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BigDan
02-23-04, 01:35 AM
Just checked in the incubator tonight and the first hatchling of 2004 has arrived.

Pure Tremper Giant and this little bugger is about twice the size of a normal hatchling, bright pink with screaming red eyes. Hard to tell due to the squinting.

I have a few normal sized eggs due to hatch tomorrow or the next day it will be interesting to see the size difference when you put them side by side.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/511/1112Tremper_Giant_2004-med.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/511/1112Tremper_Giant_2004_2-med.jpg

Here is his clutchmate on the way you can see the shell has been slit and he is on his way out.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/511/1112Tremper_clutchmate_on_the_way-med.jpg

The first Giant Albinos born and bred in Canada.

More giant albinos due to hatch soon as well as Tremper albino 100% het for giant.

Enjoy

Dan
marisa
02-23-04, 01:38 AM
WOW!

I am not the biggest leopard fan out there but the idea of "giant" leopards has always caught my interest. Those are amazing looking! Congrats.

I think comparision photos will be sweet! It should be interesting to see how they develop compared to a normal sized one too, if you haven't seen it already :) I would love that!

Marisa
Tarzet
02-23-04, 07:32 AM
Awesome Dan!! Congats!! I love hatchling Albinos...all pink, cute and squinty..lol.
Ron
02-23-04, 08:13 AM
Nice Dan, I'll have to stop by soon to check out the little buggers.
Zoe
02-23-04, 08:25 AM
Yep, he certainly looks big!! Wow! How many giant eggs do you have?

Just curious: Giant is a recessive morph?

Zoe
anders_240sx
02-23-04, 02:46 PM
It seems to me that its just breeding larger leos together to produce big offspring ... I have a 11.2 inch female that weighs 110 grams ... and bred it with my hypo male thats 90 grams ... the offspring are much larger than the regular babies ... each "giant" baby has at least 3-4 grams heavier at birth ...

Giants have always interested me since in the wild, a large amount of leopard geckos reach 12 inches in length ...
Clownfishie
02-23-04, 04:15 PM
Congrats Dan! :D He looks awesome... I'd love to see those comparison pics as well! I know I said I wasn't going to get any more leos, but I just might have to save up for a pair of those giants ;)
sketchy4
02-23-04, 04:19 PM
congratulations! they are beautiful.
Wilma
02-23-04, 05:41 PM
actually what I understand Ron Trempers first giant hatched out from two normals, and that it is recessive in het for giants and when a het is bred to a giant you will get a few "normal" sized babies in with the giants.
Just from what I gathered from Ron's information :)
beth wallbank
02-23-04, 11:38 PM
Darned you again!! LOL........you did it again by about 9 days......so now the race for the blazing huh
claycoke11
02-23-04, 11:45 PM
They are so cool, i love babies. could you use a chicken incubator to incubate them???
Jeff McFadden
02-24-04, 01:40 AM
Looking good Dan! We should have some leopards hatching in a couple weeks. What temp. did you incubate these at? Talk to you soon.
reptiguy123
02-24-04, 09:36 PM
Very nice!
SnowSnake
02-25-04, 08:36 PM
Congrats man! It looks like your gonna have a great year :D:D!!!
Do you have some DH for blazing blizzard breeding this year?

Good luck with the other eggs! :)
meow_mix450
02-25-04, 11:07 PM
Congrats looks awesome!

Meow