Last Albino Clutch Hatching
Well the wait is over, the last albino clutch has hatched. This was an anticipated clutch this season. I bought the het female as a near breedable adult in 2006. She didn’t breed that season, but I bred her to a het male in 2007. Five eggs were produced with no albinos. This of course brings up the dreaded question of whether the female was indeed het because the male I used was proven to be het by me.
I trusted the fellow I bought her from and the person who originally produced her both by reputation so I really didn’t think either would have intentionally sold a misrepresented snake. I know though that mistakes do happen and sometimes in a rack of 50 babies a mix up can occur so the possibility loomed over me for a year.
This season I bred her to a visual albino male and got a clutch of seven eggs. After the long wait of incubation they finally hatched this week. The count is four albinos and three 100% hets.
Whew! That was a big worry off me. I really didn’t want to go back to the fellow I bought her from and try to convince him he’d made a mistake.
I haven’t sexed the clutch yet so I don’t know what the ratios will be but I’m fairly sure that there will be both sexes of albinos.
That was the last clutch of the season but the next breeding season is fast approaching.
Clay :: Sep.27.2008 :: Reptile Related, The Collection ::
