Day 74...

[Flea886]

and we have our first pip!!! yay!!

 

[Flea886]

To me it looks like a bloodred. Can't wait for he/she to come out!! eek!

 

[LauRuffian]

I was JUST coming here to ask!! YAAAY! Merry Pip-mas!

Geez, they sure made you wait, didn't they?!

 

[LauRuffian]

What's this cross again? And am I right remembering this is your first clutch?

 

[Flea886]

Yes they did make me wait!! The mom is bloodred unknown hets and dad is normal cube unknown hets. Both parents were bought from pet shops.

 

[MysticExotics]

Congrats on the pips!

They should all be normal het Diffused, unless the sire is het for Diffused. (And any other mutal hidden hets there might be).

 

[Flea886]

I am okay with that! This is all new to us and It's just exciting that this is the first clutch plus the surprise factor is killing me!

 

[Aurora314]

Congratulations on the pips!

 

[Flea886]

yay it's out! Then there are 4 more pips!

 

[Nanci]

So exciting!

 

[Flea886]

I'm hoping out of the 16 at least a few are either bloodred or stripe

 

[LauRuffian]

Any more pippies or completely hatched babies? And more importantly, any more pics?

 

[Flea886]

Haha I had to work late. Almost home

 

[Flea886]

more babies. Some look brighter than other!

 

[LauRuffian]

I am just learning myself, but those bottom two babies in your first pic--especially the one second from the bottom--are not normals. I think they are bloodred babies, or at least diffused. Some pics: http://www.allaboutcornsnakes.com/cs_bloodred.html

How am I doing, experts?

 

[Aurora314]

I'm not an expert, either, but that head resembles the pattern my hypo-bloodred had. There were different body colors, but LauRuffian, I think you may be right.

 

[Flea886]

The only thing is that mine have side patterns. Can bloodreds have that?

 

[Flea886]

http://www.allaboutcornsnakes.com/cs_normal.html

This is what the normals look like and my babies look just like that. Even the brightly colored ones.

 

[Shiari]

If they have no belly checkers, they are diffused. But they can have the reduced head pattern while still having checkers. The head pattern alone does not prove diffused.

 

[LauRuffian]

What else can the reduced head pattern indicate, if it indicates anything at all? I've not seen normal babies like that before.