It's funny that you and Eric made mention of this; these were the only two incidences of "dwarfism" with any of my eastern indigo breedings. And, these two, if my records are correct, came from the same clutch. I kept back one female from that same clutch who is a monster....really weird. Could be genetics, temperatures fluctuations, may never know. BUT, as Mike mentioned, these still turn out to be wonderful animals; Mike's as a pet and another at a museum in Alabama who absolutely LOVES this animal for their education programs. Happy endings. Rob

>>I have an adult female with this same appearence. She seems to be a "dwarf" but is still a wonderfull snake. Thanks Rob!
>>I will never attempt to breed her as I don't think she would be able to pass eggs. She has no problem passing digested mice though! LOL
>>Mike
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>>Mike's Monitors!
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

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• Is this normal? - HANGER, Thu Sep 29 04:08:33 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - steve fuller, Thu Sep 29 05:03:02 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Carmichael, Thu Sep 29 06:26:43 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Eric East, Thu Sep 29 07:43:57 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Mike Stefani, Thu Sep 29 11:40:14 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Carmichael, Sat Oct 1 08:12:12 2005
• RE: Dwarfism.. - epidemic, Tue Oct 4 10:00:48 2005
• RE: HANGER, What country do you live in? np - specopspook, Thu Sep 29 11:10:49 2005
• I live in Denmark n/p - HANGER, Mon Oct 3 03:14:46 2005
• RE: Not normal, but - epidemic, Thu Sep 29 16:02:30 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - chuck911jeep, Sat Oct 1 17:13:57 2005
• Not a dwarf! - HANGER, Mon Oct 3 03:23:47 2005