Nov 9, 2024
Kinked spine, feeling fine
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Kinked spine, feeling fine
Snowdrop and Apollo II are totally unrelated snakes, and their first Lava Snow baby (top) has a domed head despite being incubated at room temperature, while the Snow has a slightly longer snout and closer to typical head shape. Neither are kinked, at least as far as I can tell.
I'm pretty sure this is why the Ice morph has fallen off the map lately. I just don't think there's enough heterozygosity in the bloodlines to maintain decent conformation, even when outcrossing.
If I'm going to make Ice morphs going forward, I'll need to outcross a bit further back and go the long way around with multiple new bloodlines. It's going to be an endeavor not unlike correcting the bug eyes in Palmetto.
Little babies from SDA24 have shed and been weighed, reference photo'ed, and offered a first meal.
Shockingly, x2, which I'm pretty sure is a Lava Snow with the domed head and noticeable kinks, ate right away. Their sibling, x1, the Snow with a more typical head shape and very slight kinks, did not. We'll try again in a few days. They don't always eat the first time.
In regards to the flaws with the Ice morph, I'm looking at European bloodlines to inject some very fresh genes and see if maybe I can revive the morph here in the States. Hopefully something will line up and we can enjoy healthy, pretty snakes for generations to come!
SDA24 has a Wet Egg situation.