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As requested, here are some pictures of my California Kingsnake clutch that hatched this weekend. There are 10 healthy little babies who think they are tuff as nails!! The sex ratio turned out to be exactly half... 5 males and 5 females. Quite the variety of patterns in this clutch as well!

Now I just gotta wait for these little buggers to shed!
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Aubrey Ross

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Congrats - any special genetics?

I may want a female - as my youngest child wants her own snake. The older child wants a female Cal. King to go with her male.
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Mike

7.13 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King

The sire is a Reverse Stripe and the dam is a Wide Stripe:

I was suprised to see the Banded ones pop out as neither one is Banded at all. I was hoping some neat stuff would come from this pairing, but I wasn't expecting such variety.

BTW, check your e-mail.
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Aubrey Ross

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"The Devil made me do it"

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Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Hee hee... I didn't notice the little devil on that one!
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Aubrey Ross

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Yeah, that's a keeper. Then again, maybe not..

Congratulations on the litter, and great pics.

Thanks for sharing,
Ed

>>Hee hee... I didn't notice the little devil on that one!
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Hey that's the aberrant one I like soooo much, even kewler now for certain.

The snake-devil thing!!!!

No I didn't notice that either, his pattern got my attention.

I love aberrant cal king patterns.

Regular ones are ok too.

>>Hee hee... I didn't notice the little devil on that one!
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

That is just great! I'm really excited right this moment because my Brooks King is laying her clutch as I write this. Your little cal kings look beautiful. I hope my clutch hatches out as well (never had eggs before).
Thanks for sharing,
Paul

Thanks Paul! Good luck with your Brooksi eggs! Expecting any interesting morphs to hatch out of those eggs?
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Aubrey Ross

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Aubry,
These are just your run-of-the-mill Brook's (OK, I think they are beautiful). Hopefully the eggs are good (from the quick look I got they looked good but what do I know, I took some quick pics and will post them) and I don't mess up the incubation process. I've had the incubation chamber going for about a week and the temps have fluctuated between 80.2 and 85.6 and I'm a little worried about the high end. What were your temps for your Cal kings?
Thanks,
Paul

Paul,
...I have hatched Easterns and FLorida Kings with incubation temps of 80 or just a degree or two higher.
Good luck,
Jeff

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>>These are just your run-of-the-mill Brook's (OK, I think they are beautiful). Hopefully the eggs are good (from the quick look I got they looked good but what do I know, I took some quick pics and will post them) and I don't mess up the incubation process. I've had the incubation chamber going for about a week and the temps have fluctuated between 80.2 and 85.6 and I'm a little worried about the high end. What were your temps for your Cal kings?
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I'm sure they will be pretty ones, even if they are just "run of the mill".

My Cal Kings were set at 83F, but it would drop down to 80-81 everytime I opened the incubator... but that only happened a couple times a week. Well... except when they were starting to hatch, then it was opened more often! lol
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Aubrey Ross

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Paul as long as those temps are "fluctuating" you should run into no difficulties with them. I have hatched Northern Pines and all kinds of Rat snakes at temperatures fluctuating between 76 and 86 degrees on the shelf of my snake room. Colubrid's are not pythons and if anything it's more natural for your egg temps to fluctuate just like they would in nature. You think with no brooding behavior on the part of the mother Colubrid besides good placement eggs are not subject to variations in temps.

I would not suggest 86 as a constant temp, but if it hits this temp occasional you should have no trouble with your eggs.

>>Aubry,
>>These are just your run-of-the-mill Brook's (OK, I think they are beautiful). Hopefully the eggs are good (from the quick look I got they looked good but what do I know, I took some quick pics and will post them) and I don't mess up the incubation process. I've had the incubation chamber going for about a week and the temps have fluctuated between 80.2 and 85.6 and I'm a little worried about the high end. What were your temps for your Cal kings?
>>Thanks,
>>Paul

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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

Aubrey,
...Cute litte guys. I see cryptic little faces on the top of the heads of a several of them.
Jeff

>>As requested, here are some pictures of my California Kingsnake clutch that hatched this weekend. There are 10 healthy little babies who think they are tuff as nails!! The sex ratio turned out to be exactly half... 5 males and 5 females. Quite the variety of patterns in this clutch as well!
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Thanks Jeff. Yeah, I think they get those faces from their daddy. He has a little person with poofy sleeves on his head. Or you could say those sleeves are maracas... which is what his name is... "Maraca"

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Aubrey Ross

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Neat! Congrats!!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who saw nifty little devil masks on their heads. I love cal kings, very pretty snakes.
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Julie

Surrounded by a bunch of BRB, some Ridleyi, a few Grey Banded Kings, Australian Cattle Dogs, a Belgian Malinois, assorted Mustelids and an incredibly tolerant male human.

Really pretty little creatures with nice markings.

Congrats.

Thanks!
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Aubrey Ross

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Aubrey they look stunning! Looke like a lot of variety in the clutch. Cal king are by far my favorite colubrid. They'r also the very first snake I ever tried to breed back when I was a kid. never did get the suckers to go. Glad you're having better luck than me.
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Mike Lockwood
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Thanks Mike! LOL, with all your pretty boas and pythons its hard for me to imagine you with Cal Kings. They definetely are neat snakes, though!
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Aubrey Ross

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Superb hatching shots, Aubrey! I just love those bubbles as they burst out into the world. Great close-ups of the babies, too. Quite a cool collection of patterns you ended up with, although I'm kinda surprised none of the babies has the parental stripe.

>>As requested, here are some pictures of my California Kingsnake clutch that hatched this weekend. There are 10 healthy little babies who think they are tuff as nails!! The sex ratio turned out to be exactly half... 5 males and 5 females. Quite the variety of patterns in this clutch as well! >>Now I just gotta wait for these little buggers to shed!
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Renee

2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
1.0 BRB (Loki)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)

Thanks Renee! Yeah, I am very happy with the variety that came out. I wasn't expecting any full stripers as the parents are pretty much opposites. I was very suprised to see the real high white one... that one has a lot of daddy influence!
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Aubrey Ross

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Great pic's and I really love the aberrant ones, they are the "too awesome " ones (IMO)

Makes me wanna breed Cal Kings!!!!

>>As requested, here are some pictures of my California Kingsnake clutch that hatched this weekend. There are 10 healthy little babies who think they are tuff as nails!! The sex ratio turned out to be exactly half... 5 males and 5 females. Quite the variety of patterns in this clutch as well!
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

That 50/50 ish...looking one is another I would want!!!!!

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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

Thanks Frank! Yeah, I am really happy with the outcome of the patterns. It will be hard to let them go!
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Aubrey Ross

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>>Thanks Frank! Yeah, I am really happy with the outcome of the patterns. It will be hard to let them go!
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>>Aubrey Ross
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.