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Snakesitter
11-05-14, 02:52 PM
On the morning of Monday, October 13, Living Gems had its second litter of 2014. First-time Mom Nephrite delivered her litter in her water bowl early in the day. (Dad Franklin was on vacation.)

The first round of photos, hurriedly snapped before I dashed off to work:

The enclosure’s left side, just after the babies were discovered:

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The enclosure’s right side, moments later:

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And the waterbowl and right corner, apparently the “in” place to hang out:

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When I got home from work, I was able to grab some additional photos:

Everyone make a break for it!:

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Mom, we’re going out to play:

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This little one thought Mom made a great train ride:

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And, hidden away in this litter of attractive little normals, I came across this girl:

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Note the slightly thicker black borders than normal on her dorsals.

Right after that, I came across her sister:

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Those are some of the thickest borders I have seen on a Brazilian. Also note her side ocelli, which look more like small bars then the usual dots, and have few/subdued crescents.

It will be interesting to see how both girls develop.

The total litter count was 15 babies -- seven boys and eight girls -- with an average weight of 29 grams.

Thank you, as always, for reading.

sharthun
11-05-14, 03:34 PM
Nice looking young ones! Congrats!

marvelfreak
11-05-14, 03:48 PM
Wow Congratulation Cliff. I think it safe to say i know which two are going to be hold backs.

bigsnakegirl785
11-05-14, 06:41 PM
Nice looking babies! Love the little hitchhiker! :P

kwhitlock
11-05-14, 09:00 PM
Wow! Those two with the heavy borders are incredible! Be great to see them grow up!
Got me laughin with some of those captions. Lol

Snakesitter
11-06-14, 02:56 PM
Thank you, Steve!

Snakesitter
11-06-14, 02:56 PM
Thank you! The thicker one, for sure. The other one, likely but not 100%.

Snakesitter
11-06-14, 02:57 PM
He/she cracked me up too!

Snakesitter
11-06-14, 02:58 PM
They were very unexpected. I look forward to that, too! (And thanks! ;-) )