Thought I'd post pics of our hybrids. These were all produced here.
This past year I hatched six of these ghost corn x baird's rat, and I am most pleased with how they turned out.
This is male #1 as a baby fresh out of the egg.
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Corns/corndibod.jpg">
After his first shed
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Corns/corndi1stshed.jpg">
Third shed
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Corns/corndi2shed3.jpg">
And now today
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Rats/hybrid1coil.jpg">
The change is amazing! These guys are fiesty and grow faster than my corns. They also hatched bigger. No clue how these guys will end up looking.
Another hybrid, I much like are jungle corns. We crossed a striped male to a 50/50 female a few years back and produced 4.3. We kept back a pair.
This male was Vanan's choice and what a choice!
This is him as a juvi.
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Kings/junglebod.jpg">
And him today
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Kings/junglemalebod.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Kings/junglemaleant.jpg">
The blotches have really lightened up and his colour is so light and yellow.
The female, my choice b/c of the heart and the letter S (Vanan's full name starts with an S), isn't the best looking jungle out there, but I love her look!
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Kings/junglefface.jpg">
OOOh, there's something about these snakes that catches my breath. I guess maybe b/c they're my babies whom I had hoped to produce,witnessed their hatching and have watched their growth. There's a certain pride in seeing your own babies grow up and be so beautiful.
Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but to me spectacular!
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