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This guy was produced from a male gold blush mojave bred to his half sister from my silver and black line. What's really nice about the gold blush line is that their colors improve with age.

I hope everyone's having a great season.
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Do you think your working with a two morphs or just selective breeding? Those Mojave's are real stand outs, makes me wonder if the normals (founding stock) aren't carrying another gene. So would this me a Gold Blush Silver & Black Mojave? How did the silver and black get started?

Xavier

Xavier,

I believe the gold blush, the silver and black and another line I've founded the buckskin line are all products of selective breeding.

I was very fortunate to have started out with an acceptional mojave that I purchased from Dan and Colette, that was hand picked by their ex partner and my good friend Dwayne Richard back in 2004. Dan and Colette had a great eye for quality normals way back in the beginning. I give them a huge amount of credit for putting the effort into carefully selecting the normals they introduced into their projects. I'd like to think that I've carried on with that tradition.

I honestly think the lines of mojaves I'm working with are a product of selective breeding. I plan on taking these lines into other morphs to try and re-define them. The gold blush line has an awesome effect on everything it touches. What is mind bogeling to me is the quality of the normals I'm producing from these mojave clutches. I've branded them as gold blush normals and my customers are beginning to ask for them by name.

Here is a photo of the patriarch male mojave that I purchased from the Southerlands. Like I said my hat goes off to the Southerlands for placing the focus on the quality of normals they used when starting this and other projects.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Xavier,

I'm sorry, I did not answer your question about the silver and black line. The mother of the 2010 striped gold blush mojave was the first mojave I produced from the patriarch male. It was from the following season thay I noticed the babies produced from the patriarch male and this one particular normal produced babies that had a silver and black look to them. I've not been as focussed on tweaking in the silver and black lines as I have the gold blush, so there is still some variation in quality. I guess you could say that the striped baby is a combination of the silver and black and the gold blush, but the mother of the 2010 gold blush isn't the best representative of the silver and black line. I hope that all makes sense.

Here is a photo of the mother of the 2010 striped baby.

I hope you're having a gret season.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Thanks for all the info Brian. I'm looking forward to seeing what else you get out of those lines.

Xavier

WOW! Congrats on those beauties Brian!

Andy
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VERY nice Brian!

Susan
SSNAKES

Thank you Andy, I hope your shop is doing well.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Brian,

excellent work as always. gotta love selective breeding!
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Kyle
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Kyle,

Thanks for your comment. I agree selective breeding is what it's all about.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Brian,

keep us updated on more of your hatchlings this season, always exciting.

Best wishes, Kyle

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“We stand together or we fall apart”

Kyle
www.royalvariations.com

"be safe, be happy and dont let anyone make you afraid"
David Coverdale

You sure you didn't give that boy something radioactive before that photo: he's GLOWING!

Very, very nice! I love the reduced pattern. Congrats.
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Cheers,
Jessica Gibbs
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Thanks Jessica,

I hope you're having a great season.
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Nice work Brian!
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Best regards,
Alan Cole

Thanks Alan,

I appreciate your comment.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

These are eye popping Mojaves Brian! Congrats! Please be sure to let us know when these bad boys go on sale!!!
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"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
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0.1 Normal
1.0 Albino
0.2 100% Het Albino
0.1 Pastels
1.0 Amir Line YB

I'm on the fence whether I will keep this guy or sell him.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com