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What are the odds.

mrredsdesigns Aug 30, 2007 08:04 PM

All three are now out of their eggs. But from the looks of it, the last one to leave it's eggs was a twin. One of two that fully developed. The other was an undeveloped embryo.
But here's a pic of the new little male and a pic of him with the other two that came out yesterday. These are the results of a pastel to normal. Out of 7 eggs, 2 went bad, 1 was still born and then 2 died a couple days after the eggs were slit. But out of these three, I just can't get over their colours and markings. Just take a look at the pics and let me know what you think.

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Phil Red Hernandez-

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PiedPeddler Aug 30, 2007 09:02 PM

The little bright yellow guy with the head spot looks like a "classic jungle". I don't know if the classic appearance can mask the pastel or not, but so far those bright yellow guys like that haven't proven out genetically. Some say it is a result of egg stress, so if he was struggling to survive with another embryo in the egg, that would seem to fit. If he's healthy, it would be interesting to breed him someday and so his offspring could show you if there's a pastel under there! Please post more pics of all 3 after they've shed.
Paul

mrredsdesigns Aug 30, 2007 10:46 PM

I know that the classic jungle trait has yet to be proven. But then I have several snakes to work with. An '06 male I purchased last year at a local petstore, an '06 male i purchased from Camlon Reptiles last september. The male I got from Camlon was sired by their classic jungle male. Then I have the two that hatched out for me these last couple days. I'm not sure if it was stressed caused to the eggs but the two pictured previously look like classics and then the two that died shortly after popping their heads out also had the same colouration and markings. If they had made it then it would have been 4 classic jungles that would have hatched out for me this year. So i'll be pairing up the same snakes next season to see what happens and I will be sure to post pics of the hatchlings after they shed.
Now here are pics of the other two classic jungles I own. The one on newspaper is the male purchased from Camlon Reptiles.

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Phil Red Hernandez-

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