Sunday, November 18, 2007










The parents of the axanthics
and pinstriped hatchlings together
this winter. Female at front.

Thursday, November 15, 2007










Designer black headed pythons.
Which one would you pick and why
would you choose that one?.









Hatchlings after their first slough.









Three hatchling black headeds.









Another surprise from last
weekend with the emergence
of a third axanthic hatchling.









Two more Axanthic hatchlings
from the same sire of the previous
clutch.









Hatchling fully emerged from the egg.

Sunday, November 11, 2007









Close up of the head of a black
headed python prior to hatching.









This hatchling displays some different
patterning with spots and lines
between the darker bands.









Hatchling with an interesting
pattern.












Black headeds wait in the eggs
for a couple of days absorbing
all the remaining yolk before
emerging from their eggs.









Hatchlings looking out of their eggs.








Closeup of the head of a hatchling
showing the eggtooth; used to slash
the eggshell open, the little white
thing at the very front of the nose.









Eggtooth on hatchling black headed.

Thursday, November 1, 2007










The last clutch of black headeds
for the year from female 259-
featured below when gravid.









Female 259 with her eggs.









Nine good eggs in the clutch.









Eggs prior to separation.









Calico 95. This female changed
colour after her first clutch of
eggs . Not a proven
mutation yet, her babies for
this year are hatching(below).









Hatchlings out today from
the Calico female.