Zeus Butters Bacon X Jewel Zena Juno Bacon
hets of male Stripe hets of female 50% possible het for amelanism
Breeding : Butter corn snake X Abbott's Okeetee corn snake
Projected outcome:
Phenotype:
50% wild type/okeetee
50% amelanistic
Genotype:
25% amel het caramel
25% amel het caramel and stripe
25% wild type/okeetee het amelanistic and caramel
25% wild type/okeetee het amelanistic, caramel, and stripe
UPDATES
- Observed copulation on 3/9/2015
- Observed copulation on 3/12/2015 male was left in the females enclosure this time
- Female looking large and possibly gravid. Male was removed from the females enclosure
- Going into her pre-lay shed around 4/14/2015. Expect eggs after she sheds between a few days and a week. This means we are changing our estimated egg laying date.
(After the third recorded lock up we leave the female alone. We don't want to stress her out too much.)
Outcome:
Estimated egg laying date: - Between April 20th - April 30th
- Clutch of 18 laid on April 20th, 2012
Estimated hatch date: - Between June 17th to 21st, 2012
# of eggs: - 18
# of slugs: - 2
Phenotype:
50% wild type/okeetee
50% amelanistic
Genotype:
25% amel het caramel
25% amel het caramel and stripe
25% wild type/okeetee het amelanistic and caramel
25% wild type/okeetee het amelanistic, caramel, and stripe
UPDATES
- Observed copulation on 3/9/2015
- Observed copulation on 3/12/2015 male was left in the females enclosure this time
- Female looking large and possibly gravid. Male was removed from the females enclosure
- Going into her pre-lay shed around 4/14/2015. Expect eggs after she sheds between a few days and a week. This means we are changing our estimated egg laying date.
(After the third recorded lock up we leave the female alone. We don't want to stress her out too much.)
Outcome:
Estimated egg laying date: - Between April 20th - April 30th
- Clutch of 18 laid on April 20th, 2012
Estimated hatch date: - Between June 17th to 21st, 2012
# of eggs: - 18
# of slugs: - 2