2011 Checkered Garter babies

[HazAnga]

Well after work today I decided to go top up the car before the Easter weekend, It took me maybe about 45 minutes extra before I got home. I come home and I briefly look into the tank where Helga (my very pregnant girl) is located. I look in and guess what!!!?? Babies!!! and lots.
Last year i only got 4 babies from her, this year I got 11 babies and 1 jelly (I have never seen a jelly, but there was this jelly white thing in a clump).
She gave birth to 4 nice regular checkereds (one being lighter colored and I'm hoping it ends up as a male and I plan on keeping that one, it also was the last one born because it was still just getting out of it's sack) and 7 Albino's.
I had to help 2 or 3 with their first shed, but other then that they all seemed perfectly healthy.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but now that they've all had their first shed there ready and waiting to eat?

Anyway here's some pix that i snapped

[HazAnga]

Here's some more, can you point out the lighter coloured normal that I was talking about?




Here's the setup that their going to be in until they find a new home.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

that is VERY cool! You got a pastel!!!! Meaning... one of your adults is a pastel look at the labial pattern and the head pattern on that light colored male. Compare it to his siblings and you will see how he is different

Check the albinos.. it's very possible there is an albino pastel in there!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Oh... also... they always shed first thing out of the mother. They might eat tomorrow, they might take 2 weeks to eat. It all depends on them! My pastel clutch last year was a royal pain in the neck!!! I can't see the head and face patterns on the other babies from the pictures, but it looks like you actually got one or two other pastels that are a bit darker. They vary greatly, the smoker like that male are hard to come by. Most of them fade as they grow and look almost normal as adults but they are still my most favorite snake EVER!

[HazAnga]

lol thanks, I will defiantly have to do some comparing, I probably got some pastels last year then.
And only one of the parents has to be pastels in order to get pastel babies?

EDIT:
What do you mean by Labial patern? Like the vent?

[sirtalis01]

sweet, this pastels are poping up every where and I WANT one lol

[snakeman]

Very nice.congrats!

[guidofatherof5]

Great looking babies. Congrats.
They should start eating within the next few weeks.

[HazAnga]

How can I exactly tell the difference between a pastel to a non pastel?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

here are labial comparisons... the top two are normal (notice the uniform labial markings) and the bottom two are hypo's...I know the picture didn't come out quite so well, but you can recognize all of the same features on the labials if you have a good eye for detail.