LOL, what can I say, man? Never said I was all that bright!

Seriously, I just spent two hours hammering out a response and it got deleted. Anyway, I was skeptical from the get-go, as I only paid $100.00 for both the lavender and amel together, as they were supposedly sibs. But as time went on, I grew attached to the snakes and I wanted to see how they'd turn out. The amel had a very high chain count, much higher than typical southern animals. I have hatched NJs with a very high chain count, but these guys were suposedly from the Carolinas, so that gave me pause. As the lav matured, he developed a head that I can only describe now as what I thought a fla x cal x eastern might look like. I can't quantify that now, as its been a while, but the snake's head did not look like my Montgomery Co. easterns that were about the same size and age at the time. I raised them and bred them both to GA females. The hets strongly resembled their GA mothers. I sold the amel and hets off to Bob Bull for something like $400 and the lavender several years later to Schofield for $500. I gave them both the history of the animals as I knew it, and I can't really say how they represent them, as I have no interest in either project.

Now, I might be a hypocrite for putting animals whose authenticity I questioned in the hands of other breeders, but I gave both guys the full story as I knew it and figured that they would use that info to represent the animals to their customers. Also, you and Frank have swayed me to the point that I can accept that hybrids might have value in some context, I just don't like when they are represented as something they are not. Good conversation buddy. I hope you are well.

Will

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