Rainbow Babies!!!

[Snakesitter]

On Monday, August 15, Living Gems was pleased to welcome the DuVall-Nephrite litter to this world. Mom delivered a large litter of 19 little nippers, who spent the morning and afternoon eagerly exploring their new world.

Dad DuVall is an orange stunner that traces his bloodline back to 50% Howard Leong stock:

DuVall is a first-time dad, and seemed rather unimpressed when I told him the good news.

Mom Nephrite is a solid orange girl from a local breeder:

Her last litter numbered 16, of which only 12 made it, so this is a solid upgrade.

The enclosure looked like this when I found the little ones:

And, a bit later (note the baby at the back):


Here a few baby closeups:



(Fascinating factoid: Nephrite’s gravid period was *exactly* the same length as her last breeding at 107 days. Moreover, her post ovulation shed and delivery date were both off by only a single day from last time. The award for consistency goes to….)

Congrats to the parents for a job well done.

Thank you for reading,

[bigsnakegirl785]

Congrats! Lovely parents, and adorable little hissers/nippers.

[valkea]

Absolutely gorgeous animals! Especially love the father. Those photos of the babies swarming all over is adorable. Thank you for sharing!

[Tsubaki]

Congrats! hope babies turn out as pretty as the parents!

[Minkness]

Omg sooooo gorgeous!

[Jim Smith]

Congratulations!!! Beautiful babies. I hope that they turn out as stunning as their parents.

[Snakesitter]

Thank you all so much! We're eagerly waiting to see how they look after their first sheds with us. So far, their main opinion seems to be that fingers are evil. ;-)

[dannybgoode]

Congratulations Cliff. Looks a good clutch. Your rainbows are always some of the nicest I've seen...

[macandchz]

beautiful babies from beautiful parents! congrats!

[marvelfreak]

Congratulation stunning bunch of babies.

I have a question for you has a breeder. Everyone says baby BRB are nippy. Do you fine this to be true? I ask because after Scream had her babies they were really nippy the first couple days but then calm right down. She had them May, 2 and after the first week i been bite only three times. So i was wondering if i am just lucky or is the whole babies BRB's being nippy a misleading statement?

[Albert Clark]

Cool! Reptile reproduction never gets old. Grats Cliff.

[Magdalen]

Wow are the babies big or is that just a trick of the picture? Very neat tho. Love the colors on dad.

[Snakesitter]

Thank you all!

Originally Posted by dannybgoode

Congratulations Cliff. Looks a good clutch. Your rainbows are always some of the nicest I've seen...

Danny, much appreciated. We maintain a very small collection and only breed the top animals we find, and over time it pays off.

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

I have a question for you has a breeder. Everyone says baby BRB are nippy. Do you fine this to be true? I ask because after Scream had her babies they were really nippy the first couple days but then calm right down. She had them May, 2 and after the first week i been bite only three times. So i was wondering if i am just lucky or is the whole babies BRB's being nippy a misleading statement?

Chuck, the rumor is true...Brazilian babies are notorious for being on the nippy side. That said, it can vary -- widely -- by litter. Some are placid almost right from the start, some tame fast, and some stay nippy for a few weeks. Usually, though, I find most babies tame quickly, but each litter year seems to have one "special" animal that loves the taste of finger. ;-)

Originally Posted by Magdalen

Wow are the babies big or is that just a trick of the picture? Very neat tho. Love the colors on dad.

Magdalen, they are long and noodley. About the width of a pen, but 18ish inches long.

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