Yesterday morning I got a nice surprise when I looked in the buttermilk eggs. Eight babies had already made it out and there were seven more to go. They have all hatched and seem very healthy. I used hatchrite at around 82-83 degrees. I thought I'd post some pics since this isn't a commonly bred species.

Here's a link to a gallery of a few of the pictures.

http://img190.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=dscf1075u.jpg

Several of the pictures are of an especially blue baby. They were all a rather bluish shade with dark red markings (that faded towards tail) but the shade of blue differed. I've also got some with brighter markings and one with way more speckled markings. I'm not sure how these differences effect them if at all since the coloration changes though. But they sure are cute!

I'm keeping them really warm and I think I'll probably wait til they first shed then try them on crickets and if I'm lucky pinkies. Anybody have any tricks for getting the babies started?
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1.0 sumatran short tailed python
0.1 ball python
0.1 rosy boa
0.1 corn snake
1.0 mexican king snake
1.1 buttermilk racers
0.0.2 texas rat snakes
0.0.1 broadbanded watersnakes
0.0.2 yellow bellied watersnake
0.0.1 diamond back watersnake
0.0.1 blotched watersnake
0.0.1 ribbon snake
0.1 Texas brown snake
0.0.1 western cottonmouth
0.0.1 southern copperhead
0.0.1 rattlesnake
1.0 bearded dragon
1.0 leopard gecko

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