Snakes and Sh!t

A small clutch of three eggs from a pastel and a young female hatched this morning. There were two normals and one nice looking pastel male.

The father is a NERD Lemon pastel and this is the first clutch he has produced. I’m pleased so far with the look of the hatchling. I’m anxious to see what he looks like after his first shed.

Apparently I got mixed up when putting the eggs in the incubator. The seven egg clutch I originally thought to be a pastel clutch turned out to be fathered by the spider and the three egg clutch that just hatched was from the pastel. I wasn’t as concerned with these two since they were co-dom morphs and there wouldn’t be any wondering about hets or anything.

Clay :: Jun.25.2008 :: The Collection :: No Comments »

The het albino female I have been waiting on finally laid last night. Better than her last clutch which she didn’t lay until August.

She was bred to an albino male, so I’m hoping for some really good odds on this one. Hopefully two, or dare I hope three, albinos and the rest 100% hets.

I have another het albino female that may still lay, but I’m not sure if she took this season, have to wait and see on her.

Clay :: Jun.17.2008 :: The Collection :: No Comments »

Two clutches hatched last week, the jungle carpets and a ball python spider clutch.
Most of the jungle carpet clutch was infertile. An unproven male was the father, so it may have been due to it being his first season. Four hatchlings were produced.

The spider clutch had somewhat poor odds. Two spiders hatched and five normal siblings. Both spiders are males.

I have posted a new article in the Last Word section about the “wobble head” condition of spider balls and my opinions on the topic. You can read it here http://www.arbreptiles.com/lastword/spider_wobble.shtml

Clay :: Jun.13.2008 :: Reptile Related, Site News and Updates, The Collection :: No Comments »