No exciting news from central Illinois.



2007 has been in my plans for my first big year for thayeri. Major exterior renovation to the house was on the slate for this summer which I'm smack in the middle of, so I didn’t plan much and the incubators are idle this year. The melanistic female is takin’ it easy. I did try an older alterna female again, second year I've had her and nothing but duds again. No doubt I got taken for a ride on that girl, long story, but she just doesn't seem to have the juice and I think she's definitely done makin' babies. It's a shame, she's a real beauty and so is the adult male I kept. One clutch from those two would have made me happy. I sold my proven dark trio last fall so no alterna babies this year. I also tried a proven white leonis female thayeri that I added to the collection last fall, great snake and I know she's good to go but she doesn't want a thing to do with a male this year. I've tried several with her, actually tried again early this morning after a fresh shed but no-go again. It’s probably a good thing my only two efforts this year failed, all I really have time for right now is feeding and routine maintenance to keep the collection healthy. Mighty boring compared to having babies to raise I must say, but I still dig working with the snakes.



Good news is, all of my 2003's are looking great, several could have easily been bred this year including the "Big Yeller Jr." male. That boy is gonna be a brute like his daddy and a great snake all 'round, zero issues with that guy. I hope he proves to be a good producer. If I'd had the time he would have had a shot at my yellow leonis Lopez female, and her milksnake phase sis would have spent a little quality time with my Vermilya white leonis male. Those two Lopez females are exceptionally large and robust for 2003 animals, by far the biggest 2003 females here. I hope for good clutches from those two as four year olds.



Looking back at your first clutch… MAN those two intermediates are rock-solid! Congrats on those! You need to figure out the magic combination that produced those two so you can keep ‘em coming!



What’s the latest on your alterna?
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Mike

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• #’s 4, 5, & 6 of the first clutch of six - rick millspaugh, Fri Jul 28 10:05:56 2006
• Sneak Peak from the next clutch - rick millspaugh, Fri Jul 28 10:07:39 2006
• RE: Sneak Peak from the next clutch - mexicanamak, Fri Jul 28 22:07:50 2006
• RE: #’s 4, 5, & 6 of the first clutch of - mexicanamak, Fri Jul 28 21:55:18 2006
• Mike....... - vichris, Sat Jul 29 12:19:49 2006
• Hey Chris..... - mexicanamak, Sat Jul 29 17:05:05 2006