation possibe causes. Sorry man that would have been a screamer!!!


~mike

[Laooda]

What a shame... Sorry that beauty did not make it... Best of luck with the rest of the clutch! Can't wait to see pix!

[Rapture]

Too bad this little one didn't make it!

[Sausage]

Aww. Poor little baby.
Better luck next go round!

[ECLARK]

Jayson, what do you mean by some babies are not designed to make it?

Sounds good bro! I'm glad the other three are healthy...unfortunately some babies just aren't designed to make it.

[8b8ll]

I'm sorry it didn't make it man! Definatley would love to see pictures of the others though! Good luck with them.


Best of wishes.


Mike

[Ginevive]

Awe, I am sorry about that. What do you think made this happen; is it caused by anything?

[jknudson]

Jayson, what do you mean by some babies are not designed to make it?

Again Edward...its Jason.

That baby obviously somewhere along the lines in development was not strong enough or possibly lacking something to keep it from developing into a healthy baby ball python.

These deformities/malformations happen keep the animal from developing normally, hatching out, and living a long thriving life. Its natures design, and things like that unfortunately pop up. Thats what I mean....is that a good enough explanation for you?

[ZEKESMOM]

Awww... poor baby. I'm sorry it did not make it

[MarkS]

Thanks all, the snake did have other problems as well, it had an odd shaped head and the eyes were not well formed. One side was a little slash of an eye and the other side was a tiny pinhole so it's probably best that it didn't make it after all. Though I would really like to hatch one out someday with those colors and pattern. I've had full term or nearly full term deaths before and while some of those did have somewhat unusual patterns, they weren't even close to this.

I do plan on breeding the parents together again next year 'just in case' though I really don't expect anything to come of it. The other jungle balls that I know about were all pretty much just random chance.

There really wasn't anything different about this egg then any of the others. There were only 4 eggs all stuck together. This one was stuck between two others that hatched just fine, there were no major temp fluctuations and conditions were identical for all 4 eggs. Mom was a captive hatched girl that I got three years ago from Sean Bradley and the Dad was a het Pied I got from Ralph Davis. Both are first time parents. Sometimes stuff just happens I guess.

Mark