Cherry Red Snakelettes!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

FINALLY. After 139 days of waiting!!! After obsessively peeking into her tub 3 and 4 times a day for weeks, the moment finally arrived. I thought... how can she possibly hold them in any longer?! She was so heavy she was taking short puffy breaths. The female Hyper-erythristic banded water snake dropped a bomb today while I was at work! 27 HUGE, fat, healthy, awesome little ones. just 9 boys and 16 girls. They popped really easily, but are also the most sexually dimorphic babies I have ever seen. You can look at the tails and instantly guess which are the males... the tails are that different! I wish I had a few more males...Better than the other way around I suppose! No stillborns, deformed, runts or jellies! Amazing for a first time mama! Most of them are red phase and some of the others are black and red banded. I can't believe how red they are for being just born!!! Some of these, most actually, are going to be showstoppers for sure! I am going to have so, so, SO much trouble selecting my keepers. I have a female that has a vanishing pattern thing going on that I'll be holding for sure. She stands out compared to the others. 8 out of 9 males are reds, one is a black/red. Now to get them all feeding, photographed, labeled with an ID and priced!

Here are some pics, for which I apologize, I had to take them indoors since it was night time. I promise for some much better outdoor pics in the future! Yes, They really are that red!!!

Here's the whole mess of still-shedding babies (with flash so you can't see them too well)



The single dark male


Nice red male



Cool heavy patterned red male


Awesome "vanishing pattern" female