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I was over at Randal's recently, and as usual he has some interesting animals...

and it looks like the waiting and the breeding has finally paid off...

who does this timber belong to?
Chuck Hurd Serpentology

yes, i have seen this pic before and wondered who owned that animal as i have tracked down most of the albino horridus...that animal looks like a young wild caught, not a CB baby...the tail looks funky, like it got chewed....

Sorry, but I am the individual that took the photograph, and it has not been previously posted. There are a lot more albino horridus out there than most people think, and they've been bred several times in captivity.

then it was you that posted that pic in the other forum a couple months ago.....i see this post on that forum also today.....did randal produce this baby this year and are there more?...this animal does not look to be related to the maryland timber blood line....and yes i know there have been many albino horridus born and found, but most have died before breeding... and a few had never even been attempted to breed and i heard the universities pickle any albino they find at den sites....my friend had T negative albino pair of timbers that were adults...the female bit the male in the head and killed him...a few yrs later the female died having never bred... Chuck Hurd saw the female before she died, but can't find the pics, it was before digital cameras were so popular....the maryland timbers are the only ones i knew were already established in breeding programs and producing more albinos....i did not think any albino canebrakes had been established, except possibly the SREL animal.....

i wouldn't be so certain of that. i am quite the timber enthusiast, and Jamie, in my opinion, is the largest rattlesnake morph enthusiast. i wouldn't think that there are several albino timbers out there that neither of us have heard of. It was my understanding that is was illegal to keep timbers in TX? Jamie, i know that Joe and i took pics of that albino timber in 2003. but they are packed away somewhere, a lot of my things are still in storage from where i moved. if i recall, she was a NJ locale and she was about 20 years old when i saw her.
Chuck Hurd Serpentology

This female canebrake was caught in Arkansas. This snake resides in Arkansas.
By my estimation, there are 37 albino canes/timbers in captivity.
I know where the majority of them are, but I cannot not reveal who the person(s) are that house them. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want me to expose them. So, for privacy's sake, I can't.
Sorry.

Randal

32 albino timbers maybe....from the MD bloodline that has been reproducing for several yrs now....i saw the yellow and the black phase albino adult pics a couple years ago...stunning, but i don't know of any of the southern form (canebrakes) being reproduced...maybe SREC has made hets, but no more albinos.... i was offered one of the female albino timbers back in august, but it's been a rough year....and i don't need a female...really don't need a male, rather use a SC boy....