Rainbow Babies!!! - Page 2

marvelfreak · 08-23-16, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Snakesitter

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. ;-)

I think I've just been lucky so far. My buddy says I just have the touch when it comes to snakes. He's had some of the meanest snakes I've ever seen and I can reach right in and pick them up without even a strike. Matter fact that's how I got a couple of my snakes he got tired of getting bit by them and just gave them to me.

Magdalen · 08-23-16, 09:47 PM

hehe long and noodley ... hmm so how big is mama if they are 18ish?

I really don't have room for a big snake....

Snakesitter · 08-25-16, 02:12 PM

You clearly need your own TV show. ;-)

Snakesitter · 08-25-16, 02:13 PM

Mom is probably around six feet long...pretty normal for an adult female. Males stay a bit smaller at five feet.

JellyBean · 09-07-16, 03:32 PM

Gorgeous babies!

Question from a non-breeder... What do you expect your babies to be color wise? For example, will they be a mixture of what the parents are, or will they be "regular" color and "het for"...??

Sorry, I only know a little lingo from sugar gliders, and don't understand the science behind breeding for color

Snakesitter · 09-07-16, 07:55 PM

Thank you, JellyBean! I expect this to be a high orange litter. With normals, the babies usually fall around the average of their parents in a bell curve; there are no real "hets." Let me know if that does not make sense!

JellyBean · 09-07-16, 10:25 PM

It makes little sense to me... Is there a breeding chart that says "put a high orange with a tiger stripe and they will only produce XY orZ"??

bigsnakegirl785 · 09-08-16, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JellyBean

It makes little sense to me... Is there a breeding chart that says "put a high orange with a tiger stripe and they will only produce XY orZ"??

With morphs, yeah, you can reliably create that morph. With high color breedings, it's polygenic. You breed two colorful animals together to get more colorful animals. Some will be average, some about the same as the parents, and some brighter than the parents, but all are normals. The more you breed colorful animals together (measured in generations), the more likely you are to get colorful offspring.

If you want an example of what you're talking about, you breed a hypo (hypo brbs are an orange color with no red or black) to a normal, you will get all normals het for hypo. Those hets can then make more hypos when bred to another het or a visual hypo.

JellyBean · 09-08-16, 01:38 PM

Yes! That makes sense. THANK YOU.

Thank You Snakesitter for allowing me to hijack your thread for a spell

Snakesitter · 09-08-16, 02:08 PM

No worries. Thank you to BSG for the assist. ;-)

jay's reptiles · 09-09-16, 08:30 AM

WOW beautiful. I would gladly take one off your hands for free! XD

Snakesitter · 09-09-16, 02:03 PM

LOL. I don't think I can survive on that business model. ;-)

JellyBean · 09-12-16, 03:00 PM

Have your babies shed yet? Not sure how long that will take, but would love to see updated photos

Snakesitter · 09-13-16, 05:45 PM

They have, and I've taken photos...but have had no time to process them. I've dealing with local emergencies. Hopefully by the end of this weekend....

JellyBean · 09-13-16, 05:52 PM

I'll be looking for them!
Sorry your having a rough week... Good luck putting out those fires