LauRuffian
Perpetual Newbie
In this thread http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140690 I described how much this breeding season meant to me. I only had the one pair I was breeding and it was the first year for both, so I was nervous they wouldn't take. Kamalah (lavender Aztec het hypo het stripe) did in fact breed with Keagan (hypo vanishing stripe het lavender) and laid 19 gorgeous eggs...but then the day after she laid them, my mother had a medical emergency and I rushed to be with her in the hospital for 5 days. When I came back, several of the eggs had dried out and despite my efforts, we wound up losing 6-7. It made me a bit sad, but at the same time, I'd just had a solid lesson in priorities...a bit bummed about the eggs, yes, but overwhelmingly relieved Mom was going to be okay. Mom matters a whole lot more.
But! While we lost some eggs, pipping has begun! :cheers:
I am so stinkin' excited! Look at these widdle noses:
I think the one on top is a lavender, and the one on the far left a hypo (if not hypo stripe, but gotta wait and see the whole dude to know that). The topmost pink-nosed one has me confused--it's so pink, I'd think it was amelanistic, except that's not genetically possible. Maybe...hypo lavender? (Or, *fingers crossed* hypo lavender stripe?) Meanwhile the one on the bottom doesn't feel like playing with me so I can't tell. :laugh: Oh, and if you look, there's actually another pippie in there too, but they haven't stuck out their nose yet--it's the egg just under and to the left of the pink-nosed pippie.
But all those guys are slackers, because this guy was first to pip yesterday (on day #59--fastest incubation ever for me), and he was all the way out of the egg just a few hours later. We've nicknamed him Turtle because of how he'd stick his head all the way out of his egg then retreat back inside.
I think he's a hypo--he is more red than any normals I've had in the past--but we'll know better after first shed.
Eee! The cute!
So excited! Had to come share with all of you. Can't wait to see what Santa has wrapped for me in those little wrinkled white packages.
But! While we lost some eggs, pipping has begun! :cheers:
I am so stinkin' excited! Look at these widdle noses:
I think the one on top is a lavender, and the one on the far left a hypo (if not hypo stripe, but gotta wait and see the whole dude to know that). The topmost pink-nosed one has me confused--it's so pink, I'd think it was amelanistic, except that's not genetically possible. Maybe...hypo lavender? (Or, *fingers crossed* hypo lavender stripe?) Meanwhile the one on the bottom doesn't feel like playing with me so I can't tell. :laugh: Oh, and if you look, there's actually another pippie in there too, but they haven't stuck out their nose yet--it's the egg just under and to the left of the pink-nosed pippie.
But all those guys are slackers, because this guy was first to pip yesterday (on day #59--fastest incubation ever for me), and he was all the way out of the egg just a few hours later. We've nicknamed him Turtle because of how he'd stick his head all the way out of his egg then retreat back inside.
I think he's a hypo--he is more red than any normals I've had in the past--but we'll know better after first shed.
Eee! The cute!
So excited! Had to come share with all of you. Can't wait to see what Santa has wrapped for me in those little wrinkled white packages.
