A belated look at Eyelash viper litter #3

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These guys were born sometime between Oct. 12 and Oct. 15, I think. I don't know the exact date because I was hospitalized from Sept. 30, till Oct. 25. Yep, these little guys had to wait till I was laid up with a catasrophic injury before they would make their way into this world. Words can't describe my worry for these guys, the last 2 weeks in the hospital. I had a couple people helping with them through this ordeal, and I am ver thankfull for that. When I ariived home, all of this years babies were perfectly set up, exactly how I wanted them.

This third litter turned out to be the best one yet! 20 live, healthy babies, no stills, no slugs. 8 greens, and 12 oddballs. Some are pink, tan, orange, pastel yellow, pastel green. It's going to be fascinating, watching these youngsters mature, and change. No group shots this time, as they were already seperated when I finally got to see them. Here, I have an individual shot of all 20 babies. Enjoy.


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[Lankyrob]

Hope you are fully recovered now :) nice little preent to come home to as well :)

[rmfsnakes32]

They are cute little things

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[Roadtrash]

Glad you're home and doing better. Great looking animals you have there. Sure lucky to have someone to help with something like this.

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Mom and Dad.

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[Rogue628]

Glad to hear you're out of the hospital. Hope you had a full recovery!

And what an awesome surprise to come home to! Great looking litter! :)

[Will0W783]

I'm glad that they are safe and you're back home and well. R13 and R5 are my favorites, but they are all stunning. It must have been great to come home to such a fun fang-faced surprise!

[EmbraceCalamity]

Excuse me while I put my tongue back in my mouth.

~Maggot

[DragonsEye]

May your recovery be swift.

Congrats on all the babies. Good thing you had friends who knew what to do. :)



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[botis]

Thanks for all the nice comments, and well wishes. Unfortunately, I have about two more years of surgeries and recoveries ahead of me. I can tell you, just being around my snakes, taking care of them again, makes me feel so much better. Seeing these babies for the first time really lifted my spirits.

[Lankyrob]

I will pray that the next couple of years fly by and everything goes to plan :)

[Robyn@SYR]

Those are very cool, but would make me very nervous! : )

[shaunyboy]

congratulations on a good looking litter mate

R13 is my favorite

cheers shaun

[Missster Snake]

Wow these are awesome! What do you plan on doing with all these baby's?

[botis]

Thanks again, everyone. If I had to pick a favorite, right now, it would be R1.

I will raise them all up, until April, or so. Then I will pick a few to keep for myself, and the rest will be offered for sale locally.

[Missster Snake]

Awesome! I would like to get a few myself I have a nice female I wana get a few different males to try on her. She has greens reds yellows orange. I would like to mix her with a pink or dark red male. You have a nice mixture of baby's I can't wait to see how they look in a few months! Good luck with all those mouths!

[jaleely]

oooh beautiful! Love the green, i love them all! so sweet

[EmbraceCalamity]

Let me ask this, OP. How do you avoid being bitten when you're feeding, cleaning the cage, etc.?

~Maggot

[TaylorWalker]

This might sound dumb, but how, if you do at all, do you handle them?

[iBaman]

This might sound dumb, but how, if you do at all, do you handle them?

Very carefully, with a hook, and only when necessary

[Snakeman8]

i love eyelash vipers, they look like bobble heads, where their heads are over sized.

stunning snakes,by the way:)

[Will0W783]

Most vipers do...skinny necks and huge, bulbous heads.

[botis]

Just like any of my hots, I handle them with proper sized hooks, and feed them with the proper sized forceps. Except for the fact that they're tiny, they handle just like the adults.