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Anansi, spider ball python male. Well over 800 grams and breeding in the 2008/2009 season. A lovely, inquisitive temperment, and an extremely avid feeder on f/t rats. Feeds through almost all of the breeding season.
This spider has a noticeable 'wobble' or head-tilt, but does not spin. (The wobble is an inner ear or neurological condition which does not significantly impair the vast majority of animals. It is associated only with the spider pattern
mutation. It is not known at this time whether this trait can be reduced or eliminated in spider bloodlines. Spider hatchlings will be evaluated for wobble, but some spiders develop the wobble only later in life, so lack of
wobble in a hatchling does not guarantee a non-wobbling adult. Wobbling spiders, in all but the MOST extreme cases, are good feeders, have generally good temperments, and are good breeders, so this trait is not
considered undesireable by all persons).
Lestat, albino ball python male. Well over 800 grams and breeding in the 2008/2009 season. A shy but docile temperment, and an avid feeder on live rats. Feeds through most of the breeding season. "Albino", more properly called
'amelanistic' is a color mutation which is recessive--2 copies of the gene must be present to produce an albino, and when only one copy is present, the animals look normal.
Poltergeist, orange ghost (hypo) ball python male. Well over 500 grams and breeding in the 2008/2009 season. A shy but docile temperment, and a regular feeder on f/t occasionally--prefers live. Feeds through most of
the breeding season. "Ghost", more properly called 'hypomelanistic' is a color mutation which is recessive--2 copies of the gene must be present to produce a ghost, and when only one copy is present, the animals look normal.
Kokopelli, Mojave ball python male, Over 500 grams and breeding in the 2008/2009 season. A quite shy snake, feeds reasonably well on live rats. Off feed early in the breeding season. The pairing of two copies of the co-dominant Mojave
gene produces a blue-eyed leucisitic--an all white snake with blue eyes. This gene will also produce a blue-eyed leucistic when paired with the Lesser Platinum gene, and with the Russo gene.
Ngalyod, Woma ball python male, new acquisition. Fully mature proven breeder, and breeding in the 2008/2009 season. Feeds avidly on live rats. The Woma mutation is co-dominant, and creates this beautiful
appearance when a single copy of the gene is present. We recommend against breeding 2 Womas together, because the super form of this mutation (2 copies of the gene present) is lethal (the super form is called "Pearl",
but hatchlings do not survive long).
Quetzalcoatl, Lesser Platinum ball python male, Well over 800 grams and breeding in the 2008/2009 season. Feeds avidly on f/t rats, and feeds through most of the breeding season. The pairing of two copies of the co-dominant Lesser
Platinum gene produces a blue-eyed leucisitic--an all white snake with blue eyes. This gene will also produce a blue-eyed leucistic when paired with the mojave gene, and with the Russo gene.
Aten, pastel ball python male, our 2007/2008 season well-proven breeder with high fertility (only 3 infertile eggs from one female out of 3, and one clutch of 13 eggs, all fertile and healthy, from our biggest girl.
An astonishing 11 pastels from that clutch). Aten is not breeding in 2008/2009, we're giving him the year off. Feeds on live rats or mice. Tends to go off feed during the breeding season. The pastel mutation is co-dominant.
Two copies of the mutant gene produce a more extreme appearance, and are known as super-pastels.
Red, plains garter snake male (Thamnophis radix). This boy is wild-caught in our own back yard, cleaned up, and out of quarantine. We're planning to breed plains garters in 2010. Gentle and an excellent feeder, Red will make a great
breeder. He converted easily to mouse fuzzies. He still has a bit of flightiness, but he calms quickly with gentle handling. We find garters to be fascinating animals, and we're building a hibernaculum for our local wild backyard
population. (We already built them a pond--we intend to spoil them rotten, lol).