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Unfortunately my white sided speck is dead. The poor guy got some sort of growth...or deformity....or well I just don't know but it affected his ability to keep food down. After he managed to keep a few Corn snakes in his belly since mice were a problem I gave him a short cooling and ended up taking him back out and warming him up due to signifigant weight loss in only a few weeks. I tried a few meds, and it just didn't work out. The only good news is I do have a 100% het male as backup for my 100 % het female and 2 possible het females. I will also breed that het male to the Amel I just posted. This really stinks to say the least as my track record with treating ailing snakes was almost perfect, but it seems it is always the best snake in your collection that beats the odds in a bad circumstance such as this. Hopefully I will still produce some of these this year....but no definite hets is a bummer. I wll really miss this snake and it was my honor to own it. Thankfully his siblings all look phenomenal, and I will post pics of them soon.
Tom Stevens

Sorry for your loss.I had seen pics you posted of that snake before and it was to say the least,spectacular.Good luck with the sibs.

Thanks a lot, I hope the group does well as this is a very nice looking snake that I am sure many people would love in thier collections someday. Lesson to be learned too. If you are gonna buy into a new morph, 1.1 just doesn't cut it.... Tom Stevens

man that sux,;( sorry for your loss man i hope the hets work out for you keep us posted,maybe the alleles will fall right for ya creating dbl hets for w/sXamel holbrooki,now that twould be a sight a w/s amel speck!,,,,,thomas davis

I'm crossin my fingers.The female has supposedly double clutched for the past few years so a good 15-20 eggs should eventually hold the key for that white sided amel. I am curious to see the hets as the amel I have does not have a speckle on every scale...like a true speck should. It has that broken up Lavender Speck type pattern, still a very nice snake Tom Stevens

...and I feel terrible for you.
If misery loves company then I should share that I just found my male mandarin rat dead.... He was a wc that I got as an adult back in '02 I think so I didn't know just how old he was. He has been with the female all winter so I'm hoping he got in a little action before he passed.
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Yup, this is when think to yourself it happens to the best of us....or else you may have to freak out. Lookin forward to seein what you produce this year. How about an updated shot of your Ghost Brooks? Tom Stevens

Wow! Sorry about your loss! I know the feeling, since I lost my best looking WC male Eastern Kingsnake from North Carolina last year to some mistery illness. He was the BEST looking specimen I've ever seen/found! A very high band count (for SE. NC standards) with bright white thick bands and nice looking chains. I had a lot of plans for him (he was still young at 3 feet). That's why I say: "Only the good die young!" I'm glad you have some back-up, albeit a year away!

Here's a poor pic of him (taken with my first digital). I only took two pics of him. Wish I would have taken more! Too bad this pic doesn't really show the super-clean white bands he had.
Zee

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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

I hear that! Thanks for the sympathy and that's a shame about your snake too. That is actually the type of Eastern I like with the thin white chain on the back and sides.... And I also mostly have pics of the white side taken with my old camera....just not the best quality but hopefully I will see some nice white sided babies this summer Tom Stevens

I hope you will (have some new wide-sideds) this year!!! I wish you lots of good luck!!! And then . . .You better post the pics of them!

Zee
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-