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First ATB litter born here at Elemental Exotics.

Tavia

Tavia

Elemental Exotics
Mai and Zuko were paired for the first time this year and after a very long wait, Mai gave birth to 7 babies sometime yesterday.

Six of them are healthy and well formed, unfortunately the 7th has a really bad neck kink and will be euthanized, as I don't think it will be able to eat.

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You know, when I first got into herps I looked at ATBs and thought, "Naahhhhh that looks too mean, I'll stick with easy colubrid species." But now I've caught myself wondering about finding mentorship to keep bush vipers and I'm thinking to myself, "You know, ATB might be a hell of a lot easier..." Cuz damn, they are stunning creatures.

How much do your adults hide away vs. sitting somewhere even just a little visible? I want something to put in a big naturalistic display cage.
 
Given enough perches, they are generally visible about 80% of the time, not quite as good a display snake as a Green Tree Python but close. And much hardier than a GTP. They prefer a bit different perch than GTP, the intersection of several "branches" rather than a straight limb type perch that GTPs use.
 
This is Zuko, the sire. Number 3 looks similar to him, just doesn't have the black markings on the head like dad.

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This is Mai, none of the babies really look like her.

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I've been procrastinating setting up their individual enclosures. Still moving slow today but I've got #1 and #4 moved over into their own totes.

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They're so stinkin' cute.

I just saw the hypos from a leucy outcross on morphmarket, and now I wish I could impulse buy one. So I bought a rubber one on Amazon instead LOL.
 
Number 5 is the first and so far, only one to shed. Here are some fresh shed pictures.
Like the little black beauty mark by it's eye.

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Their bodies are like ribbons. Do they get thicker? Will they hold their coloration and markings? #5 has the dot and #6 has all the head spots... You have a way with sneks!! Happy Thanksgiving.
 
They do get thicker but their body shape is always more vertical than horizontal, keeps the ribbon look.
They are like corns a bit, in that the colors and to a much lesser extent, patterns can change a bit as they grow but they will stay more or less the way they look when born. The Garden phase ATBs probably have the most extensive color change.
 
They are beautiful. There is so much variety in snake species. Something for everyone.
 
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