The light silver patterning is the main reason I began working with this locale, though the darker form is pretty I find the lighter ones to be more desireable, size attainment aside, they are a gorgeous retic. Its always good to see someone willing to lay temperments and attitude aside, and be able to enjoy the beauty of the animal alone.

I will also take this moment in order to provide clarification on the origin of my pair of Balis. I spent last week away helping a friend move, and since such, been playing catch up with other daily duties. Thank you to rob and shaun for their information and kind words in my absence.

My male Bali came to me from second hand from a seller who had picked it out of a shipment of CH Bali retics at the importers. He had decided to sell it when he could not get the animal to calm down. My intial attraction was for the light silver patterning, and sold black outline with the locale origin being known. He thought it to be a male, but told me if I wanted to probe it I had to do it myself. Despite consistent interaction, the males'patience of handling quickly wears thin, and he will begin striking and biting to this day. I knew of another Bali(F) that a friend had and decided to purchase the retic in hopes of attaining her.

The female Bali came from my friend Patrick, who had purchased her in another such instance of "tired of the attitude". She was sold to the previous owner as a "dwarf" locale yellowhead from Bali. Having desired a smaller retic he had purchased her but grown tired of her erupting out of the cage each time it was opened, regardless of heavy feeding. A slightly darker specimen, though not extremely, she has been in my known possession(Patrick and I) for 3.5 yrs now. She had been with the seller for around 1.5 yrs, and still despite heavy feeding has been slow in attaining additional length, though body mass is easily packed on. Her attitude is less than that of the males(though not entirely devoid, I lost 40% extension capability in my middle finger as a result of a bite later on). Luckily Pat was accepting of my offer and I had my pair of Balis.

As far as who bred them first I could care less about grandeur rights. I did not know of any other breedings, and posted that it was "to my knowledge the first US breeding". To those who bred them before me. Congratulations. They are a beautiful locale to work with, especially if adult size and caging space are neccessary factors in the purchase.

Notah

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