#cherche 2025

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Testing out the lightbox I got to take nice pictures of the snakes. I dunno how I feel about it yet. I think I like outdoor pictures more 🤔

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My special heart boy 🖤

Gâteau

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The next baby in Cherche's French Dessert litter is the last male of the group--Crêpe ! ♡

Such a busy pattern, and there's a lot to love! He's the highest expression paradox of the litter, he has a lovely thick stripe that's jagged all the way down and forks at his neck.

He is the least saturated stripe compared to his siblings. He has some of the upticking of orange speckles from his belly up his sides but its very light and not very noticeable. The orange speckles up the sides is a variable trait of stripes, some have very little to none of the orange on the sides, and some have a lot! The presence and contrast of it is a desirable trait for me personally. The sire to this litter is a nice example of it, here you can see what I mean below!

And here is a picture I pulled from google of a non-albino stripe where you can see the orange on the sides!

The contrast comes from the depth of color from the orange on top of a light or dark background. In this case all of my stripes are P. Albino so a light off-white background color is going to show this trait the best!

At the moment I can't be sure which of the babies will turn out to be the lightest background color, but it does appear that Crêpe may not surpass his father in this way--at least from what I can tell with the saturation level of his oranges at this moment. He is much easier on the eyes than his neon highlighter siblings! I fear he would have been too powerful if he was just as bright. The world may have imploded, or just my eyes from the busy tricolor pattern, lol

He has a mellow, quiet personality. He's not the biggest explorer and won't venture far. But doesn't mind being picked up nor gets overly-spooked.

He is also on his second live meal, it will be a couple weeks before I offer frozen/thawed again on advice from my mentor.

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Remember this guy?

Well... He's a beast now

Crème Brûlée '25 1.0 Paradox Albino Kenyan/East African Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus)

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Lastly, but certainly not least in Cherche's French Dessert litter, is this stunning girl--Parfait !

From the moment all of them were born, you could clearly see Parfait was the most colorful. She has such a neon, highlighter orange that has gotten more rich and deeper over the weeks. Its especially emphasized by her very light background color. She also was born with stunning silver eyes that made her stand out even more. She looks so similar to what the sire looked like when he was younger.

I really love this beautiful girl but man is she picky! I've been making every excuse I can to hold on to her but right now she's only eating live. Hoping I can change that soon but if not I have a home in mind for her. She is also probably the lowest expression paradox of the litter, just a couple of specks. But I think her color alone outshines her low expression. She is the most similar in looks to Souffle, but Parfait has a neater and bolder stripe. Like a couple of her siblings she also has a sweet and shy personality. Her face is just the cutest!

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🚨🗣📢Let's Play: Guess the number of babies!!!! 🚨🗣📢

Every day we get closer and closer to Cherche having her babies. My mentor believes we may still be 1-2 months away but it could be longer! I literally can't imagine her getting any bigger!!! My mentor gave me a guess as to how many babies and I thought it would be fun to see if any of you want to place a guess as well! No strings attached, this is just for fun!

How many babies do you predict?

5 or less

6

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16 or more

Voting ended onMar 3, 2025

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Next in Cherche's French Dessert litter, and one of the two girls of the group, is this sweet darling--Soufflé !

Soufflé is smack dab in the middle in the litter in terms of her paradox expression. Not a lot, but just enough seasoning to taste! I think it compliments her very well. She has some face freckles just like her mama, one big spot on her hind end, and some peppering in-between :)

Soufflé has a very wide stripe! Its super mottled and spotty and bright. She's been getting more and more color just like the rest of the babies but this girl and her sister have been the brightest from the start!

She has some lifted white pattern around her jaw and near her tail which is not super noticeable but extremely cute! On either side of her neck where the orange meets the white there is a thin line of orange scales which kinda looks like its trying to be a stripe. She has a lot of orange speckles on her sides which is complimented by her developing white base color, something she appears to have inherited from the sire!

She was one of the individuals that didn't take the first frozen/thawed meal and has been eating live. But, her last meal she took a drop fed f/t pinky! I am so proud of her!! The two others that were taking live have been in shed so they haven't been offered but I hope after they shed they follow Soufflé's trend!