JoannaD
Formerly known as jodu
I bred my ultramel poss het caramel male to an amel motley het caramel female this year to finally find out if he was het caramel. I was sadly disappointed to find out that he was not het caramel when I hatched 10 ultramels and 9 amels earlier this summer. I had bred him multiple times in the past with motley females so I knew that he was not het motley.
The female double clutched on her own and there were 3 - 4 eggs that looked like they might be good. I was about to toss them since the 3 remaining eggs looked like were starting to go bad, when I opened the incubator and was shocked to see the two snakes below. I was utterly confused. How could I have a butter mot and a snow mot. Then I remembered that I had tried to breed the female back to her father last year but none of the eggs made it. He is butter het motley and anery. Well I guess this proves my female het anery.
These two boys are gorgeous but unfortunately both are kinked and don't move properly so I do not expect them to make it. If they do and eat then anyone is welcome to them as pets. How sad that I have been trying to make butter mots for so long and this is my first!
I am completely fascinated by the fact that a snake can retain sperm, mate with another male and lay eggs from that male and then on her own fertilize eggs with sperm that is at least a year old. Wow!
In any case I hope these kinked abnormal boys do not predict what will happen when I breed her back to Dad again. I so want a butter mot!!
Excuse the crappy photo - it's from my phone.
The female double clutched on her own and there were 3 - 4 eggs that looked like they might be good. I was about to toss them since the 3 remaining eggs looked like were starting to go bad, when I opened the incubator and was shocked to see the two snakes below. I was utterly confused. How could I have a butter mot and a snow mot. Then I remembered that I had tried to breed the female back to her father last year but none of the eggs made it. He is butter het motley and anery. Well I guess this proves my female het anery.
These two boys are gorgeous but unfortunately both are kinked and don't move properly so I do not expect them to make it. If they do and eat then anyone is welcome to them as pets. How sad that I have been trying to make butter mots for so long and this is my first!
I am completely fascinated by the fact that a snake can retain sperm, mate with another male and lay eggs from that male and then on her own fertilize eggs with sperm that is at least a year old. Wow!
In any case I hope these kinked abnormal boys do not predict what will happen when I breed her back to Dad again. I so want a butter mot!!
Excuse the crappy photo - it's from my phone.
