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Clutch #4 pipping--a little disappointed

bekers71

bekers71

What addiction?!
Well I was really hoping the male was at least het bloodred, but guess not. That means this clutch will be all normals het bloodred motley. Good hets though, so at least I can work with that.

Link to the parents: http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66195

Only 1 has hatched and 1 is pipping so there are 10 left to go. Seeing as how these two are normals, I think it's safe to bet the rest will be too.

Oh well. :)
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Never safe to make that bet. What are the stakes?? I might wanna play! ;)

2 hatchlings does not a clutch make. Or something like that. I had known hets this season with 16 eggs and didn't hit one morph that I should have. Don't let go of hope yet!

D80
 
Thanks for the encouragement Brent. :)

So far we know that dad is a motley and has proven his self het amel and anery this season. I put him with the bloodred to test that gene out. If he is not homo/het blood then maybe there is some thing else making him so dark red. Just not sure what it would be. He has no black except his pupils. He is also about 5 yrs old so the colors are pretty set. Here are some pictures I took of him this morning.
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The only for sure thing you can say right now is that he's not homo Bloodred. The het will have to wait!

Either way he is gorgeous!!!

D80
 
Congrats on the hatchlings, and I hope you'll get some bloods pipping soon out of the clutch. And like Brent said, there's always a chance a blood will hatch out, don't be discouraged until the last egg pips - and even then, one season isn't enough to discount the het - seeing as how snake hets can be like hitting the lottery; nothing but a series of long shots that don't always pair up. =)
 
Hang in there...don't count your hets before they hatch or something ;)

On the other hand, even if he turns out not to be het, imagine how his bloodred babies will look if he's that red/diffused without being blood. WOWSERS!
 
Thanks guys! I will post pics of the whole clutch once they are all out.

I have a few females het bloodred. I think next year I will try him with one of them and a ghost to see if maybe he has some hypo to him too. Who knows? :shrugs:

The only thing I know for sure is his color makes the amel and normal motley babies he fathered really nice.
 
Thats a really interesting snake. He reminds me of my normal het amel anery and stripe. He's got almost the exact same coloration. The only difference is that my guy has a partial belly pattern. I think mine also has thin black borders. I'm curious what your male's hets are compared to my guy's. Maybe I can dig up a picture.

And congrats on the hatchlings no matter what they are
 
I don't know...Look at all the stories you hear about hets not proving out till the third year. You just never know. Percentages are just that- a prediction, but not what is actually going on in the eggs.
 
Your boy is definitely unusual, and I'm surprised he's not a bloodred.
If he turns out not to be even het, it could be worth breeding him to another, non bloodred female and keeping some pairs of the offspring for breeding trials and see if the "non-blood blood" look is hereditary. I think he has something different about him.
 
Slightly:-offtopic... but that second picture of dad is pretty funny. I think that's called the "hangin' upside-down peek-a-boo pose".

...hope he proves out for you.
 
I would be interesting in playing with some offspring of him and a very red normal as well. It would be great to see if that utter lack of black is indeed hereditary.
 
Even if he is not a Bloodred or het he's the perfect snake to start a Bloodred Motley project with!

I'm already dreaming of the beautiful Bloodred Mots that could come from his line. ;)
 
Thanks every one. All the babies have either pipped or hatched all the way and not one is a bloodred. I'm going to keep a trio from this clutch, if there are enough females. Seem to be having a lot of males in my clutches. The idea for right now will be put a daughter back with dad and put the other 2 together to make bloodred motleys. Guess we'll see in a couple years.

Pics of the clutch will be posted in the photo gallery when they are all out.

jmksnakes said:
Slightly:-offtopic... but that second picture of dad is pretty funny. I think that's called the "hangin' upside-down peek-a-boo pose".

...hope he proves out for you.
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LOL I didn't really notice where his head was until you mentioned it. Cute.
 
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