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Awesome Pied Clutch

Larry — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:02:33 +0000

I made the mistake of buying my male pied ball python too soon. My het pied female took FOREVER to come up to size. Well, this past season she made up for it. She laid seven eggs. I got six high white pieds and one leopard het pied in this clutch.

Below are some pictures taken shortly after hatching.

Pied Ball Python Clutch

A Few Pied Babies

Nice High White Pied

Leopard Het Pied Ball Python

I still have all of them. They are eating well and growing fast. There ended up being three male and three female pieds. The leopard het pied is a male. I will probably keep the three females and one of the males.

Water Bowls For Baby Snakes

Larry — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:18:58 +0000

I start my baby boas and ball pythons in 6qt shoebox tubs. I’ve always had a problem with the snake spilling their water bowls. Recently, Clay English told me about a style of deli cup that he uses. I ordered two cases and absolutely love them. I have over a hundred baby boas and some baby ball pythons all using these cups now. Not one spilt water bowl. Not one. The cups are just tall enough that they cannot be flipped over.

You can find them here: Link to deli cups. The picture on the website is wrong. Trust me, you will love these as water bowls in 6qt bins.

Once my babies outgrow the 6qt shoebox tub, I move them to a 15qt. I have two styles of the 15qt tub. One is the Iris STC-410 and the other is the Sterilite 1754. The deli cups work in the Iris 15qt tub too. However, the Sterilite 1754 is a taller tub. Therefore, for these I use heavyweight crock dishes.

Bad Odds

Larry — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:05 +0000

Our first ball python clutch of the season hatched. This was a Pied x Normal breeding. Bad odds though. All six babies are male.

Oh well… We still have a few more HET Pied clutches yet to hatch. I can’t complain anyway. These babies are all healthy and beautiful.