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Hi all,
Havn't posted much here lately, but found a couple pics of some of my cal.kings I took before brumation in '05.

Verbenia Cal.King female-

This is my favorite cal.king I have. When I first caught her-(legally collected in '03) she was all broke up. Had quite a few broken bones in her upper half, and 3 good sized open wounds. Cleaned her up and she began eating right away,healed fast and was very docile through the whole thing. Last year she was right on the edge of breeding,I put her with the verbenia male and she ended up laying 8 eggs,all infertile though.I'm really looking forward to seeing babys from them this year.

Reche Canyon female Cal.king-

This is a very gentle girl.Shes produced the last 2 years in a row for me. Last year I put her with the verbenia male and she gave me 10 eggs. 9 hatched and all were female. I love her colors,in the sun her brown is so nice looking.

Those are some great looking kings! That first one is grinnin', I swear!
Todd Hughes

Thanks Todd. Thats funny, I thought she looked like she was happy too. Must be the food huh..?.Peace,
Jeff

Hey dude that is an awesome looking Cali!!! Awesome....
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Matt from Minnesota

Thanks Matt. In person, her dorsal scales have more of a yellow,but then as they reach the lateral scales,it changes to an almost cream color,so if you hold her and look at her at an angle you can see the color difference,its neat looking.I've tried to get pics,but flash always washes it away.Peace,
jeff