Baby Eastern Indigos Have Hatched!

[gonesnakee]

The last of the Eastern Indigos hatched today for a total of 12 babies :w It was kind of appropriate that they finished today being Kyle's birthday & all. There were 14 eggs all together in the beginning. One went bad (for no reason :confused: ) & one "drowned" while pipping :( Anyhow a dozen baby Indigos!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
We'll be posting pics soon for everyone to enjoy. Mark I.

P.S. HAPPY B-DAY KYLE, YOU ARE "THE MAN" :p

[Scales Zoo]

I've been waiting for this post for a while.

Glad to hear that the 12th one is out - congrats.

So how many days was it from laying to hatching?

Ryan

[gonesnakee]

The 14 eggs were laid on March 23 & all appeared A-OK at that point. One started to go bad around a month ago, not sure why (ask Mother Nature) & the 2nd or 3rd one to pip was the one that didn't come out, DOH! I believe the first pipped on the 19th (88 days) & was out on the 20th (89) & the last pipped yesterday (93) & was out today (94 days). There was 5 days anyhow that Kyle recv. a lot of calls from me LOL. They were incubated at approx. 77-79 f mostly at around 78, but I'd have to double check with Kyle for sure on highs/lows. An old dresser & a heating pad were used as an incubator. Why? Why not. It was stable & it obviously worked LOL. Pretty creative on Kyle's part. We both thought that it was pretty cool that #12 waited for Kyle's BD. I'm glad the little buggers are finally done anyhow. Long wait was well worth it.
Mark :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce::bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[gonesnakee]

The proud parents LOL Mark

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[Rattlesnake75]

that looks awsome wish i had that!

[Consequence41]

Awsome man :) i love indigos :) they have to be one of my larger snakes

[BoidKeeper]

Not an easy task by any means. Congrats on a job well done.
My hat is off to you,
Trevor

[Tim and Julie B]

Way to go Mark!!!! Congrads. That is an awsome accomplishment!

Can't wait to see some pics! I love Indigos. Again man congrads. :D Tim.

[Scales Zoo]

Hey, the eggs were laid on Sheila's birthday.

I think the only right thing to do, would be for you and Kyle to give her a baby indigo.

Ryan

[gonesnakee]

THX everyone & its "Hats off to Kyle" because he is the keeper of the Indigos & was in charge of incubation also. Ya Ryan tell Sheila theres some Good & Bad news about giving her one. The good: sure she can have one. The bad: it would be the 13th one thats still in the egg. Sorry no such luck Sheila LOL. We will be tempted to keep them all for ourselves heh heh, but you guys may be able to pry one from us! Mark
P.S. For all the Indigo people who will want to know. They all appear good so far & there is only evidence of one with a tiny "tail kink", but not too serious. >(

[Clownfishie]

Woohoo! :D Congrats, that's awesome... can't wait to see some baby pics :)

[Simon R. Sansom]

Well done, guys! Very impressive.
Baby Indigos are beautiful creatures.
I envy your achievement.

FANTASTIC!

Simon

[vanderkm]

Great news, congrats on the baby indigos - wonderful snakes,

mary v.

[Matt]

wow, congrats mark and kyle, not something that happens everyday (especially in Canada)
....quite an accomplishment guys!!!!

[Colonel SB]

That is quite the acomplishment. Congratulations!

[Don Patterson]

Congrats, I agree quite an accomplishment. I am very happy for you guys.

[ozzy]

Thats great!!!!!!!!!!!!:p :w o> o> :D :D :D

[Gillards]

WOW!!!!!!!!! YOU RULE!!!!!! Indigos are the best, good job.

[reptile boi]

congrats mark! Any sign of selling one or two in the future?

[gonesnakee]

In reguards to releasing any, we will probably keep 1/2 & trade/sell the other 6. No rush to get rid of any yet. We will get them all established feeding, sex them & go from there. We aren't making any deals (or promises) at this point, but anyone interested that emails us will be considered when we do decide what we are doing with them. We will most likely trade for other highend snakes & to throw an approx. dollar figure out there for those who want to know, they'll be around at least $2,000.00 CDN a pair. I know it seems steep, but they are well worth it. Look at Albino Boas for an example they go for $1,500.00 CDN each & are available almost year round by the dozens & can be brought in from the States etc also. Good luck finding someone with baby Indigos for sale in Canada, if you do have them contact me as we'll be interested in dealing with them for some. Not trying to be ignorant or anything, but just stating the facts. These snakes are rarely available for sale in Canada & therefore they are not going to be cheap.
THX for all the compliments & praise everyone. Mark I.

[Simon R. Sansom]

Yeah, yeah,... show us some pics, for goodness' sake! LOL!
I'm dyin' to see 'em.

I know a few Eastern Indigo breeders here in Ontario and Quebec.

Simon

[gonesnakee]

I uploaded as many photos that would fit (3) into my gallery. You can go see them there. I'll make a new post once I bother to figure out how to do so using pics from my gallery. Mark

[Matt]

they look great mark., congrats again

[Simon R. Sansom]

I went and checked out the pics, Mark; excellent stuff

They are definitely nice-looking babies.
Approximately how long are they?

Simon