new Miami hatchlings - couple of pics

So far 3 are out of their eggs. This one looks the best so far. He/she looks very clean, with only a dot or two of tan near the head, with well defined saddles. This is from the WC female.

Pretty baby, hard to restrain myself from getting one *bites lip*

Awesome,just absolutely awesome
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Sorry to jump in on your thread, here is a picture of a youngster that hatched recently from a mating of a miami male to my anery female.

:-offtopic We need a hijack smiley.

Larry, that is a mighty fine looking Miami

It was hardly a 'hijack' was it? Ok sorry for trying to add a few things seeing as i'm new here, i know not to bother in the future.

Relax

Oh, don't be all touchy. Lefty was being congenial about it, but yes, most would consider your post a hijack. For more discussion, see

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39162

That is a nice -looking baby, larryg. Could we see a pic of that WC female?

desertanimal said:

That is a nice -looking baby, larryg. Could we see a pic of that WC female?

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I agree - beautiful baby! I'd love to see a picture of mom as well...=)

UKCryptid said:

It was hardly a 'hijack' was it? Ok sorry for trying to add a few things seeing as i'm new here, i know not to bother in the future.

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Whew... sorry, touched a nerve. I realize you're new and I didn't mean to come across as a total ball-buster. I'm just a bit of a smart***. But for future reference, yes, it is generally considered hijacking to post your own pics in someone elses thread.

desertanimal said:

Could we see a pic of that WC female?

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I agree, I'd love to see a pic of Momma. The locality Miamis that you have are quite nice

Thanks for the comments.

It's not that great of a photo, but this shows the mom below and the dad (more orange) above her. And I just took a few 'group shots' of the hatchlings. That's 13 out of 15 so far. One is still looking out of the egg, and I went ahead and made a small cut on the last remaining egg that hadn't starting pipping yet. Hopefully I didn't harm the hatchling inside.

A few have more tan near the neck than most of the others, but as a group, I'm pleased with how they look so far. Of course comments are welcome, even negative comments/criticisms.

Mom and Dad are both quite the lookers. I especially like Mom's saddles. The babies look great too

Nice Miami's. Are they larger than the "garden variety" Miami hatchlings, or am I losing perspective in the photos?

Wow, some stunning animals you have there!

razorback said:

Nice Miami's. Are they larger than the "garden variety" Miami hatchlings, or am I losing perspective in the photos?

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I really don't know, to be honest, since this is my first clutch. However... I still have another clutch of about 12 eggs from a different female, and those eggs do look considerably larger than these did. So maybe the next set of hatchlings will be a little bigger? That is something I am curious to find out. The other female is herself slightly larger than the WC female.

I guess these hatchlings are a little bigger than I was expecting, but that doesn't mean anything, since I'm pretty inexperienced at this. They're roughly the length of a standard Sterilite 'shoe box', give or take an inch. In the next photos I take, I'll include a coin or something to use as a size reference. Those photos were taken in Macro mode, which is better when using the flash even if you're a foot or two away from what you're photographing (with the type of camera I have, anyway.)

On a side note, I've seen some WC Miami snakes being sold online recently, for upwards of $50, and I don't think they look all that great, to be brutally honest. Many if not most of them look more tan than silver, or completely tan. All WC Miamis are not equal, obviously. I am not in the habit of buying WC snakes at all, and the one I have was the personal holdback of a reptile collector in Miami, and she had been kept by him for over a year before I got her. The way I acquired her is a long story. I can't fault anyone else for buying a WC Miami, but I do sort of frown on someone capturing them in mass quantities from their natural habitats and selling them for more than many would say they are worth, based on their photos. I'm just saying this because I don't want my WC Miami to be construed as an example of all WC Miamis for sale on the internet or even a statement that it's fine to capture and sell them in mass numbers or to support someone doing this. Mine was captured as a young snake (not much older than a hatchling) and has adapted well to captivity. [end of side note]

Wow, miami's with thick borders!

Congrats on the hatchlings! They sure do look nice! Mom is stunning too and dad isn't a bad looking fellow either!


Jenn

Gorgous Miamis', mum and dad are lookers themselves.
I love the good old silver and red Miamis, too much poor quality stuff in the UK market now.