396. Final Bell for 2012?

This Bell albino hatched out today 29/09/2012 and just might be our final Bell for 2012. We think we might have another clutch of Bell eggs still incubating but are not 100% confident they will go full term. This babe is sired by Drill bit and Einstein. Incubation was 49 days and weight at hatch looked 3 gram. Sticking with our Olympian/Greco names emphasis this season this one goes by the name of Cypriot.

395. A nice tasty Kalamata is our record breaker

This babe hatched out 28/09/2012 and is the sibling to Jocasta shown in the previous post. Only different biographic detail is an extra days incubation. Name of this one is Kalamata hence the post title. Also the record breaking hint is due to this babe being, if our records are correct, our 125th hatchling for the 2012 season. As far as we are aware our previous highest number of hatchlings in a season was 124.

394. A lightly done Hypo

We are having a bit of a late season flourish with our second hatchling today (27/09/201) and pictured below. Goes by the name of Jocasta and the dark banding was already brown at hatch and without a trace of black. Comes out of Balti who is also a hypo and sired by, we recall correctly, Kabul our resident Afghanicus Taliban terrorist. Weight at hatch looks a typical 3 gram and incubation was 48 days.

393. A Phi double.

If not the double of Phi in the previous post this hatchling from today (27/09/2012) should be fairly similar as they are from the same clutch of eggs. So with the exception of an extra day's incubation the boigraphy is identical. She or he is called Eryxo.

392. Phi time

This hatchling from yesterday 26/09/2012 is Phi. She/he hatched out after 50 days in the incubator and is the prodigy of Patricia and Dallas. Looks like a 3 gram hatch.

391. Consequences of escapees.

Floorboards raised as search for fugitive Leopard Gecko continues.

390. Two-a-day Whoopi babe.

This is Eta who is a sibling to Upsilon shown in the previous post. She/he hatched out a few hours later on the same day. So no need to spell out any biography as it is exactly the same.

389. Whoopi babe.

This is Upsilon who hatched out Saturday 15/08/2012. Parents are the ever reliable Whoopi and Kabul our pure Afghan Taliban.Looked to be atypical 3 gram at hatch following 46 days in the incubator.

388. Another end of season straggler.

This baby was found to have hatched out this morning (13/09/2012). It is the sibling to Korinna who hatched out 10/09/2012 whose details are on a post made earlier in the week. Hence same parental biography. Naming this one Epsilon and she/he was a good 3 gram at hatch.

387. Alphabeta to Zeta

And we have another stunning normal wild type with broad striping in the form of Zeta who hatched out this morning (12/09/2012). She or he is the sibling to Praxilla shown a couple of post earlier. So parental biography is the same. Just took a couple of days extra incubation. This one also looked a bit sturdier and at least 3 grams upon hatch.

386. Afghan maniac prodigy.

A big welcome to Korrina pictured below who hatched out 10/09/2012. That was after 45 days in the incubator; which is one of our quickest incubations this season. The estimate on hatch weight is 3 gram. Parents are Zuton and Kabul our male Afghanicus maniac.

385. Another one of those normals with broad stripe potential.

This is Praxillia who hatched out 10/09/2012. She/he was extremely light coloured at hatch and we thought she/he was a bold stripe Mack Snow. However, the light banding is more pale yellow than the white associated with Macks. So it will be interesting to see how this one develops with growth. Our records say the incubation took 47 days. This babe was quite small at hatch and looked a 2 grammer. Parents are Dinkum and Bingo who both have bold stripe charteristics.

384. All normal again or is it hypo?

This baby is Livia who hatched out 08/09/2012. From our records it shows she was in the incubator for 47 days. Looked a definite 3 gram at hatch. One hundred percent sure that the Dam for this babe is Balti, but for the moment not too sure on the Sire. This baby is from a mid-season mating and we didn't get round to posting up on here a picture of the happy breeding pair. Pretty sure there has been a few earlier clutch siblings so we should be able to pickup who the Sire is if we check back on earlier postings. At a guess we think the Sire was Dinkum our great red stripe hope.

383. Lowestoft waves bye bye to summer with a Blazing Blizzard in September

This is Agrippina who hatched 07/09/2012 following 46 days in the incubator. looked about 3 gram at hatch. Parents are Blizz and the unknown Mack RAPTOR. Some of the siblings in the earlier clutches from this combination have speckled up as they have grown to visual up as Mack APTORS.

382. Final August babe

Here we have Hypathia who was the last of our hatchlings to emerge during August 2012. She actually popped out of the egg on the 30th. She/he is the sibling of Salonicka in the previous post. So no need to say anything extra about his/her biography.

381. Introducing Salonicka

This babe is Salonicka who hatched out 29/08/2012. That was after a 49 day incubation. Weight looked a good 3 gram at hatch. Parents are Zuton and yet again that naughty Afghanicus terrorist Kabul who has really worked hard this season to earn his keep.

380.Phew the September weather is so hot here in Lowestoft I am taking my coat off

This is Citius one of our el classico wild types pictured yesterday in the middle of a shed during the September heatwave.

379. Pandora's box.

This is Pandora who is the sibling of Medusa in the post made a few minutes earlier. Therefore an identical biograpghy to Medusa expect for an extra day in the incubation resulting in a hatch out 29/08/2012. Most say that Pandora's yellow banding was incredibly light at hatch and we initially thought he/she was a Mack Snow.

378. Lovely Medusa

Medusa pictured below hatched out 28/08/2012 and is the prodigy of Patricia and Dallas. Looked a standard 3 grammer at hatch which followed 50 days in the incubator.

377. Eastern Herpetological Society Breeders meeting 2013

The society have made a formal booking at the Royal Norfolk Showground on Sunday 7th july 2013.

376. Listen to this noisey Siren!

This is Siren who hatched out 24/08/2012. Looks a big girl or boy and probably 4 gram at hatch. From our records the parents are Nell and Mohammad and incubation took 49 days.

375. 2012 breeding season nearly over.

Our peak for egg production was June when the egg count was 62 followed by 58 in July. For August we had 16 eggs ensuring we should have a few hatches in September. Also one of our Bell albinos dropped a pair of eggs yesterday (01/09/2012). We also have a couple more females who look to be carrying eggs so possibly half a dozen eggs for September. That said we usually find late season eggs are often of poor quality and few go on to hatch; due to essential nutrient depletion from females who have already produce multiple clutches. Fingers tightly crossed.