>>Todd,
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>> Anytime you have a receptive date let me know!
>> BTW, I have discounted the idea though. Too many bairdi characteristics & totally nice personality. In fact, the tamest dang snake I have ever owned. Will take food out of my hand ( actually, trying to discourage him from that one!) & begs for food. Not Texas rat at all that I can see. But I'm starting to wonder if he could be a good color addition to the Bairds' gene pool.
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>> Sincerely,
>> Matthew
>> PS. Could there really be a linderheimixbairdi cross out there?

Yes, there definately ARE Baird's x Texas Rat crosses, in the wild. Several have been found over the years. Remember, bairdi used to be considered a form of obsoletus - and they really are very similar. Also, your snake could have gotten enough bairdi blood for it to be calm - and not all lindheimeri are vicious anyway. I have even found "pure" large adult Texas Rats which barely put on any defensive display.
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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