Well, don’t let me stop you! 
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You are so obliging dear lady!!! 
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I want a baby snake so bad 
…if I could @caryl you would already see me trying to get Harmony from you 
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I hate to jump into a thread with an off-topic message, but I’ve been trying to DM you, Riley…
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I know, I have been trying to find time to actually respond lol 
. I am sorry, i wasn’t trying to be rude or anything like that.
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Baby snakes for everybody! 
Just kidding, I understand that the desire can easily outpace the space and resources. Believe me, I understand that well.
I still don’t have pippies. But in the last hour, these slits have appeared.
Come on, come on, come on!!!
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Give them a few more hours. I told you the babies would be here by midnight tonight so I have a few hours left!
Btw Mr Pat O’Butter scarfed his first meal down in record time. He is absolutely the most precious little boy! 
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Excellent. Good boy!
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Hooray for Pat O’Butter, what a good boy! 
I still don’t see any noses, but Egg #2 with the slits is blowing bubbles. I’m (im)patiently waiting for more.
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And I am doing some rearranging……. again…. Will text you later! 
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Well, shucks! Still nothing more than slits and bubbles. These babies are really challenging what little patience I’ve got! Caron said by midnight, so that’s a bit over an hour away here. I hope I’ll be asleep. And I hope I’ll awake to three visible pippies. 
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Me too! The suspense is killing me! 
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Still just slits. I don’t like this.
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I can’t believe Caron lied about the hatch time.
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Thanks, Dean! Made me laugh even though I’m stressed.
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Ouch! and @caryl To the altar with me!!!
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I have sad news. The three in the second clutch unfortunately did not hatch. I noticed an off smell yesterday morning. When I had a chance to candle them in the evening, the veins had degenerated. I cut into the eggs and found that the babies were no longer alive, but they hadn’t hatched because they had major problems.
I incubate in a small room/large closet at ambient temps. I kept the eggs on the bottom shelf, but we did have a heat wave during their incubation. Given that the parents produced 15 perfect babies in their first clutch, I assume that temperatures must have gotten too high for these little ones during that time. I wish it hadn’t happened. 
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I’m going to jump immediately to this, because I’m blessed and thankful to have these beautiful babies. They are a comfort and a joy. Harvey shed last night. He is a handsome Peach Fire, looking very coral-peachy!
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Very peachy! Sorry about the eggs that didn’t make it.
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Thanks. So am I. At least I’m as sure as it’s possible to be that it was environmental, not genetic. Still wish it hadn’t happened.
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