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2014 Mystic Exotics Cornsnake project (Miami Tessera X Miami-2nd gen.) HATCHLINGS!!!

More babies have emerged!
There are two more Tessera's and one more Miami to emerge, they're just hanging out for now.

I see a few that look like they will look like Brokk. I'm looking forward to their first shed to get a better look!

In order, more pics:

DAI-04 Miami (I'll have to retake a better photo)
DAI-05 Miami Tessera
DAI-06 Miami
DAI-07 Miami Tessera
DAI-08 Miami
 

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This one is most likely going to be a keeper.

DAI-09 Miami Tessera

Three more to emerge (two Tessera's and one more Miami).
I'm looking forward to their first shed!
 

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Of course I had to check again before going to bed, and both remaining Tessera's emerged. The last Miami is still hanging out in the egg.

DAI-10 Miami Tessera
DAI-11 Miami Tessera (this one was in the huge egg)
DAI-12 Miami
 

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Last one finally decided to emerge! (S)he was the last to pip, and hung out in the egg for a while.
I think this one is going to have pretty good coloring, similar to the sire.

100% hatch rate, I cannot complain.
I was glad I didn't get any Amels this time around, but I will try to prove out that het on a future pairing.
 

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They are beautiful! I'm really new to the realm of snakes, so I'm still trying to wrap my mind on the color of hatchling vs. adults, it's amazing seeing the parents and babies, very educational for newbies like me. Congrats and thanks!
 
carriecat2 said:
They are beautiful! I'm really new to the realm of snakes, so I'm still trying to wrap my mind on the color of hatchling vs. adults, it's amazing seeing the parents and babies, very educational for newbies like me. Congrats and thanks!
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Thank you Carrie! They do change quite a bit from when they hatch.
I noticed Brokk (the sire) had a little bit different look to him, even at first hatching. He was my first pick for a holdback, and I am so glad that I did!

I"ll post some pics of some of the babies that we produced in 2011, before and after.

First is Brokk, the sire to this clutch and my favorite Cornsnake. :)
Just out of the egg, after a couple sheds, and as an adult.
 

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The Dam in Walter Smith's Miami/Candycane clutch is one of our babies, and a sibling to Brokk's.

Here is her hatchling pic, after a couple sheds, and as an adult (Walter's photo).

Most of them turned out more like Walter's female.

Don Soderberg has one of the Miami Tessera's from that clutch as well.

When I borrowed Tara's male Tessera, Taz, I thought that since he was an Okeetee Tessera, that it would take at least a couple generations to get a nice, Miami look.

Needless to say, we were very happy to find that the babies looked so Miami in the first generation!
 

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There are a few babies in this clutch that look like they will look more like Brokk, the sire.

I'm very excited about that!
 
WOW! The color changed so much! He was so much darker as a baby! As his color changed, the contrast on the pattern is detailed, all that black lining! COOL! Nice pictures, he's one beautiful snake!
 
carriecat2 said:
WOW! The color changed so much! He was so much darker as a baby! As his color changed, the contrast on the pattern is detailed, all that black lining! COOL! Nice pictures, he's one beautiful snake!
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Thanks! I'm very happy with how he turned out!!

I posted this right after, not sure if you saw it.
There are subtle differences in the hatchling pics between my male Brokk, and Walter Smith's female (pictured in the previous post), and how different they turned out as adults.

That's one of the fun things with producing babies, is seeing how they turn out as adults.

MysticExotics said:
The Dam in Walter Smith's Miami/Candycane clutch is one of our babies, and a sibling to Brokk's.

Here is her hatchling pic, after a couple sheds, and as an adult (Walter's photo).

Most of them turned out more like Walter's female.

Don Soderberg has one of the Miami Tessera's from that clutch as well.

When I borrowed Tara's male Tessera, Taz, I thought that since he was an Okeetee Tessera, that it would take at least a couple generations to get a nice, Miami look.

Needless to say, we were very happy to find that the babies looked so Miami in the first generation!
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That little hatching looks almost black ... So there's no real way to tell how a baby will grow into adult (just like in the human world), the pattern seems pretty stable, color is more a surprise. If that dark dark hatching turns out to be so colorful, how do you determine which one to hold back from a clutch?
 
carriecat2 said:
That little hatching looks almost black ... So there's no real way to tell how a baby will grow into adult (just like in the human world), the pattern seems pretty stable, color is more a surprise. If that dark dark hatching turns out to be so colorful, how do you determine which one to hold back from a clutch?
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It's easier to tell in person, when looking at the babies.
Sometimes there's just something that catches your eye about. DAI-09, for example, caught my eye, and will be staying with me, at least for a while. There are a few that I think will turn out like the sire, color/sharpness wise.
 
Apparently I failed to post any more photos of the babies in this thread, but I did start THIS thread, for available babies from this clutch, which have post-shed photos.
 
MysticExotics said:
This one is most likely going to be a keeper.

DAI-09 Miami Tessera

Three more to emerge (two Tessera's and one more Miami).
I'm looking forward to their first shed!
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This is the one I kept, and I am glad I did! She reminded me of her Sire, Brokk, and she is exceeding my expectations of how I thought she'd turn out!

I finally got around to naming her too. LOL
This is "Echo" :)
 

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