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Well we had an 'upset' litter yesterday evening. It was from breeding a male 50% Surinam Het Albino to a female DH Stripe Albino. This female birthed on the 103rd day after her P.O.S. We would have expected a nice litter due to the parents being completely unrelated Hets. We even gave the famale 3 years off from her last litter in hope of a nice size strong litter of Albinos this season. The litter did not have the greatest outcome. It had 18 sluggs, 5 live Albinos, 1 stillborn Albino and 13 normals. Well by this morning there was another 2 dead Albinos and a dead normal, leaving us only 3 Albinos to pull for! All the babies have HUGE bellies and had more yolk to be absorbed. The remaining babies are very swollen and not looking too promising. This goes to show you that even using a great pair of unrelated Hets is not always going to guarantee you a nice strong litter of Albinos. If any of the Albinos make it, we will post pics after they shed.
Thanks for reading and better luck next time....

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Mike Weitzman

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Sorry to hear it Mike! Hopefully the rest of your litters for this year will be great!

---Glenn

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Sorry to hear that Mike! Hope the rest of them make it. If they do they will strong children! Good luck and keep in touch on the possible babies!

dfg
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
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Sorry to hear about the babies Mike...that's really too bad. Just goes to show that there's only so much we can do and the rest is up to them. We've got our fingers crossed on the remaining Albinos...hopefully those will pull through for you!

Celia
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Celia Chien

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