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I want to introduce myself as a new drymarchon forum member, and as a new owner of one beautiful pair of couperi courtesy of Robert Bruce. I have been visiting this forum for several years, but felt it was appropriate to contribute only after obtaining my indigos. It was a long process, but certainly worth the wait.
I have been maintaining herps for nearly 40 years, and I've had drys in the past. While living in California 20 years ago, I was breeding erebennus with regularity. Life changes and living arrangements forced me to give up my drys a long time ago, but never my passion for herps and I've always maintained some type of collection or another, from various colubrids to appalachian salamanders and alot in between. At present, I've got things just as I like it, with a very small but personal collection. With the recent addition of the couperi, I've also got a pair(hopefully) of banded gila monsters courtesy of Mark Seward, and a small colony of texas alligator lizards I've collected locally here in Austin. I would like to place a plug for Robert Bruce, as I've seen quite a few drys in my time, and his yearling animals are just outstanding. I've found him to be courteous, extremely knowledgeable regarding couperei, and a real pleasure to discuss indigo behavior, ecology and captive maintenance with. In short, I'd highly recommend him to any potential couperi purchaser. I'll try to post some pictures next week, as they oftentimes speak just as loudly(or louder) than the printed word. I look forward to many informative and pleasant interactions with the members of the dry "community", and can only say I'm quite ecstatic about being priviledged enough to own such magnificent animals. Phil

Welcome. Glad to have you on board. Jump in anytime. Robert is fun to talk to and has a wealth of information for those with the time to listen. He has had great success breeding Dry and his animals are impressive...........Bill
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Welcome here, congrats on getting the Indigos, and Robert does produce beautiful snakes!

Take care