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I have a few things to ask...and I would greatly appreciate any answers to my questions. I was recently given a pair of "normal" breeders by my boss because the petstore I was working at was going out of business :'( . The snakes had been bred several times before they were given to me, and every single time, the hatchlings were normal. Well, 55 days ago, the female laid eggs, and they just started hatching this afternoon, its been about 12 hours since then, and only 2 of 18 have started to hatch, Is this normal? and how long until the rest start to hatch? Should I worry about the others if they dont start hatching soon, and if so what can I do? and lastly, I believe that one of the 2 hatchlings so far is an albino, so Im thinking that the pair must be het for albino...but Im not sure because every egg that has hatched from that pair has been normal...is it possible that a pair bred with only each other can hatch an albino?...I would post a pic of it...but if I cant copy and paste it....I dont know how to do it
 
It's statistically unlikely that a pair of Normals would produce several clutches of all-Normals, then produce an Amel. To do that, they would both have to be het for Amel and in that case, I would have expected to see some Amels in all their previous clutches. However, it's just statistics and that is possible (just improbable).

A more likely scenario would be that the female has a het for Amel and somehow a different male (Amel or het for Amel) got jiggy with her before she left her last owner.

The only way you'll know for sure is to carefully control the breeding next year and see what happens when you mate the female with an Amel or proven het Amel.

Love those surprises though!
 
It is normal that the time difference is up to 5 days for hatching.
This can be because of temperature difference between front and back of the egg box.

The picture indeed shows a Missing Black, so the parents must be het. for it.
Very strange that all previous hatchlings were all normals.

Is it not possible that there was a different male involved this time?
 
As far as hatching times go, you're way too early to be concerned. I've had a clutch that took a fortnight between the first and last eggs hatching. All were healthy little eaters once out, even if that is a bit of an extreme example.

Some folks are keen on cutting eggs that don't pip within so-many days of the first one hatching, but I'm not a fan. I'm sure others can advise if you'd like to explore that possibility.
 
Im pretty sure that it was the same male and female as it was in the past...but the petstore I worked at wasnt exactly the role model for pet stores if you know what Im saying

And just about 3 hours ago, the third broke through its egg, its also an albino.
 
Congratulations! Surprise amels. How cool.

It takes awhile for them all to come out. I had three pip last night and six so far today. The ones from today are still hiding out in the eggs. Patience is a hard thing when you are waiting for babies.
 
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