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Seems all my hatchlings were on the same scheduele this weekend, except the situla which hatched last week. Here are some pics.

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Matt Kauffman

A couple south Texas thornscrubs(meahllmorum) and one of the leopard rats in the blue.

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Matt Kauffman

All great stuff, Matt!

My green rat eggs are starting to dent in a bit at about 73 days...
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Thanks. You're really lucky to have so much success with those. I may try them one of these days, if they get a bit less pricey, but that's good for you. I can't believe how much coxi have come down in price. I say I'm not in it for the money, but the more snakes I aquire getting something back sure would help.
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Matt Kauffman

Haha! Thanks, Matt!

And I consider you the lucky one - to have had such success with the situla and coxi! I haven't kept coxi yet, but may try my hand soon - but you have heard me whine about my experiences with the situla before. My friend, John Lassiter actually got them to breed and lay eggs this year, and two looked great - went full term and then died before pipping. The babies were / looked fully and perfectly formed and had no deformities - just weird... I think John took it harder than I did, as I was happy that the female even laid "good" eggs...

Also, it is awesome getting good eggs from the green rats, but that is the only clutch I have gotten this year. I put three pairs of Chinese beauties together, a pair of diones, and a pair of bimaculata - and all mated. I got nothing from the diones and beauties, and the bimac slugged out. I was actually sort of happy that the bimac even produced slugs, as that is the best I have done with them. This was the first year in the last several that I have not brumated my Asians in a refrigerator - and I think they just did not get cold enough for long enough in my snake room - at unheated south coastal Texas winter temps...
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Looks like your having a good year there Matt.
If you can, post a shot of that paticular leopard rat sometime after it sheds. I haven't kept the striped ones before and don't remember them having such a clean line down the whole body. Me likes!!!
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Randy Whittington

Will do Randy. Yeah, I think that is the one with a real clean line, but they're all pretty nice. I was so glad that two of the three hatchlings turned out to be female this year because I still have the two males that hathed last year to pair them with. The only thing better would have been three females so I could hold one back. I guess I still could depending how sales go,but there's always next year. I was able to probe them with a small bobby pin of all things. It works real well when straightened out and having the rounded ends makes it safe especially when coated in petroluem jelly. Thanks for the sexing advice.
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Matt Kauffman

Congrats Matt! ...what kind of rats are those on the bottom?
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See all my snakes at SerpenTrack.com

Those are all really nice!

I really like those emoryi's or whatever they are officially now Great looking snakes.

Thanks Mike, I appreciate that.
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Matt Kauffman

Thanks Brad, the bottom pic of my first post are fresh out of the egg everglades rats. They have more of a pinkish color in real life. The ones at the bottom of my second post are south Texas emory's rats as Mike said. Many scientists and hobbyists, including myself recognize them as the subspecies Pantherophis guttatus meahllmorum. I've also seen it as Pantherophis emoryi meahllmorum. Unlike cornsnakes, they lay fewer larger eggs and hatch out big.
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Matt Kauffman