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Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

Wow, Tom. Awesome photos. How many snakes do you have right now???
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1.1 Florida Kingsnake
1.0 Kisatchie Cornsnake

I have no idea? I have 25 clutches so far and at least 10 more to go so my guess is maybe 40-50 sub adult-adult females? I have plenty of males and a lot of stuff I am raising too. I'd guess 150-200 in my collection though not all are breeders. Some of this stuff is here on loan too, and apparently I may be getting more at the end of summer.
I aquired a lot of stuff between 2002 and 2004, since then I have slowed down a lot. Glad I did too as I have the collection I have always wanted and it seems to be just the right amount of animals I can care for by myself. I am ALWAYS working though, but it's absolutely a labor of love.
Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

Wow. You must really get in a groove/routine with snake care to care for that many by yourself.

Do you have a favorite? Like if you have company and they want to see "a snake," is there one you always go to first? Or one you'd keep if you had to get rid of all of them except one to keep as a pet? Are these stupid questions?
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1.1 Florida Kingsnake
1.0 Kisatchie Cornsnake

Everything I work with is really a favorite of mine
Sonoran Gopher morphs, love em all but the Ghost is the best
Mexican Black Kings, my big female is a local fave
Southern Pines, again the big female gets a lot of attention
Brooksi, man too many to name
White Wall Speckled King is probably my most asked for snake as far as visitors and everyone one of them flips when they see them
I love Honduran Milks, especially Ghosts but my Anery het Ghost is a solid 5 foot and she is awesome.
I like my crosses too, they're very under rated in the hobby.
One snake that I love more than most people is the Cape York Spotted Python. If I hatch the eggs this season I will be overjoyed and $$$ has nothing to do with it. They're just freakin awesome!
On my site I talk about keeping females in large cages and males in racks....that's because males spend almost all year in the female cages anyway and I have 3 vision racks that I can spot clean and water in under 30 minutes. Lareg cages and whatnot takes way more time. Hard to get a groove on really, there's often things feeding, breeding, nesting or laying here and I hate to work near snakes during these times but I manage
Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

I really like that!!
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