Count em n weep!

[Markus Jayne]

That's what Jayne and I did when we saw this clutch.

Then 2 days ago we had an 11 egg clutch. We didn't weep that time...we just did the regius egg dance!

The good new...both clutches are sired by our Pastel Jungle! The first clutch is due to hatch around June 2-3.

Mark:w

[Markus Jayne]

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[Grant vg]

Thats Great Mark!
Congrats....whens #12, 13, 14 comming?lol
So how many eggs is that now incubating???
Break it down for us....

[Markus Jayne]

Clutch #1 - 7 eggs - possible het albinos
Clutch #2 - 10 eggs - Pastels Jungles
Clutch #3 - 6 eggs - possible het caramel albinos
Clutch #4 - 6 eggs - possible het Piebald
Clutch #5 - 11 eggs - Pastel Jungles

We've been very fortunate this year. We've recorded 16 ovulations so far and there are a few more building towards ovulation.

Our next clutches are due on or around April 28th and our first clutch is due to hatch on May 18th. Our biggest females have not layed yet. Most of them are due in May.

There is no sleeping this time of year. Too exciting!

Mark:D

[Linds]

Congratulations! :bounce:

[Grant vg]

11 Pastels!!!! WOO HOO!!!
I didn't notice that u said that they were from ur pastel male...
Double congrats!

[Nicky]

KOOL CONGRADS wishing them all a great life. YEAH PASTELS MY FAV ball pythond got to love em lol lol lol...:D

[Jeff_Favelle]

That dude just keeps churning them out eh?!!!

We better see them super-pastels in Canada by 2004 then!!

Good luck on all the clutches. Heh heh, but for selfish reasons eh Mark?? Hee hee :-)

[Corey Woods]

Jeff,

I've got 2.4 Pastels..............my females should be big enough to breed next season.

Corey

[Jeff_Favelle]

Damn, you could be looking at 6 or more super pastels!!! Don't let the tax man catch you, ha ha!!

Good luck man!

[Corey Woods]

Jeff,

Thanks! I'm not sure how many females I will use for Pastel to Pastel breeding next year. A pair of my pastels are also 100% het for Orange Ghost. I may use the Pastel females to breed into other morphs (pieds, axanthics...etc). I guess I won't know what's happening until next year.

I believe I've got atleast 3 females gravid from my Pastel male so far this year (he bred 8 females). I produced 8 pastels last year (1.1 Pastels het for Orange Ghost and 1.5 Pastels).

Corey

[Jeff_Favelle]

Where did the two 2001 male pastels end up going last year?

[Corey Woods]

Jeff,

I produced a total of 2.6 Pastels and sold 1.2. The one male went out to Jason Hunter in BC and the 2 females went down to Ralph Davis in Maryland. I kept the rest. My original Adult Pastel males were produced by NERD.

Corey

[Jeff_Favelle]

Is that the same 500g, 9 month-old male that's breeding in Van. right now?

[Jeff_Favelle]

Was there nor market here for the female pastels last year? Or did you owe NERD them regardless?

[Corey Woods]

Jeff,

The 2 females went to Ralph Davis....not NERD. Ralph was willing to give me what I wanted for them so I moved them States side.

The 9 month old male maybe my male....not sure. If it is owned by Jason Hunter than it is from me. I would be able to identify him in a pic. Last time I talked to Jason the male wanted to breed but he was too young to know what was going on.

Corey

[Jeff_Favelle]

To be too young to know what's going on again.....

That's right, I meant to say Ralph Davis. I'm glad you got what you wanted for them and didn't decrease the value just to sell them domestically.

Any pictures of them and their siblings from last year?

[Corey Woods]

Jeff...........here are a couple pics.

Pastel x Orange Ghost
<img src="http://coreywoods.com/Misc/2178.JPG">

Pastel female het for Orange Ghost
<img src="http://coreywoods.com/Misc/Pastel%20female%20het%20Ghost%204602.jpg">

Hatching Pastel. As you can see some hatch with a purple head. The better looking pastels have the most purple heads.
<img src="http://coreywoods.com/Misc/3670.jpg">

The male that went out to BC to Jason
<img src="http://coreywoods.com/Misc/Pastel%20Male%204689%20-%20gp.jpg">

Over the past 3 years I've had 10 Pastels and all of them have had patternless bellies. It is one of the traits of this particular line. Here are couple different Pastel belly shots:

<img src="http://coreywoods.com/CoreyUpload/Mar02/Pastel%20Belly%205699.jpg">
<img src="http://coreywoods.com/CoreyUpload/Mar02/Pastel%20Belly%205691.jpg">
<img src="http://coreywoods.com/CoreyUpload/Mar02/Pastel%20Belly%205672.jpg">

Enjoy,
Corey Woods

[Jeff_Favelle]

I can't believe you sold that little male!! He's dyno-mite!!! Seriously.

What ratios are you getting when you breed the pastels to normals? Obviously, it should be 50/50, but what have you had?

Looking good my man. Very good.

[Corey Woods]

Last year my male bred 5 females of which 2 ovulated (a normal female and the Orange Ghost female).

The normal female produced 8 eggs and 2 slugs. One egg went bad during incubation. Out of the remaining 7 eggs I hatched out 1.5 Pastels and 1.0 normals.

The Orange Ghost female produced 5 eggs of which 1.1 Pastels het for Orange Ghost and 3.0 100% het Orange Ghosts were produced.

I now have an adult male pastel which has bred 8 females this year. I believe I've got 3 gravid females from him so far. I'm running about 3 weeks behind this year as far as ovulations go so hopefully more females ovulate. I've also got 1.1 pastels het orange ghost and 0.3 regular pastels that were all produced in 2001.

Corey

[Darren Hamill]

As always great pic's Corey.....Thanks for sharing :)

Darren Hamill
http://www.hamillreptiles.com

[Corey Woods]

I talked to Jason Hunter in BC today and it is my Pastel male that I sold him that was breeding. I believe he's got a couple females gravid from him. The pastels hatched out fairly big (90g's) so I'm not surprised that he was breeding.

Corey

[Jeff_Favelle]

He must only be 9 months old!! I wonder how fertile he's going to be though?

[Corey Woods]

Jeff,

He was born in July 2001.

Corey

[Ian]

I can't wait to have one ;)

[Jeff_Favelle]

So 10 months old then.


And its coming Ian. Its coming.