Postby Celeste » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:15 pm
The third tail was the other female's. That group consists of my elderly male Cza, Shiva, and two young female hotties I acquired in March (Sita and Sundar). (And baby now makes four). I want to figure out the baby's gender before coming up with a good name. I'm thinking a female, just from its coloration, and its pattern looks just like its mom's. I'm *hoping* female, because the last Cza baby I had was two years ago -- that was my *first* baby as well -- and that one was a male. That male baby I named Arjuna (after the character in the Mahabarata), and he was the offspring of Shiva and Shakti (a very elderly female, who I still have, but I think is well past her breeding years). I'll need to get the new baby out and get a good look at its vent area to [possibly] tell.
No, the mother is not the very pregnant female you saw in the other pictures -- that very pregnant female was Lakshmi, one of my Corucia zebrata zebrata (southern subspecies). Sorry for all the confusion. All the ones in those other photos are Czz's.
Actually, as far as handling goes, most of the babies that have been born here at my house have been handled (a little bit, once in a while) from birth, so they are not nearly as skittish or aggressive as those that haven't been. It seems to make a difference.
Gotta run -- it's late and I have yet to feed the Corucia. (And I suppose the cat will want to be fed, too!) ;-)
-- Celeste
Thanks.
Can't wait to see more pics when they let you get to them... 
I think it's pretty cool that they Guard their babies! 
