EMF Reptiles 2026 Hatchling Thread

Happy Labor Day, everyone! Hope you’re all doing well and the holiday is treating you kindly!

Starting this thread as my first babies of the season begin to have their first sheds as a way to track their progress, and kicking us off is firstborn little guy Glimmer! His siblings are close behind, but as of right now he’s the only of the four from his clutch to shed.

His first shed absolutely brought out his contrast and some nice pops of yellow, and made the way his pattern/color sort of fades in and out towards the tail more noticable. At minimum he’s pastel mojave het ghost, but seeing that he has much more intense blushing than his brother who’s also a pastel mojave het ghost, I’m guessing this little guy is probably a super pastel mojave. I’d think perhaps a mojave pewter, but comparing to other mojave pewters on the website his head just seems way too light/blushed out, and I’d expect way more going on if he were a mojave sterling. What do you guys think?

He’s now been moved into his own digs, and he’ll get the week to settle in before we try our first feeding. Fingers crossed for a good appetite, and that his brothers and sister get their own posts in the thread here soon!

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Happy Labor Day to you as well! Your baby’s greys and yellows are very pretty. You know I know next to nothing about BP morphs so I won’t even guess about whether or not he’s a mojave sterling. l will stick to saying that he’s handsome and I like him! Lovely to see your labors paying off so handsomely! :heart_eyes:

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TYSM! Maybe I’m biased but I really do think he’s a stunning little guy regardless of genetics, and my heart feels SO full having the privilege to say I played a hand in the creation of him and his siblings. :face_holding_back_tears:

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I also know next to nothing about Ball Pythons, but that transition from grey to pink/white is beautiful. Do you think he’ll retain that into adulthood?

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Thank you! Odds are he’ll likely “brown out”/get duller, at least little as a lot of ball pythons do into adulthood, though quality of his genetics have a hand in that and hopefully he’ll retain a good bit of his current color/contrast!

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