Today my adult male Eastern Indigo "Cadillac" passed away. I have had this snake for about ten years, give or take a few days. I got him as an adult, from a now defunct local pet shop, where he orignally was being fed road kill(True story and disturbing,no joke) Needless to say I took him off of that diet and put him on a more reasonable one! He was 9 years of age when I purchased him, and the owner of the store had kept him for 5 of those. So.....I estimate his age to be around 20 years of age total at the time of this post. I'm truly not sure if this represented a record, I DO know that this guy bred well up until two years ago and has produced many of the Eastern Indigo that are in other peoples bloodlines now. I will miss him, truly. He represented my start in this hobby, and also was a MAJOR acquisition, the first Indigo I ever held or owned.I can still remember how stoked I was to get the snake that I had only READ about or seen pictures of. THAT was a great feeling indeed
On a lighter note,I would like to thank Rob.C. for all the nice things he said in earlier posts about me, as well as Dean,Gila,Eric East, Old Herper, Sir-pent(Landon) and Dean. Thank you all for the kind words.I'm glad that Rob got my redfaced male, it couldnt be in better hands. For those of you that are wondering, I am not getting out of herps, or takeing a self imposed break. I am just starting over. You are truly a great bunch of guys, thanks for all the kind words and help over the years. This isnt good by, merely, a reminder that I'm not leaving
Thanks,
Fred Albury
Aztec Reptiles
