Snake of the Day 01-04-16

Produced by Terri Bienkowski, this hatchling Rhyno Ratsnake Rhynchophis boulengeri  began life like all neonates of this spceies (tan or brown), but the brown slowly changes to green through maturity. This species is aptly named for their remarkable rostral appendage. A gene mutation that adds a blue tone renders some of them being somewhat turquoise, but most of the members of this species in captivity mature to be grass green.   

Snake of the Day 01-03-16

Sub-adult Shatter Corn (Sunkissed Cinder).  Its name denotes what happens to otherwise Classic corn snake pattern when a Corn has both mutations, Sunkissed & Cinder.  The pattern breaks up, often not leaving a single recognizable corn snake pattern aspect.  Regarding the irregularly shaped pupil, we don’t yet know what causes the pupil in some corns to have non-circularity.   

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2015 

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Restrictions 
 
Shipping is suspended from Dec.17 through Dec. 27, 2015 !

Weather permitting, we will resume shipping again on Dec. 28, 2015.
The last two shipping DAYs of 2015 will be:
MonDAY, Dec. 28 & TuesDAY, Dec. 29 for respective next-DAY deliveries.

Thereafter, weekly shipping on MonDAYs and WednesDAYs will resume on Jan. 4th
provided that weather is conducive to safe shipping, and those DAYs do not
conflict with holiDAYs or respective Reptile Events we may attend.

Snake of the Day 01-01-16

Female (reduced orange) and Male (more orange saddles) Granite morph Gray-banded Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis alterna).  We still call this a morph because it has not been proven to be a mutation, but if not mutation, obviously a polygenetic morph.  Polygenic is the interactions between certain genes to render a snake atypical, compared to it’s nominate (wild-type) form.  And “yes” he’s chinning like he wants to take her out for a mouse and some quiet music. 

Snake of the Day 12-29-15

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This 2015 male Salmon Snow corn snake is eating frozen/thawed pinky  mice, BUT he is very unfriendly.  He has bitten me at least six times in the past few weeks.  His adult shades of pink should be much more saturated than what is exhibited in this pic.   His reduced $115.00 USD price reflects his unfriendly demeanor and includes

Snake of the Day 12-30-15

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This seemingly normal looking corn is actually from parents with combined mutations of Red Factor (aka: Red Mask) and Diffused.  He is currently 41″ long, eating frozen/thawed adult mice.    His $185.00 USD price includes  

Snake of the Day 12-28-15

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This 2010 male Lavender Motley Corn Snake is currently 44″ long, eating frozen/thawed adult mice.  I sold him when he was a hatchling and got him back the following week because I had not noticed several minor spinal kinks, all of which I’m now unable to detect visually or by palpation.  He looks like most of the “Mystery Lavender Line” I’ve had, so that’s a strong possibility, having acquired him from Rich Hume?   His $235.00 USD price includes   2015 hatchlings start at $80.00 plus shipping.