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Looking forward to getting these up to breeding size.Should be allot of fun working with these guys.

Shannon

here is one of the possible hets.

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"Conservation Through Captive Propagation"-Robert Applegate

Bad ass snakes brother!! I was wondering when you would get some pictures of those out for us to see. I can't wait to not only to see how develop but, to get my hands on the next round that Gerrit produces.
Hope you had a great New Year..lucky bastard and thanks again for sharing.
Tu amigo,
Nathan

"I can't wait to not only see how they develop but, to get my hands on the next round that Gerrit produces". LOL...sorry..guess I got excited and fumbled over my words when I finally got to see those beauties.
Nate

Its all good Nate. I will keep you posted on them bro.

L8r Shannon

Those are amazing actually! Wow congrats on landing those...

Chris

Very nice Shannon!, that should be a fun project!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Those are awesome Shannon. I've been waiting patiently for you to get those and post some pics. It was well worth the wait, it is awesome. Please post more pics as it grows.

Later,

Dave

DNS Reptiles

you need some skin lotion w/aloe

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Paul Weaver
Carolina Herps

LOL, yeah thats what I am saying....

L8r

Gentilis/Multistrata integrade? Either way it's a beautiful animal Shannon...

Chris

Yes, its a Golden Colorado but its pure Gentilis. You have to go further north east (plains) to bit the intergrades like weld county etc... Golden is right at the foothills of the rockies.
I started this line in (96) and this is a f2 and I will produce f3s this year.

Thanks Shannon

Yeah actually thanks for starting it!!! I know the area -- from out there originally and just imagining the terrain -- GREAT FIND! Nonetheless, thanks for the correction -- I had the Weld integrade stuck in my mind and thought it was true for the Golden animals as well. Thanks again.

Chris

I never get tired of Golden, CO animals! The hobby owes you a big thanks for them, Shannon.

Thanks Cole. Don't know if you ever heard the story but here goes.
In (96) a good friend of mine collected a big gravid female in Golden (100 yeards from my Grandmas house btw LOL....)and she laid 9 eggs. They all hatched and there was 1.8 with the only male being really aberrant and almost hypo. I was lucky enough to get the only male and two of the females.

I grew them up and started breeding the trio in (00).I produced a couple clutches each year and sold off the trio plus a killer female hold back to Jeff in (03 if I remember correct). I know he has produced some killer babies as well from the group and I was lucky enough to get back a pair last year and they are ready to go now.

Its one of those projects I wish I would have never sold but at least they went to a Milk Head and have been kept safe

Anyway, here is a pic of one of the clutches I produced in (02).Crappy pic but you can see a couple red heads in there.
L8r Shannon

here is one of the females gravid.

head shot of my female.

here is my male.He is starting to really fade out and look more and more like his father.

L8r

Here's a very unusual yellow (hypo offspring) Golden CO and the sire to all the Goldens out there. His 2 sisters are the biggest fattest gentilis I've seen yet.
That red-capped female and odd patterned male you have Shannon are the most unusual hatchlings from this group so far - I get lots of partial red caps but none have been so solid red!!
That snake was a real pain to get feeding too.....
Jeff

Yeah, there is old dad.Is that yellow one I sent you or one produced? do you have a pic of the killer female f2 I sent you? and did she produce yet?

Thanks Shannon

That yellow hypo fem above is the youngster you provided. She dropped 2 clutches last year, one all normal and the second all (probably) hypo. There's a deep red one, almost brown from the first clutch.
As variable as these are color-wise, I've never seen a hint of a stripe or a wide white band, etc....just replicas of the parents.
Very cool little snakes, everybody absolutely loves these rascals.
Jeff

Very cool. I would love to see some of the hypo looking babies.

Shannon

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Those are both simply outstanding animals! Just amazing!

Chris

Jeez what an amazing deep shade of yellow!
Jeff

Is INSANE!!!!!.........gorgeous animal!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"