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I think she might be gravid, lol. She's either full of a lot of crap (like her owner or she is gonna have quite a few babies in a month or so. Either way I love her to death, she's is an amazingly docile animal with tons of personality.

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Jeff Benfer
1.0 cinnamon pastel Python regius
1.1 pastel Python regius
1.1 mojave Python regius
0.3 normal Python regius
1.3 Terrapene carolina thriunguis
2.3 Terrapene carolina carolina
4.1 Kinosternon baurii
1.1 Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
2.2 double het albino and anerythristicThamnophis sirtalis parietalis
1.0 anerythristic Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
2.3 Iowa snow Thamnophis radix
0.2 het Christmas albino Thamnophis radix
1.1 double het cherry erythristic, albino Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 melanistic Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
2.0 66% het snow Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 triple heterozygous for amelanistic,carmel, and stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 anerythristic motley Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 butter p.h. stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 carmel stripe p.h. amel Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 amelanistic p.h. carmel,stripe Pantherophis guttatus

n/p

funny you should ask Tom, my neighbor keeps asking me why I am taking so many of her kittens "free to a good home", and I tell her the same thing as you, "none of your business". lol
Seriously she gets a large adult mouse every 4-5 days right now, during the rest of the season 1 mouse every 7-10 days. She puts them down in about 10 seconds or less though.
She was about half that diameter in January before breeding.
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Jeff Benfer
1.0 cinnamon pastel Python regius
1.1 pastel Python regius
1.1 mojave Python regius
0.3 normal Python regius
1.3 Terrapene carolina thriunguis
2.3 Terrapene carolina carolina
4.1 Kinosternon baurii
1.1 Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
2.2 double het albino and anerythristicThamnophis sirtalis parietalis
1.0 anerythristic Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
2.3 Iowa snow Thamnophis radix
0.2 het Christmas albino Thamnophis radix
1.1 double het cherry erythristic, albino Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 melanistic Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
2.0 66% het snow Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.2 flame Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 triple heterozygous for amelanistic,carmel, and stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 anerythristic motley Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 butter p.h. stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 carmel stripe p.h. amel Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 amelanistic p.h. carmel,stripe Pantherophis guttatus

Jeff,

That girl is a hog! Hope she produces a decent sized litter for you.

Scott

Nice (and big too!) can't wait to see what she produces this year.

Tim

She is a BEAST, a very pretty one! Good luck!
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HerpHut (Beta Site)

Beautiful creature!! I honestly didn't know they made garters that big! Jeff

Thanks guys, she's my pride and joy and will be till she passes. She was bred by the same male snow that bred her last year. Last year she had 26 babies, not bad for her first litter as a yearling. Hoping she'll have maybe double that this year, or at least a few more with the babies being born a lot bigger sized.

Since my educational background is in biochemistry/molecular biology, I've been dosing her with growth hormone, appetite stimulant, steroids, fertility drugs, and the female version of Viagra, plus a little something just to keep her mood positive, this experimental formula seems to to be working well, resulting in her massive size, but we shall see how effectively it promotes increased baby production.

Nah, just a mad scientist kidding around
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Jeff Benfer
1.0 cinnamon pastel Python regius
1.1 pastel Python regius
1.1 mojave Python regius
0.3 normal Python regius
1.3 Terrapene carolina thriunguis
2.3 Terrapene carolina carolina
4.1 Kinosternon baurii
1.1 Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
2.2 double het albino and anerythristicThamnophis sirtalis parietalis
1.0 anerythristic Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
2.3 Iowa snow Thamnophis radix
0.2 het Christmas albino Thamnophis radix
1.1 double het cherry erythristic, albino Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 melanistic Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
2.0 66% het snow Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.2 flame Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 triple heterozygous for amelanistic,carmel, and stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 anerythristic motley Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 butter p.h. stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 carmel stripe p.h. amel Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 amelanistic p.h. carmel,stripe Pantherophis guttatus

Wow! I think it's time to call Jenny Craig lol. Congrats and good luck cause you sure are gonna have your hands full with all of those little ones

Wow,that girl is huge, and beautiful. Jeff, glad to see someone else that appreciates college wrestling. A heck of a season for the hawkeyes. Steve