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I like Guyana's because they often get the real dark saddles like this one when they get older and they tend to have a more purple tint vs a pink one. I got this male in 2000' and he was supposed to be a 98'. I believe he is older because when I got him he was already adult size and eating small rabbits. He is a massive breeding machine and I had to pry him off a female in 06' that had been dead for over 24 hours. Soon, I will be unleashing him on another female. The females have no chance with him and have to succumb.

He is the only adult left in my collection that I did not rasie from a baby.

Thats a nice male, very peaky.
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Richard Ceniceros

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still loving that guy Mike. I can't remember the history on him (other than he's a Marzec male - if that's the right one), could you remind me?
Thanks! jb
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Jonathan Brady
"Sarcasm is angers ugly cousin" -Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) in "Anger Management".

Thats the one. A guy in FL was brokering a pair that looked like siblings. I liked this one and he said it was the female and I bought it. I thought that it was a little strange that the "male" looked bigger. When I got it I noticed it was a male. He must of had them mixed up and did not know. I never said anything to him because I did not want to send it back and now I relaize that I rather it be male than female.

Very nice Mike.

Very beautiful snake. How old is too old for a male to be breeding? Or is it just as long as he's still up for it?
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Rachel Squier

Currently have:
1.1 '03? BRBs (Blaze and Shimmer)

On the way:
1.0 '07 Albino BCI
0.2 '07 100% Het Albino BCIs
0.1 '07 DH Sunglow BCI

I do not know but both males and females can produce at around 20 yrs old. The parents of my 2000' Brazilians were in capitivity 18 yrs at that point.

That's a great snake!
Congrats!
Out of curiosity, what happened to the dead female in the post you spoke of?
Aaron

I killed her. I witnessed insertion within 24 hrs of putting the male in with her. After a week or two more of breeding, I forget the exact time, I figured there was sperm in there and that I would pull the male and feed her one last rabbit to help her go the distance of gestation. Well, I learned the hard way never to feed a female that is courting/breeding. Always wait until they are way past POS if you even feed them at all. I feed only a very small meal every few weeks during the 2nd and 3rd month only, never the 1st or 4th. Some I do not feed at all. Anyway, I put the male back in with her and she puked it out, I cleaned the cage and put the male back in and she died a day or two later. I was upset with myself because she was plenty fat and did not need the extra food. I did not mess with it until the following day and she was starting to decompose slightly. The male was still draped all over her with his head on top of hers trying to spur and get his tail under hers and get some kind of reaction from her.

I'm sorry to hear that, man!
Those BCC can be temperamental to say the least.
I had a bad experience with feeding during the breeding season one year as well. The successful litters I've had were done with no food from introduction until babies. I tried something different one year and paid the price. The female I lost was one of the two favorites that I've ever had.
Every time I go against my instincts, I always lose!
That male is still great though and that's really impressive about him being the last one that you didn't raise. What was the average age of the others when they died?
Thank you for the honesty and the info by the way!
Aaron

I have sold all of the other adults that I did not rasie up from babies.

Oh, I got you!
You're right. I thought they got old and passed away.
Not a bad idea...