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At long last, my first good clutch of Texas Indigos ever is hatching. The eggs were laid on 5/12, and the first hatchling emerged yesterday on 8/18 early in the morning. As of right now, 10 of the 12 babies have emerged, and the other 2 eggs have slit. These were also incubated at 75-77 degrees on moistened Perlite.

Its interesting to compare these guys to the baby BTs and Easterns that I've also recently hatched. Of the three species, the BTs are the longest and the slenderest. The Easterns are the most sedate and don't mind being picked up at all. The Texans are not as long as the BTs, but are super robust and way thicker than the Easterns. They basically came storming out of the egg with a ton of attitude. Several have given me full on threat displays, the kind where they rear back and charge while hissing and rattling their tails. Cute little guys. These guys just might be my favorites, because even though they're docile, they've got sass for sure.

Needless to say, I'm super excited about these guys hatching, but its going to be interesting with school having just started and over 30 baby drys to get going...

Ubiquitous Serpent

Well, that last picture is of BTs...here's what I meant to post:

Congratulations Robert,
you are really setting the bar high and achieving great things. Very interesting, your comparisons about body type and "personality", tell us more as they grow and you observe. Vic

Thanks for the kind words. I've found this year to be pretty educational overall. The last two came out this morning and were as spunky as their siblings. I tried to get a good picture of them trying to chase me off, but then they went after the camera instead...

Robert, first off huge congrats are in order! You've had some awesome success with your Drys this year. I can totally empathize with you about school though. I'm not sure if it's because my school has a new administration and things are a bit different or what, but I seem to be busier than ever this year! I couldn't imagine dealing with my day-to-day schedule AND trying to deal with so many baby Drys. Of course, if you find yourself just completely overwhelmed, you know where you could send a few

Best of luck with the little guys!
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Chance Duncan
Science Teacher, Herp Enthusiast, and Reptilian Conservation Proponent

Thanks. I can empathize with the time thing. We have the same administration and I'm teaching the same classes, but they changed my schedule and made me department chair...so its going to be busy. A good kind of busy, though.

Excellent Robert! A big congrats to you and those are some
nice looking babies.

Seth

>>At long last, my first good clutch of Texas Indigos ever is hatching. The eggs were laid on 5/12, and the first hatchling emerged yesterday on 8/18 early in the morning. As of right now, 10 of the 12 babies have emerged, and the other 2 eggs have slit. These were also incubated at 75-77 degrees on moistened Perlite.
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>>Its interesting to compare these guys to the baby BTs and Easterns that I've also recently hatched. Of the three species, the BTs are the longest and the slenderest. The Easterns are the most sedate and don't mind being picked up at all. The Texans are not as long as the BTs, but are super robust and way thicker than the Easterns. They basically came storming out of the egg with a ton of attitude. Several have given me full on threat displays, the kind where they rear back and charge while hissing and rattling their tails. Cute little guys. These guys just might be my favorites, because even though they're docile, they've got sass for sure.
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>>Ubiquitous Serpent

Congrats on some awesome little snakes!