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When it rains it pours, I find myself in the position of having my albino male going into shed when the females are ready . So I put the Maryland male in with a first year female and they've been locked for about 4 hours. Have any of you cycled a male 2 days in a row? I don't think there should be a problem with fertility but I'm not a long time breeder.

The following pair are 2 animals I acquired as a possible het male eastern (intergrade at best) and a female albino eastern (floridana), these came as part of a group and the rest are more in keeping with the NERD line albinos. Anywho, I paired them together tonight and took a couple of close-ups that illustrate why I call these two floridana notice her orange ticking and his head and neck has the classic mahogany color on some scales. What do you think?

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Bob Bull
1.3 L.g.getula MD Locality
3.4 L.g.g GA locality
2.3 L.g.g albino
1.4 L.g.g het albino
1.2 L.g.g P-het albino
1.0 L.g.floridana super peanutbutter
0.2 L.g.f. peanutbutter
1.0 L.g.f. N.E. axanthic
1.0 L.g.nigrita
1.1 L.t.hondurensis het hypo-melanistic

.....but that male sure could have fooled me as pure eastern.
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"with head raised regally,and gazing at me with lidless eyes,he seemed to question with flicks of his long forked tongue my right to trespass on his territory" Carl Kauffeld

I was almost fooled, but something about the male didn't seem right. It wasn't until I took some macro shots that I noticed the brown speckles on the head and neck. Both of these are great feeders and are otherwise excellent snakes they just aren't easterns. I'll sell any offspring for a reduced/nominal price and will not include them with my eastern group. It was nice to see two first timers lock up within a few minutes.

I'm still up for field herping, I'll be spending alot of time along MD 175 through Ft Meade this summer so hopefully I can find a few more Maryland kings to photo. All the places I went to in southern Montgomery Co were a bust except one area along 7 locks Road near Snake Den Branch (gotta love that name).
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Bob Bull
1.3 L.g.getula MD Locality
3.4 L.g.g GA locality
2.3 L.g.g albino
1.4 L.g.g het albino
1.2 L.g.g P-het albino
1.0 L.g.floridana super peanutbutter
0.2 L.g.f. peanutbutter
1.0 L.g.f. N.E. axanthic
1.0 L.g.nigrita
1.1 L.t.hondurensis het hypo-melanistic

Hey BoB
Have you ever collected in southern MD ...Maybe it's just me but I think they have the best eastern kings in the state if not there range true classic blk and white colors

DRE, mostly I take photos I've only kept one snake from the wild, my Montgomery County male everything else is cb. I've spent a bunch of time in the field near Prince Frederick in Culvert..er..Calvert County and I have a project on 40 acres near Dunkirk but other than those ..nada.
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Bob Bull
1.3 L.g.getula MD Locality
3.4 L.g.g GA locality
2.3 L.g.g albino
1.4 L.g.g het albino
1.2 L.g.g P-het albino
1.0 L.g.floridana super peanutbutter
0.2 L.g.f. peanutbutter
1.0 L.g.f. N.E. axanthic
1.0 L.g.nigrita
1.1 L.t.hondurensis het hypo-melanistic