Living Gems Litter Update

[Snakesitter]

Sorry for the long post delay…I have been swamped. Here are a few more shots from Delivery Day:

The Nest, Early
If you closely, you can see Mom checking on her babies.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5509/9430502043_3ef68d31d9_z.jpg

The Nest, Later
As above, but a few babies have left the nest…you can see the bright top of one exploring in front of it.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5464/9433274162_b35b5514e6_z.jpg

Moving Out
As one baby searches for the exit, another has found it.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5331/9433275084_018ceec8a5_z.jpg

Goodbye, and Be Safe
Mom watches another baby leave her care.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5321/9433274604_0178bf374f_z.jpg

Thank you for looking,

[marvelfreak]

Very cool and i love how red mom is. Them babies have some great genetics. I bet they all turn out to be lookers like mom.

[Concept9]

WOOOOT ! ! ! ! ! Grats Cliff.

[Hannibalcanibal]

Cool how the mom was checking on her babies.. Do they all do this, or is it a rare thing? what happens if, say, a baby comes out dead, or with a birth defect? Why is mom checking?

[Snakesitter]

THank you all. Almandine is interesting color, kind of a brickish red-orange.

Hannibalcanibal, mother Brazilians typically nose through the baby pile. They will often eat any slugs, and sometimes stillborns. I have heard reports of them nudging babies to get them moving. That said..it's a pretty limited set of maternal instincts, and once the kids leave the nest site, she's more or less done.

[sweatshirt]

Those are stunning babies!

[Snakesitter]

Thank you -- appreciated! :-)

[Hurrok]

Beautiful Mom and beautiful babies. Congrats on the little lookers! :)

[Snakesitter]

Thanks Hurrok! They're all doing really well so far!