this is clutch #5 of cal kings to hatch this year, all five clutches were fathered by the same albino banded male. Some babies from different clutches look identical, and some look completely different, I love it.
But this clutch came from a high white cal king female that was supposed to be het albino, it took her a month longer than the other females to lay eggs, not sure why, she had 2 egg boxes to choose from and I was beginning to think they were stuck in her. But she eventually did lay 7 eggs that looked good.
Those eggs started hatching the other day.
The first 4 that popped their heads out were black, so then I was doubting the mother of the clutch was het. Then #5 pipped and took away those doubts.
Then #5 came and took away those doubts.
Also ended up getting this video with my phone of #5 emerging if anyone wants to see that I put it on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s29C4naRQpM
Group shot.
#5 was actually the only weird looking one out of the clutch, the rest are just banded. One of the bandeds has a little bit more white than the others, but nothing really spectacular, I was hoping for some high whites but any babies are better than no babies!
Ended up with 4 black and white bandeds, 2 albino banded and the albino striped aberrant one.
Here's the spread out group shot.
And here's the albino striped from the Mosaic's 2nd clutch post shed. He has a good bit of little breaks in his stripe, but has a sister from the 1st clutch that has a stripe with zero breaks.
I have one more clutch of mexican milk snake eggs due to hatch out soon, then I (like the rest of you I'm sure) can't wait to see more eggs next year!
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