Hondo Hatchlings - Page 2

corrado · 07-26-04, 06:59 PM

Wow Brian super nice lot of rings on the snake nice job.

Classic · 07-26-04, 07:33 PM

There's currently a waiting list Paul. We'll have to see what is left over when the vultures have had their fill.

Brian
HighWaterHerps

Clownfishie · 07-27-04, 11:18 PM

Beautiful babies Brian (wow, lots of b's in that sentence... lol...)... congrats!!

I especially love that second baby with the aberrant banding... VERY cool! Can't wait to see what the rest of them look like...

Jen

Classic · 07-28-04, 08:36 PM

Here are pics of all the current hondos that have decided to come out their eggs.

http://www.highwaterherps.ca/Availab...ale.shtml#hond

Brian
hwh

Check back for the seven i am still waiting for.

vanderkm · 07-29-04, 09:20 AM

Will be checking back often - they look gorgeous - such a variety - great looking hondos!

mary v.

Classic · 07-30-04, 09:06 AM

Well, Here's an interesting development...My 14 good eggs have turned into 13 babies. There is simply no way that one could have escaped. There are 2 remaining that have pipped, 10 healthy ones and one that is not doing so well. humph!
Maybe they really are vanishing patterns Roy. lol!

Brian
hwh

vanderkm · 07-30-04, 09:30 AM

That is too weird - any chance one is buried in the vermiculite if the eggs are still in the container. I had one corn down underneath that I nearly missed. The rest are looking fantastic - some real keepers in that clutch!

mary v.

Jeff_Favelle · 07-30-04, 09:30 AM

LOL!!

thunder · 07-30-04, 11:30 AM

maybe cannibalism? it happened to me once with baby sinaloans. but you would probably be able to tell who did the eating.

Stockwell · 07-30-04, 11:55 AM

vanishing patterns....Yeah, sounds like it. LOL
No its not cannibalism...Brian one has simply escaped when you weren't looking... I've had it happen, as recently as last night when a tray of everglades exploded when I took the lid off. Oh I found them all, but it was pandamonium for a few minutes. You ought to try holding a dozen rat snakes in two hands while putting a lid on...
Mary is probably right.. either it was still in the substrate when you put the tray into storage, or it jumped out when you were packaging them and didn't notice it.
Here's a tip, whenever you remove babies from the egg tray, always put the lid back on ASAP even if you think it is empty and are shelving it for next year.
The best way to deal with packaging babies is putting the egg tray in a garbage can, or big rubbermaid tup while you're collecting them and transferring them to delis or shoeboxes.
Unfortunately I don't follow my own advice, which frequently results in snake hunts, as I suspect you will soon undertake.

By the way, have you been chewed on by them yet... You'll enjoy that.

MarcB · 07-30-04, 12:38 PM

By the way, have you been chewed on by them yet... You'll enjoy that. ....LOL Roy...funny but very true, thats what makes them so appealing. colorful babies with an attitude!

Brian, a baby pulled a fast one on you eh? don't worry, I once lost a baby hondo fresh out of the egg and found him 9 months later with a few extra grams and very healthy.

Classic · 07-31-04, 10:55 AM

It was interesting trying to get all the individual photos. I was chewed a few times. I bet sexing them is going to be fun.
I've begun to second guess myself if there was 14 there in the first place. I know the real answer to that one. I hope the movers have some luck when they are moving everything out of my house when we move in a few weeks. I cant find it anywhere. There are to many places in my basement to even consider hauling it apart.

Brian