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I bred one of my female snows to a male cinnamon (emoryi/guttatus expressing hypomelanism) this season.
10 eggs were laid on April 4th.
Two of the eggs hatched yesterday and I got one pleasant surprise followed by two terrible disappointments.
The surprise was my snow is apparently het hypo because one of the babies was a cinnamon and the other a normal (rootbeer) the disappointment was that they were both so severely kinked I had to euthanize them.
I really don't get it..They incubated for 67 days and they were on the same shelf as the stripe creams that all hatched without kinks or problems.
The 67 days would seem to indicate the temperatures weren't too high causing an earlier then average incubation period.
It is possible there was a temperature spike but you would think it would have affected the stripe creams as well.
Oh well, I will have to see how the rest of the hatchlings come out.
wish me luck
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Jimmy Johnson
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Draybars Snakes

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Truly sorry about the kinked babies. At least something good became of it and you discovered genetics with your female.

Hope your season brightens. We both seem to have a tough one this year
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****Misty****

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Sorry to hear that Jimmy. I had that problem last year. Fortunatley, I had one kink baby show no ill effects other than the 2 slight kinks....I found him a home with my nephew who just wanted a pet snake. He is almost a year old and doing quite well. That made me feel a bit better. Hope the rest do well for you. Im still a ways off on my hatchings. Beggining of Aug. ....I Hope
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