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New Hatchling ID Help Needed

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busdrivin1

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I am a newbie here, and a newbie at snake husbandry. I have my first little hatchlings and am jubilant, but have so many questions. First, I have 2 sunglow adults that live together, apparently male and female! One is motley. Out of the 3 eggs we have what appear to be 2 very dark sunglows, but the third is almost pink looking. Any idea what color this one might be? It is also motley. I am so stoked! I have them in deli cups with paper towel and 2 oz cups for water stapled to the side, keeping them fom about 75-85 degrees, how often should I spray them with a squirty bottle to keep them moist? Any help or advice would be so appreciated.
Thanx in advance.
Vic
 
Hi and welcome...

Spraying them with wather dirrectly might be quite stressful for them. I keep my hatchlings in the incubator until their first shed at 28-29C and then transfer them to a dry home after they shed.

Post us some pics and we'll see what we can tell you about the morphs. Is the pink one very light pink and white like a snow or is it like a light amel?
 
I never had them in an incubator, just a tupperware container with wet vermiculite. Should I put them back in there? Someone told me they could get mold if I left them in there.
 
i don't have a link to post the picture with, but if you think you might be able to help me idetnify my snake i would be glad to email or IM the picture to someone. thanks.
 
You can send the picture to me, and I'll try to help. My address is corncrazy @ gmail.com (minus the spaces before and after the @ sign).
 
Well, as I mentioned in my reply to your e-mail, you have a pretty little snow (homozygous amel AND anery) :D

That means that BOTH of your sunglows are het for anery.

The snow does not look like a motley in that picture, by the way. Why do you think it is a motley? Does it have a plain belly? If so, then it may be a motley (which would mean that your non-motley sunglow is het motley).
 
I think it may be motley because it has distinct dots all down its back and no belly markings. Isn't that how you tell a motley? Do you have to have no orange on the belly either to be clear of belly markings, because the one adult has orange down at the tail end.
 
busdrivin1 said:
I think it may be motley because it has distinct dots all down its back and no belly markings. Isn't that how you tell a motley? Do you have to have no orange on the belly either to be clear of belly markings, because the one adult has orange down at the tail end.
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Motleys do tend to have joined saddles causing the appearance of dots on their backs. Yours does not look like its saddles are joined in that picture. Also, with snows, it can be VERY hard to see the checkers on their bellies until after a couple of sheds. I'd just keep an eye on it and check again for belly checkers after it sheds a couple of times. Would you be able to get a better picture of it?
 
It means the snake carries the gene for anery. If bred to another anery or another het for anery, it will be able to reproduce the anery trait.
 
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