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Here's a clutch of Davis Mt. bairdi that hatched last night, the parents were given to me by Toby Brock, gravid and ready to go! She laid 04-30-09 and they hatched 07-10-09. 9 eggs in all, 8 made it into this world, one egg was under the mass and in a divot in the vermiculite, huge slit but couldn't get out, very big baby, too. I will separate all the eggs from now on, if possible. I had great luck with the "roll" technique for separation. Here's a shot of the kids and Mom and Pop.

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Todd Hughes

>>Here's a clutch of Davis Mt. bairdi that hatched last night, the parents were given to me by Toby Brock, gravid and ready to go! She laid 04-30-09 and they hatched 07-10-09. 9 eggs in all, 8 made it into this world, one egg was under the mass and in a divot in the vermiculite, huge slit but couldn't get out, very big baby, too. I will separate all the eggs from now on, if possible. I had great luck with the "roll" technique for separation. Here's a shot of the kids and Mom and Pop.
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>>Todd Hughes

Awesome! Congrats, Todd!
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Thanks to you!!!
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Todd Hughes

>>Thanks to you!!!
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>>Todd Hughes

Well, thanks to you for all of the mice - especially the great breeders! - Speaking of giving...

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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Come an' get 'em!
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Todd Hughes

Beautiful babies, Todd.

Yes, I recently started separating all eggs, and my hatch rate has gone up a couple percentage points. Might not sound like much, but when you're dealing with a thousand eggs, it's significant!
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

every egg now is significant! Thanks for the tip, it works very well!
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Todd Hughes

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TomsSnakes.com

Thanks Tom! Uh-oh, you are now entering a world you can not turn back from! King-man, pit-man, now fixin'to be suboc man!!! I will have something for you soon, my man! TexMexHerps is going into full time operation!

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Todd Hughes

Great Todd.
Those are classic, "North of the Rio Grande" Baird's with thick stripes.
Would be a plus for any NA collection.
I like them...
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Regards, Bill McGighan

Thanks Bill, I am enjoying them immensely, always ready for a meal and very calm, inquisitive snakes!
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Todd Hughes

Nice Todd! Congrats.
Any eggs from the mexicans this year?
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Randy Whittington

yep, I have 13 eggs laid on June 3rd, temp in the closet is 79 at night to 83 in the day, probably 2 1/2 -3 more weeks, should have a few splendida this week.
The eggs are noticeably smaller than last years' but look good.
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Todd Hughes

My new fave Ratsnake, but you already know that..

Matthew

They're my favorites too, at the moment!
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Todd Hughes

They will be staying mine for awhile, because of the personality. I find them much more curious, even bold compared to your average Corn or WC obselata..

Matthew