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How about this awesome little kid, from a really bad looking, tiny egg that the female pushed aside, I had faith in the little tiny egg and was thrilled with this 18 gram bumble bee! That is right, 18 grams! It is half the size of the smallest ball I have ever hatched prior to it! Awesome looking little kid, active and healthy, just waiting for the first shed. E

Haha very nice. I beat you by a gram. I had a 17 gram female pastel that turned out to be the best pastel I have ever seen and the best feeder I have. Goodluck with that beauty!
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i had a 16g pastel hatch this past season. i couldn't believe how small he was. i still have him and he's just a little over 100g now and the most active feeder i have ever had.

he looks a bit different from any of the pastels i've ever hatched. not sure becuase of his size or egg stress. however i'm thinking of keeping him, just for the fact.

i can post pics when i get home if someone is interested in seeing him.

Pitoon

If you don't mind I'd love to see a pic of that. I thought it was mind boggling to see a dwarf retic that was nearly a year and only as big as a hatchling ball. But seeing a ball that's not even 20g, but otherwise healthy... that's unreal.
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Allison

.1 normals
1.1 yellowbellies
1. pastel DH albino clown
1. DH caramel glow

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Cheers,
Jessica Gibbs
Ball Pythons; Corn Snakes; Green Tree Python; Jungle Carpet Pythons; Bci; Bcl
3.0 Crazy Dogs and 2.0 cats
Some Tropical Fish
...........and growing!

Runts can be ferocious feeders and will often eat before the first shed. I have also had runts take a long time to shed.

Mike,
your're right on the shedding. my runt took twice as long to shed from it siblings.

probably becuase they are so small they need the first meal a little early to kick start them?

Pitoon

How cool! Best of luck with him!
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Allison

.1 normals
1.1 yellowbellies
1. pastel DH albino clown
1. DH caramel glow

Yep that's small, I have hatched a few small ones like that too, it's just harder to get them to thrive than a regular sized one. The color seems off to me for a Bee Evan , did you mean to say Spider or is that just the way the pic turned out, he is light colored but pretty golden colored to me for a bee??

Anthony McCain

the ground color is bright yellow and pink, it has no side pattern, just a thin dorsal stripe and a neon yellow face and head, it is a bee

with sibling spider

from what i know the runts tend to have a different color from it's siblings. this could be possibly becuase it's premature and developed just enough to survive.

now on to your runt ........honestly i believe that's a normal spider. the color is not there for a bumblebee. also the head pattern is not right for a bumblebee. your runt has a typical head pattern for a spider, not that of a bee with black spots.

i attached a pic of one of my clutches i hatched out this year to explain the head pattern from a bee and a spider.

you can slearly see the difference between the two. the spider has a solid line while the bees have spots.

i would still hold that back and breed it to a small royal. you can possibly unlock a nano gene and start something new.......midget ball pythons.......AKA "Nano Balls"

hey i just invented a new name!!!!!!

Pitoon

I appreciate it, but I have bees, have produced bees and can tell the difference. Thanks

Evan,

I hatched out a normal at 14 grams this year. The little bugger eats and seems to be doing fine, but wow is it tiny!

Garrick

man, the way this thread is going pretty soon there are going to be babies on here that have negative weight!!! just kidding. E