Jadeite-Franklin Babies (2014-B Litter)

[Snakesitter]

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:



The enclosure’s right side, moments later:



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



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

Everyone make a break for it!:



Mom, we’re going out to play:



This little one thought Mom made a great train ride:



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



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

Right after that, I came across her sister:



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]

Nice looking young ones! Congrats!

[Snakesitter]

Thank you, Steve!

[marvelfreak]

Wow Congratulation Cliff. I think it safe to say i know which two are going to be hold backs.

[Snakesitter]

Thank you! The thicker one, for sure. The other one, likely but not 100%.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Nice looking babies! Love the little hitchhiker! :P

[Snakesitter]

He/she cracked me up too!

[kwhitlock]

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]

They were very unexpected. I look forward to that, too! (And thanks! ;-) )