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Hello all, I just wanted to share my latest clutch of honduran anerys and ghosts,including the best ghost I ever produced.Stock came from John Michels, who got them from Shannon Brown.
Thanks for looking,
David

Man, it looks like you have a two headed ghost in that photo LOL!! Must be the way an egg is hiding the two bodies!!

Regardless, those VP ghosts look awesome man!!

.......of the snake world from Dr.Doolittle..LOL!

Those are super nice ghosts!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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I don't even want to know how that thing takes a crap, lol!
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J Sierra

Thank you guys, looks like I will have to take another pic to protect these snake's dignity LOL
Will do so soon
David

Well guys, it seems I got carried away with the hatching of those ghosts and the photo wasnt the best, but so you know this snake has all its parts where they should be this is a new photo
thanks for looking

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That thing really is ghostly! Is there such a thing as a 'super ghost'?
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

Thank you Amy.
You know, I was tempted to call it a super ghost, but I guess that would be achieved with extreme hypo genetics????
Or would that be an extreme ghost?
Anyway, I am very proud of it
David

Yes, the one's that have the drastically reduced melanin and ruby-red eyes from the "extreme" hypo gene are referred to as "extreme ghosts", such as the one pictured below.

Yours however is a VERY nice example of a vanishing pattern(V/P) ghost.

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Do you know the genetics behind the parents??? Is either parent showing the "vanishing" trait?? Again-very nice!

Thank you all for your words.
Neither parent is VP, although I suspect that the sire, which is a very clean ghost, has the genetics as it sired a very nice ghost by another female last year.That one looked like a whiteside as the bands didnt reach the sides
David

David, here is the grandmother of your v.p ghost.I produced her in (02) and she is still gowing strong.I sold some offspring to John that where from her and I assured him that they had the v.p. gene in them and just wished him the best of luck.It looks like it paid off for you.Congrats and great looking baby there.They just keeop getting better.

Shannon, as I said in my first post of this thread, I knew they came from you, but thanks a lot for the precise information, this is awesome genetics you are working with!!!
It looks like the sire is enough to work the miracle??
Although both females which produced vp, for all I know, are also from the same stock.
You may recall that last year I produced a good one, too, from another female
David

Congrats!

Talk about getting a jump on the breeding season!

When do you do your X-mas shopping, JULY? HA!

I'm jealous man!

-Rusty

Rusty,.....

I believe he mentioned in another previous post that he lives in another country(different hemisphere) so his seasons are exact opposite of ours.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Thats right, Doug, I live in Uruguay, South America and this is one of the last clutches to hatch this season.Thank you Rusty for your words.
David

OK, that makes MUCH more sense to me now! Thanks to you both for keeping me straight!

I think I remember seeing some cool stuff that you (David) produced a few years back?

-Rusty

Not sure, Rusty, I also post sometimes in the Kingsnakes Forum,I posted a bunch of babies a few months ago, nothing unusual but I liked the melanistic calkings, my flagship are the super pied mussuranas, black head, white body, I have been working on them for well over 20 years now
David

These guys are awesome little snake eaters!

I caught one many years ago in Costa Rica...I didn't know what it was at the time...it looked like a Krait!

I caught it at night...so I brought it into my hotel room and put it in the shower...used my sister's hair barrette and saw it was "rear fanged"...it was a very cool snake.

Ever been bitten? What's the reaction like?

-Rusty

well, I was almost bitten, a young female grabbed my finger, DID NOT EVEN SINK A TOOTH, and gently let go.It was just a mistake for her! And it shows the snakes character.
Some cb babies may get conditioned and when you open the lid its feeding time and they try to bite whatevers in the way.
But I never had any reaction and real few bites. They are the snakes I like the most.
David

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.