Snake of the Day 05-31-13

The Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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Left — the adult Palmetto father of the hatchling on the right.  Right — the first 2013 Palmetto corn snake out of her egg — which was S.O.T.D. yesterDAY. Of course, no two Palmettos are alike, but when mature, this one DAY-old hatchling should have as much (if not more) color than her father.  The father was as pink and feature-less as this hatchling when he was her age.  In the bubble view, note the egg tooth which hatchling snakes use to cut out of their eggs.  The egg tooth usually wears off within hours of emergence from their eggs. 

Snake of the Day 05-30-13

The Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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Naturally, the first 2013 SMR eggs to hatch WOULD be Palmettos.  Left — excerpt of a clutch of 18 eggs from a visual Palmetto bred to a Palmetto heterozygote.  Right — the first palmetto out of its egg showing off his/her egg toof.  The large color spots on the back are flakes of the incubation medium, vermiculite.  The off-color zones that appear to encompass more than one scale are places where moisture is trapped between scales of the two upper-most skin layers (the new and old epidermal generations).  Very few color specks are visible on Palmettos at this age, but the color flecks that ARE visible now will saturate with respective colors, and new ones will gradually appear and saturate throughout maturity.

Snake of the Day 05-29-13

The Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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Creamsicle Bloodred (aka: Diffused Creamsicle) eggs will hatch in early July and be ready for shipping mid-July.

Snake of the Day 05-28-13

The  Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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Both these female Tesseras (left-to-right – Striped Tessera and Tessera) were bred by our male Buf .  Their eggs will hatch in early July.

Snake of the Day 05-27-13

The  Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

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We’ll have a few of the Extreme Reverse Okeetees available in July this year.   

Snake of the Day 05-25-13

The  Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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We stopped breeding the Hurricane variants of the Motley mutation years ago, but I think it’s time to bring them back.  Here

is a couple of adults whose eggs will hatch in early July.  See our Photo Gallery for other pictures of these beautiful mutants.     

Snake of the Day 05-26-13

The  Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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Both parents from Salmon heritage, there will be beautiful Salmons and Salmon Motleys from this union.  They are expected to hatch in early July.    

Snake of the Day 05-24-13

The  Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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The primary reason I photograph conjugal events is for positive identification of the sire.  I don’t photograph them in large boxes because sometimes they copulate stretched out across the length of the cage and I can’t get a tight shot.  I put several pairs together and then, flit around like a bee in the garden – going from cage to cage – monitoring progress.  When I encounter a pair that is breeding, I take the picture to verify who bred whom.  In this case, as soon as I put them together I was called away to the phone and forgot about them.  When I can’t at least get a shot of them “in the act” I try for a shot with SOME evidence of conjugation.  See it in this picture?    

Snake of the Day 05-23-13

The  Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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Special thanks to Terri Bieknowski for producing these stunning Lavender Tesseras.  The pale one is almost certainly a Hypomelanistic (aka: Hypo) Lavender Tessera, but I won’t know for sure until breeding trials are performed.  It’s difficult to see trace outlines of pattern in the sloughed epidermal skins of some Lavender mutants (evidence of melanin in the outermost dermal layers) so with some Lavender types, we never really know if they are also Hypo mutants or  polygenetically pale variants.  Most of us will agree that it does not matter.  Hopefully, we will have enough of these beauties this summer to list them on our web site.  

Snake of the Day 05-22-13

The  Snake-of-the-Day headliner of this web site features photographs that we believe will interest our web site visitors.  Each daily photograph will be posted at 11:00 am. central (GMT – 5) and replaced in 24 hours. Feel free to make suggestions regarding what snake photographs you would like to see in this daily feature.   The animals pictured here are not for sale, unless otherwise noted, but you can find available surplus snakes for sale on the Surplus Page of this web site.  We appreciate your patronage and welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

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Most of our Miami Okeetees have great red markings – like this pair.  The female in this “marriage” pic must have been a little camera shy by doing the Ostrich thing the minute I got the camera.  Perhaps she doesn’t want her family and friends to recognize her if they happen across my werb site?  We expect to have some of these beautiful corns available for sale in mid-July. Some of our Miami Okeetees resemble milk snakes, and I’ve had a few that were close to the color and pattern scheme of Gray-Banded King Snakes (Lampropeltis alterna).  BTW, I love the red rabbit caricature on the male.