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I am going to (hopefully) get some new snakes this coming weekend at the reptile show. I don't know what I want but am thinking something like a smaller snake that is easy to breed. I was thinking of a pueblan. I am not buying just to breed but to have a good snake but I don't have time to handle like every other day. I may sound newish but not really just don't know much about milks and kings. I really like pueblans but want to knwo what you think. O yea my wallet is a little low lately (building 2 rach systems and umm yea it drains a little). I have all the supplies for all of what I have read.
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thanks Josh

0.0.2 sandfish skinks,
0.0.1 texas long nose luckily eating mice
0.0.1 vine snake
1.1.0 turtles
0.1.0 greek tortoise
1.0.0 ball python
1.0.0 corn snake
1.1.0 childrens python (one needs a vet please close to 48301 or 48302 any suggestions?)
1.0.0 het for albino san diego gopher snake
0.0.1 rosehair tarantula
0.1. black and white kenyan sand boa
mice colony almost able to keep up with snakes.
and what ever lizards my vine snake hasn't eaten yet

to breed, but one problem that you may have is that pueblans are really flighty milk snakes and tend to get more handleable the more that you handle them! If that makes sense..... I found that my pueblan got much calmer if I handled him every day for at least ten minutes (except during shed cycles or the 48 hours after eating). So if you want a snake that you can handle with that holding cycle, then you may want to consider another milksnake, such as a black milk or an andean.
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phflame
kingsnake.com host

None of the popular milks are hard to reproduce. Handling is another matter though. I recommend Nelson's - they are as tame and easy to take care of and breed as a corn snake (although they breed later in the year than corns).

Tim

Third Eye

Tim,
You mentioned that Nelsons breed later than corns. I was begining to get a little concerned with mine so that comment makes me feels better. My Pueplans, Thayeri and Cal Kings have already benn breeding for the past two weeks, but not my Nelsons or Sinaloans, and they are headed into the second sheds since bring them out of brumation in Late March. Do you think I will see much out of themafter this next shed or will it most likely be another month?
Thanks,
William

PS The het Hypo Hondos I got from you last year are doing and looking great.
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Yep! For years Pueblans have been the first snakes that bred for me. I get offspring from them before corns. But Nelson's (and I'd imagine Sinaloans) are a different story. I usually get baby Nelson's in September and sometimes early October - so they breed quite late, requiring two or three post-brumation sheds. On average, Hondurans breed earlier than Nelson's for me.

Good luck with your 2006 projects!

Tim

Hey Tim!, That's good news to me.I've had my amel. Nelson's together a couple of times & nothing happened.Now I know why. Thanks!, jeff

Our Pueblan is a spaz! I don't have time to handle all of my snakes daily, but our Tangerine seems to be calming down quite nicely as she grows.

BTW, do you still need a herp vet for your python? Try this link:

www.arav.org/USMembers.htm
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Diego & Tiffany's Zoo
SNAKES
4.4 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
1.1.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
0.0.2 Rosy Boas (Coastal & Baja)
0.1.0 Pueblan Milksnake
1.2.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
1.0.0 Western Hognose
0.1.0 Solomon Island Boa
1.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.0.1 Chinese Red-Bellied Water Snake
0.0.1 Desert Phase Kingsnake
LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.0.0 Turquoise Sunburst Veiled Chameleon
0.0.3 Leopard Geckos

That's good your choosing at a show. You will be able to pick one out by handling. I think each individual snake has its own personality. Some jumpy, some mellow, you can probably tell right away.
Keep us posted on what you chose and take some pics.
Don't forget about the Hondies!