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Last night my last egg hatched and now I have 23  rambunctious little baby snakes to care for and eventually find good homes for them all! This past week's been so full of anticipation and excitement. I've been constantly checking on my eggs every day to see if another one has started to hatch, and I've been spending lots of time just sitting in front of the container, watching the little babies slowly move and then poke their heads out of their egg shell. It's also a very slow process, baby snakes are not in any hurry to leave the security of their egg shells to slither into a new uncertain world. They will stay in this state called "pipping" for about 24 hours or more, as they absorb the last of the yolk and their system adjusts to breathing air.

And I was also very surprised to see all the different color variations! I've never received so many in a clutch of eggs before-I even received one morph that I'm not sure what it's called. All together I received 4 different morphs (color variations). They are:
9 Regular
9 Okeetee
3 Amber
2 unknown, these 3 babies are kind of a dusky pink pattern, bright and pale, but with black eyes so I know they're not albino, but I don't know what morph they are...I'm definitely going to hold on to these ones to see how their color changes.

Sadly, one egg didn't make it.:( One egg was displaced by one of the hatchlings, I put the egg back in place and saw movement inside the shell and the baby even made a shallow slit, but he never emerged and I never saw any movement after that and it's been almost a week now...and that egg is getting moldy.

Right now all of the 23 snakelings are getting ready to have their first shed and then I can start offering them their first meal, which will be newborn mice called "pinkies".

And some of them are so fiesty! When I go through all of their individual containers, some of them rattle their tail at me (a defensive behavior in the imitation of rattlesnakes), hiss, strike, and a few bites I've already received. But I love it all! Isn't nature wonderful!

It's such a wonderful feeling to help bring new life into the world. Each life is a little miracle. Two months ago these eggs were laid and I looked after them, nurtured them, and now new life has emerged from my maternal care! I've never been a mother to a human baby, but I imagine this is how a human mother must feel too...just being in awe of the miracle of life. I even get a little misty-eyed writing about it...
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  • Drinking: nothing yet, probably have my daily mocha soon

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I am a prolific pagan poet and have over 1000 poems. I love rainy days and thunderstorms at night. My favorite season is Autumn, it is so full of color and beauty, inner reflection and subtle wisdom. I love the night, it is then I get most inspired and write the majority of my poetry. I have a close relationship with nature, especially reptiles. I have quite a large reptile family at home which includes nineteen geckos, seven snakes, and twelve tarantulas. They are my family. I have been breeding crested geckos since 2005. I get such a pure feeling of fulfillment from being with my reptile family.

Besides reptiles, my favorite animals are bats and owls. I also have several tattoos and piercings. My very first tattoo were vampire bite marks on my necks. I love them.

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  • Current Residence: The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Interests: Reptiles, writing poetry, making candles, howling at the moon
  • Favourite movie: Ladyhawke, Twilight, Blood & Chocolate, Queen of the Damned, Gingersnaps
  • Favourite band or musician: Loreena Mckinnet, Evanescence
  • Favourite genre of music: Celtic, New Age, Nature, Goth
  • Favourite poet or writer: Emily Dickinson, Percy Shelley, John Keats, Lord Byron
  • Favourite style of art: Nocturnal
  • Shell of choice: Home
  • Skin of choice: Reptilian
  • Favourite gaming platform: In my mind
  • Personal Quote: Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken.
  • Tools of the Trade: pen and paper, my typewriter, and of course-the Muses

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=LadyofGaerdon 9 hours ago  Professional Writer
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Thank-you! :iconbatglompplz:

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Happy Birthday :)

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*ArachnoWolf 10 hours ago   Traditional Artist
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*Sammur-amat 21 hours ago   General Artist
Happy Birthday!! :D

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Thank-you! :D :iconkezzi-rose:

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*Sammur-amat 3 hours ago   General Artist
Hope you had an awesome one! :hug:

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