Hypo clutch starting to pip

[ghosthousecorns]

What a nice beginning to the month of August. These eggs are from a project I started a while back using a male ghost stripe and female serpenco hypo het silver queen. I held back one hypo pair from this breeding and crossed them to each other, these eggs are the result. Expecting hypos, striped hypos, ghosts and hopefully striped ghosts.

 

[PeterD]

Question: How do you know if a snake is a hypo? or normal?

 

[ghosthousecorns]

In this case I know through the parentage and having bred them myself. In a clutch that has both they are easily sorted out. The hypos will be generally lighter due to reduced melanin compared with the normals from the same clutch. If you don't know if a snake is hypo the only way to be certain is through breeding trials because there are so many light normals out there and other types of hypo that could fool you.

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Congrats on the pip!

To visually answer Peter's question, here's the difference. Snake on the left is a hypo, right is a normal. (Jen, if you don't want me to post a pic here, let me know and I'll PM it to Peter)

 

[PeterD]

Ah ok that makes sense

when there hypo does it mean there more fertile?

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Nope. "Hypo" is short for "hypomelanistic" and means they have reduced melanin (black pigment) giving them the lighter color. It has nothing to do with fertility. Only color.

 

[PeterD]

Ah ok, so you can mate any snakes "hypo" is just a coloration that people strive to get?

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Ah ok, so you can mate any snakes "hypo" is just a coloration that people strive to get?

Yep! Hypo and it's variants: Hypos, Ghosts, HypoBloods, HypoLavenders, Platinums, Powders, Coral Snows, etc. etc. etc.

 

[PeterD]

makes sense now!

The pet shop told me that hypos are the best for breeding... was like ok now i know dif!!

 

[ghosthousecorns]

First baby is out. What an odd little hypo. I expect it will get more colorful after first shed.

 

[Jenstar]

What pretty babies.

 

[Pasodama]

Congrats, on the pipping!
Really like the first baby out. Look forward to seeing the rest.

 

[danielle]

Congrats Jen can't wait to see the rest!!

 

[ghosthousecorns]

Here are a few more pics. Pipping hypos and a pic of the second one to come out of egg- another hypo much brighter than the first one. And last pic of pipping ghost(s?) that are taking their sweet time coming out...

 

[ghosthousecorns]

A ghost

 

[Jenstar]

What a pretty little ghost.

 

[ghosthousecorns]

Here is some more of what has come out of their eggs today. So far I am up to 5 hypos and 3 ghost, no stripes. I am hoping stripes just take longer to hatch

 

[Gralena]

Aw, they are so darling!! I love ghosts, my favorite!! Good luck with the stripes...

 

[ghosthousecorns]

Now this I might have to keep

 

[Gralena]

Wow!! Congrats, you got your stripe after all....I guess they do take longer to make