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New pics of an unusual BSTP(dialup warn)

Matt J Dec 03, 2006 04:18 PM

Hey All,

Took some pics today of a few different snakes. This particular Borneo is one of my tentative holdbacks. It seems to be a female, but I've not pressed the issue yet to determine that conclusively. It was born from an egg in the 2006 clutch (with the Ultras) and the one main observation was that the egg was half rotten... BAD rotten! I never expected this egg to hatch, let alone produce a live python. The rotten albumin and part of the yolk was actually bright green and had plenty of 'junk' floating around in there. The REALLY crazy thing was that the snakes skin pigment was also green! Basically, it had a green hue overall (belly was very dramatic). I made a HUGE mistake by not photo documenting this whole ordeal. The snake excreted uric acid liquid and stones for the first couple weeks that were bright green! Almost like anitfreeze. It was the craziest thing I've seen in one of my baby pythons. Even more unexpected was that this half sized baby ate a live hopper mouse on the very first attempt and has been a typical Borneo 'Piggie' ever since. Well, yeah, I'm a proud papa with this one and it's turning into an amazing looking snake in my opinion. It hatched out with such a 'clean' looking pattern and has kept that trend (no significant flecks, etc). The color on the sides of the head up the neck just get brighter and more colorful. Also, the belly is completely clear like an Ultra baby, but it just does not have the same look or pattern that the others I've hatched do. Okay, enough of my long winded speech... Hope you enjoy the pics!

Matt



Replies (7)

timrash Dec 03, 2006 04:59 PM

Very Nice!!!
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mturner01 Dec 03, 2006 05:27 PM

Absolutely gorgeous as usual Matt. Her orange head is just awesome. She would be welcome here anyday.
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Matt & Nicci Turner
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googo151 Dec 03, 2006 08:42 PM

Hey Matt,
What else could we expect from you and your interest in Borneo's, but more gorgeous Borneo's; and that is no exception!
-Angel
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Have you hugged your Blood today?

Rich_Crowley Dec 04, 2006 08:02 AM

Very nice. It is amazing what you experience when breeding animals. I even had eggs so fuzzy from mold growth I could not see the shell until hatched.

Great job. Got to love those holdbacks.
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fishkiller Dec 04, 2006 10:29 AM

Very nice looking snake, and what a crazy story.This is one lucky snake.Makes me think I should have kept an egg or two that molded over pretty bad.

jordanm Dec 04, 2006 08:54 PM

Green snakies = goooood lol, still turned out very nice Matt. Though not quite sure what it is either.. .hmmmm... hmmm stuff to think about
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Matt J Dec 04, 2006 09:21 PM

For the comments everyone! I really could not believe that a snake was inside all that nasty gunk... and that she fed so well once her system got fired up! Neat stuff. Thanks again!

Matt

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