2 HEADED SNAKE!!! PIC'S!!!

[COMPOSITE CORNS]

Hi everybody,

I had to post this one...before the inevitable....

In deed a surprise!!!
I wonder what the odds of this happening are!?!?
This snake's mama has produced a pair of twins in the past but they were 2 separate perfectly formed Siamese twins. So, is this genetic....perhaps like it is with humans? The grandkids of a twin are a lot more likely to have twins for kids themselves. One head seems to be dominate over the other so far. Both heads flicker their toung though. It just crawled out of the egg this morning so hopefully I'll know more about it soon! It is a hypo that came out next to a bunch of amber stripes too! A two-headed hypo 100% het amber stripe! :bang:

All I know is this is freakin' awesome!!!

Sucks for the snake though....probably :shrugs:

I'll admire this mutant until "MURPHY'S LAW OF SNAKE BREEDING" kicks in and knocks me off my cloud :sobstory:

I know the pictures are cruddy but I couldn't pick the snake up as it still had the umbilical cord still attached. The flash wouldn't cooperate...
BETTER PIC'S TO COME!

Geoff

 

[Tula_Montage]

I wouldnt like to have my head on upside down
That would suck!

 

[Roy Munson]

Congratulations! I think... :cheers:

I hope it/they thrives/thrive. Could be some semi-serious ka-ching if they do. But I'm not in the market. :nope:

 

[xavusangel]

Very neat looking, hope it does well for you.......

 

[Drizzt80]

This snake's mama has produced a pair of twins in the past but they were 2 separate perfectly formed Siamese twins.

. . . a pair of twins? meaning two sets of twins, or just a single set of twins? . . .
. . . not sure about the second part either as Siamese twins indicates being connected . . . and you stated they were seperate . . .
Not so much being picky as confused with your choice of words. :shrugs:

Congrats on the two header, unfortunately, the second head doesn't look so alert or functioning . . .at least in the picture.

D80

 

[bigaaron17]

wow thats pretty crazy... hope 'they' eat for you.

 

[COMPOSITE CORNS]

you are correct!

. . . a pair of twins? meaning two sets of twins, or just a single set of twins? . . .
. . . not sure about the second part either as Siamese twins indicates being connected . . . and you stated they were seperate . . .
Not so much being picky as confused with your choice of words. :shrugs:

D80

Your right!
I should have stated that they were identical twins NOT siamese twins.
Thanks letting me know!

Geoff

 

[Russell]

hmm...

the "weaker" head also has that larger bottom jaw that I got in several of my Ambers this year. Froze all of them. Sure bears watching in the coming years. Next year I'm going to attempt incubation at cooler temps. Will see if that corrects my kinking, eyes of diff sizes, and underslung jaws... At any rate, it's a very interesting thing to have happen that's for sure! Good luck with him!

 

[doovoo]

Shouldn't this animal still thrive though with just one 'functional' head?

I that (so I assume) this animal has singular organs otherwise - digestive, etc. - the non-feeding head (should that turn out to be the case) should still be otherwise healthy ...though whether happy, is anyone's guess.

Cool snake though, in spite of all the conjecture.

 

[SnakeAround]

Just don't know what to say.... happy for you or not? Good luck with what ever is going to happen!

Russel, I incubated with quite high temps (84-86) and my clutch head large and perfect hatchlings. It even had a few temp drops which are believed to cause kinks... (it is, right?)

 

[robin h]

Strange everytime I see it

@ Blutengel: In my experience high peaks in temperature (31C and above) cause kinks many times, of course it depends on the stadium of incubation, the first weeks are the most "kinkable"weeks I think... once the spine formed well, I don't think it will kink fast.... sometimes kinks happen because of that cord too...when it's wrapped around parts of the body...