The last 2 clutched hatched last week. Now, there is only one egg left, which is the only good one from the only snake to lay a 2nd clutch, N'omi. This only should hatch near the end of September or in early October.
The last 2 clutches were from our 2 new girls, D'vorah and Y'hudit. D'vorah's clutch was about half normals and half amelanistics, since she is amelanistic and her mate, Gavnoni, is heterozygous for amelanism. He is also het for anerythrism (we know this only because we know his parents), but apparently she is not, since we got no anerythristics or snows (amelanistic AND anerythristic) from her. We got 12 babies from D'vorah, out of 15 eggs that she laid.
Y'hudit's clutch is about half normals and half hypomelanistics. This proves that she is het for hypomelanism, something which we did not previously know. Her mate was Yeled, who is an amber corn snake (both caramel and hypomelanistic). We got 19 babies from Y'hudit, out of 23 eggs that she laid.
All of these new babies will be fed for the 1st time next Sunday. Only then will we have some idea of how many will eat and how many will steadfastly refuse to eat.
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