Archive for August, 2009

Spider x Albino clutch hatches

This morning I found the next ball clutch out of the egg. This was from breeding an albino male to a spider female. Out of 5 eggs I got 1.1 Het albino spiders and 1.2 100% het albinos.

This is my first effort at making a combo morph. I almost didn’t do this breeding as I personally am not a big fan of albino spiders. But since the female was ready, I decided to go ahead and take the first step. I haven’t decided what I’ll do next. I’ll probably keep one or both of the spiders and finish it out just to say I’ve made them.

Next season though the female spider will be with a pastel, the bumblebees were what got me started with all this ball python stuff years ago and I have still yet to make one. I’ve been working my way out of the balls for a couple of seasons, but I will have to make a bee first just to achieve my original goal.

Two more clutches are still incubating, another albino clutch and a straight spider x normal clutch. They still have another month or so to go.

Clay :: Aug.29.2009 :: The Collection :: No Comments »

First Albino Clutch Hatched

The first albino clutch is out of the egg. This clutch was 4 eggs from an albino x het albino pairing. The final count was 2.1 albinos and 1.0 het albino.

I was pleased with the odds, but would have liked an extra female. I still have another albino clutch incubating though.

On the bredli from the previous post, the final count was 16 nice healthy babies. The clutch was 18 eggs total and the final two were either infertile or went bad early on. I’m pleased with the results and look forward to starting to work with these guys after their first sheds.

Clay :: Aug.27.2009 :: The Collection :: No Comments »

Bredli are hatching

I came home yesterday morning to find several of the bredli had pipped. I was relieved to find them starting to hatch a few days early.
I’ll be leaving for Daytona on Thursday and they were actually due to hatch while I was to be gone. I really didn’t like the idea of them hatching and potentially being left in the incubator on the vermiculite for several days unattended.

They seem to be doing very well though, no yolk sacs or kinks, or any other observable problems.

This was my first year successfully reproducing the bredli after failing for the last two seasons, so this clutch was my most anticipated this season. Few things are better than reproducing a species for the first time regardless of what it is.

Here are some pictures of the clutch and the ones that have left the egg so far. Click the thumbnails for a larger picture.

Clay :: Aug.18.2009 :: The Collection :: No Comments »