A couple months ago, I posted about our first ball python eggs. The time has come and the eggs have hatched! Monday afternoon, my daughter came running down to tell me that one of the eggs had pipped:

First to Pip!On Tuesday, a couple more had pipped. They were very shy, hiding in their eggs when I tried to take pictures. I managed to catch one with it’s head out!

Delilah's Clutch HatchingBlowing Bubbles

By Wednesday evening, the first two were out. The last little straggler waited until Friday morning to make it’s appearance. They had their first photo shoot on Saturday:

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This has been such an exciting week! I can’t wait to do it all again! Maggie should be laying her eggs sometime this week – hoping for a good clutch!

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Our very first clutch of corn snakes pipped last weekend! We were very excited as these are our first snake eggs to hatch. The father of this clutch is our very first corn snake, Stripey, that belongs to my son. He is amelanistic and possibly het for lavender & motley. The mother, Hyacinth, is a lavender motley that is het for amelanistic. So, we were hoping to prove out Stripey for one or both of the possible traits.

Here are some pics of the pippies!
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I'm Staying in Here!
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Pippies!
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By Saturday morning two were already out, quickly followed by a third.
First two to come out!
First Three Out!

We ended up with a total of 9 hatchlings. Number 10, another normal, pipped, but died in the egg shortly afterward. I’d been fighting mold on that egg during the whole incubation. We have six normals, two amel motleys, and one motley. So, Stripey has proven to be het for motley! WooHoo!
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The rest of the hatchlings can be seen in the gallery!

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