ShadowBox Reptiles

And the last one is out! This was the single egg from Brights, who was badly eggbound and needed to go to the vet to have the rest aspirated.

It's a big baby! And I'm so thankful it made it. Not to mention, it also proved out the dad's het, and is wonderfully bright.

Brights x Malchom
Conda het albino poss het axanthic x Axanthic conda het albino

I find that one of the bigger challenges behind taking axanthic photos is in capturing their silvery colours. These were taken under natural shaded light; they certainly look better than the photos I took when he was a baby.

I'm otherwise very happy with the rate that he's growing, and he's a very good eater to boot! Hopefully he'll be ready for a female next season.

Malchom - 1.0 Axanthic conda poss. het albino

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

This was a large and highly anticipated clutch, but the male either wasn't successful or the female didn't take a liking to him. I'm inclined to believe it's the former, as the male's never been successful in 3 years across 2 females. When working with a very small number of pairings yearly, an entirely slug clutch like this can be a huge blow to plans.

With any hope, I can maybe bounce back by pairing her again with a male she's been successful with in the past. I got her back up to weight, put the male in and within 3 hours there was a visible lock. Fingers crossed!