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Hello everyone,

I always see all these cool and weird things hatch from a lot of people. For those that don't know how I am... I am the ultimate pessimist. I find that it works for me not to have very high expectations. Somehow I am rarely dissapointed with the odds that I get I guess because of my low expectations.

In this business I think you have some good runs and some bad. I have just had a good run...

Pewter x Genetic Stripe - 10 eggs - 5 Pewters, 2 Cinnamons, 1 Pastel and 2 Normals all 100% Het Stripe.

Genetic Stripe to 50%PH Stripe - 8 eggs - 7 Stripes - 1 100% Het

Genetic Stripe to 50%PH Stripe - 9 eggs - No Stripes but 1.8 100% Hets

Hypo x 100% Het Hypo - 17 eggs from 3 separate clutches - 13 Hypos - 4 100% Hets

An this clutch... Spider x Normal - 9 eggs - 6 Spiders - 2 Normals - 1 ?????

When I cut the eggs I said... nice... 7 Spiders and 1 Normal! A few days later they had their heads out and I saw what looked exactly like a Spotnose? I checked my breeding records for the female and I never bred a Spotnose to her... that's weird!

Then it came out of the eggs and it was a Spider with normal looking paradox areas but a Spotnose head! How cool... I guess I'll breed him out and see if there is anything in there other than Spider and Normal.

Strange........

Good luck everyone... It sure is fun hatching weirdos even if they aren't inheritable!

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Sean Bradley
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Sean,

Great odds and WOW what a nice suprise! Send a little of that luck my way I'm still waiting on a few clutches and my odds could use a little boost!

Take Care,
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Chad Schwinn
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That spider is defiantly cool looking. I would check and see if the female is not a shattern pattern. That or it looks like a paradox spider.

Great animal!

Dan @ Sterling Reptiles

just wondering if it could be a low grade spider???? Thanks..Brad

anything but its sweet.

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Vince Pramuk

Paradox OR 'incomplete' Spider??

Looks like the Spider gene only got 80 or 90% of its 'job' done. With the areas of normal colouration and that 'almost a Spider' head pattern it looks like ....heck, I don't know. lol

Cool snake. That head pattern looks halfway between normal and Spider. Interesting to say the least.

BB
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"Have you hugged your drummer today?" --- Me

Sena and Celia,
Congrats on that magnificent animal. Maybe I can get over that way soon and check it out.

Also,
Congrats on all of those Stripes, Female Het. Stripes and Hypos. Pewters Het. for Stripe ain't bad either. Good to see ya'll having a great year.
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Tim and Monica Bailey
Bailey & Bailey Reptiles

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nice spider...Looks like its been a good year for you both..See you in Oct. at Tinley Park.
Kevin

Hey,

I have a kind of "wierd" spider sibling- no spider pattern except for the dark "moustaching" stripes that go between it's heat sensing pits and around it's mouth. I'll keep her and try to find a male with the same characteristics to have some fun.

That definitely has the spider pattern- I've seen some sold as spiders that had the spider head only and almost no spidery pattern, so I'd say yours is a spider- just different.

Nice!

Steve Harrison

Looks kind of like a granite pattern on her side. Really neat girl. Good luck with her.

You guys rock and you know it ... What are you guys putting in their water - some wierd stuff coming out of eggs over there !!!

LOL congrats!
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"