Freshly-Hatched Hypo-Bloods & Hypos het Bloods

[dwyn127]

Beautiful babies Dean!:cheers:

 

[Roy Munson]

Thanks Carol, Tom, Erathiel, and Danny. I got 14 nice charcoals het amel and blood in another clutch.

You mean it'll be mine? What I mean is, you know, Fedex and those darn shipping errors...

:laugh: Two more very nice ones hatched today. You're welcome to one if you want. I'd like to see how the nicest ones turn out, but I'm probably not keeping any. I have one juvenile and two adult hypo-blood females already. My lone male hypo-blood (het anery) is the father of this clutch. I'd planned on selling the mother of this clutch, but after seeing the hatchlings, I'm having second thoughts.

 

[ratsncorns]

The diffusion on these guys. Wow! Great clutch!

 

[Susan]

Congrats Dean on some awesome hatchlings!

 

[Drizzt80]

WOW!! Nice looking snakes there Dean. Congrats!

D80

 

[Jessicat]

I really like the head patterns on the other snakes besides that baldy too. The snake on the right hand side of the last picture looks like he has something funky going on!

 

[starsevol]

Thanks Carol, Tom, Erathiel, and Danny. I got 14 nice charcoals het amel and blood in another clutch.

:laugh: Two more very nice ones hatched today. You're welcome to one if you want. I'd like to see how the nicest ones turn out, but I'm probably not keeping any. I have one juvenile and two adult hypo-blood females already. My lone male hypo-blood (het anery) is the father of this clutch. I'd planned on selling the mother of this clutch, but after seeing the hatchlings, I'm having second thoughts.

Well Dean, you WILL see how the girl I get turns out. I will be sure to keep you updated and you can see how she progresses whenever you're in town. I am sooo excited, I have been working on naming her all morning.

 

[LindsayMarie]

Congratulations Beth on a wonderful baby soon to come. I only wish I could afford one! I have been wanting a nice hypo blood.

Dean, beautiful babies!!! I also loved the charcoal clutch, very adorable. How many more clutches you have hiding over their?? j/k

 

[starsevol]

Thank you Lindsay.
In the far-off future this girl may help me have striped snow bloods in the F2 generation if I breed her to Steve.
F1s should be bloods and possibly granites, which still ain't too shabby

 

[jaxom1957]

There are three hypo-bloods out, one hypo het blood, and a bunch of pips.

Wow, you hit that one out of the park! Great babies :bowdown:

 

[Nanci]

What a beautiful bunch of babies, Dean! Can't wait to see them after the first shed.

Nanci

 

[cka]

Thats a real nice looking clutch of snakes Dean :*)

 

[starsevol]

I can't wait to meet Elphaba.
And Dean too, of course!

 

[jaxom1957]

There are three hypo-bloods out, one hypo het blood, and a bunch of pips. The parents were a hypo-blood and a hypo het blood. Actually, the one I'm thinking is only het blood has no discernible belly checkers. But it also has no side diffusion, while the definite bloods are nicely diffused. The white-headed one featured in three of these photos is awesome. They're all 50% poss. het anery.

The hypo-bloods are spectacular, but there is also something very appealing about the crisp colors on this one, which I assume is a het blood?

 

[Roy Munson]

The hypo-bloods are spectacular, but there is also something very appealing about the crisp colors on this one, which I assume is a het blood?

Thanks Lee. The hypos het blood out of the clutch all are very nicely colored. But the snake in the pic you posted was a hypo-blood. It wasn't the best diffused of the bunch, but it was at least as diffused as its Dad (Holden) was as a hatchling, and he's very strongly diffused now. I'm using the past tense, because I'm pretty sure this was the hatchling that died.

I feel bad because its death may have been my fault. I'm using 20oz. soda bottle caps for water bowls in their deli-cups, and I'm keeping the cups in the incubator. The humidity in my incubator is very low. It doesn't matter much to the eggs because I don't have ventilation holes in the egg-containers (I "burp" them weekly). But of course, the deli-cups have holes, and those bottle caps don't hold much water and it evaporates fast. So I'm constantly checking to make sure everyone has water. Last night I saw that this hatchling was obviously dead (on its back; mouth open; dry eyes). Its deli cup was bone dry, without a drop of water in the bottle cap. I might have missed re-watering this one. Live and learn. I just hate learning from errors that end up killing an animal. Now it seems like I'm checking water every 8 hours, so it won't happen again. :rollseyes:

 

[tbtusk]

Yikes! Sorry to hear about that.

I'm glad I chose big water bowls! Of course it's easier when you only have 16 hatchlings.

 

[jaxom1957]

Last night I saw that this hatchling was obviously dead (on its back; mouth open; dry eyes). Its deli cup was bone dry, without a drop of water in the bottle cap.

Ah, that's too bad. I used to use the plastic lid off small peanut butter jars, and that worked well, but it took up a lot of room in the deli cup. Now I'm using 2.5 ounce ramekins for watering babies, and they work well. Bought them on eBay. So far, the only problem was a Miami male late last year that I found dead with his head in the water dish. I'm not sure if he drowned while trying to drink, which seems unlikely, or if he was dying and tried to get some water just before the end. It sucks finding a dead baby, no matter why it died; it makes you feel crappy the rest of the day. Chin up: the bad luck has to stop at some point :awcrap:

Do you put the new hatchlings on shavings or do you use something easier to clean, like paper towels? I'm leaning toward paper towels while they're in the 25 ounce containers, just so I can monitor them more easily and there is less that can go unnoticed.

 

[Roy Munson]

Ah, that's too bad. I used to use the plastic lid off small peanut butter jars, and that worked well, but it took up a lot of room in the deli cup. Now I'm using 2.5 ounce ramekins for watering babies, and they work well. Bought them on eBay. So far, the only problem was a Miami male late last year that I found dead with his head in the water dish. I'm not sure if he drowned while trying to drink, which seems unlikely, or if he was dying and tried to get some water just before the end. It sucks finding a dead baby, no matter why it died; it makes you feel crappy the rest of the day. Chin up: the bad luck has to stop at some point :awcrap:

Do you put the new hatchlings on shavings or do you use something easier to clean, like paper towels? I'm leaning toward paper towels while they're in the 25 ounce containers, just so I can monitor them more easily and there is less that can go unnoticed.

Yeah, I'm probably going to try to find another water-bowl option. I keep almost all snakes on paper towels and feed them in their living enclosures until they're on hoppers. By then, they're well established.

 

[Chris Olson]

Sorry to hear it. I hate killing snakes. Here's a link to some reasonably priced bulk souffle cups. 2500 2.5oz for $35 and some shipping. Souffle Cups

Chris
ps: Wicked Diffused Hypos by-the-way!

Thanks Lee. The hypos het blood out of the clutch all are very nicely colored. But the snake in the pic you posted was a hypo-blood. It wasn't the best diffused of the bunch, but it was at least as diffused as its Dad (Holden) was as a hatchling, and he's very strongly diffused now. I'm using the past tense, because I'm pretty sure this was the hatchling that died.

I feel bad because its death may have been my fault. I'm using 20oz. soda bottle caps for water bowls in their deli-cups, and I'm keeping the cups in the incubator. The humidity in my incubator is very low. It doesn't matter much to the eggs because I don't have ventilation holes in the egg-containers (I "burp" them weekly). But of course, the deli-cups have holes, and those bottle caps don't hold much water and it evaporates fast. So I'm constantly checking to make sure everyone has water. Last night I saw that this hatchling was obviously dead (on its back; mouth open; dry eyes). Its deli cup was bone dry, without a drop of water in the bottle cap. I might have missed re-watering this one. Live and learn. I just hate learning from errors that end up killing an animal. Now it seems like I'm checking water every 8 hours, so it won't happen again. :rollseyes: