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My last years hold-back male I produced. They just don't come any more relaxed and calmer either.

Gosh I really like this guy!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

It's cool when you get a chill Hondo!

Awesome snake dude!

-R

Thanks bro!,....

No doubt man. This guy was super easy-going from day one right out of the egg too. Pretty nice to look forward to after getting bitten or at least crapped on by 90% of most when they are hatchlings..LOL!

Both clutches of these have been very easy-going that is not very typical of most. His father has always been laid-back, and his mother was a real freak up to about 6 or nine months old, and from then on, has been one of the easiest going Hondos you could ever imagine too. I swear, it was like a light switch was flicked. One day the young juvenile mother was extremely nervous, then one day I noticed...wow!....she is chilled-out as all heck, WTF?, and has been that way for the rest of her entire life now.

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Nice animal Doug. Yeah, of my two the male is way chilled out and the female, well, she is another story. No biting, but pretty much as spastic as they come when you pull her tub. LOL.

That guy sure is sweet, Doug. It is a nice change to have one be mellow.

--Dennis

Thanks Dennis!. Yeah, to have one so mellow right from the start is a real pleasure.

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Boy that is an eleven if I've ever seen one.

Thanks buddy!,....yeah, I couldn't be happier with him.

Nice chatting with you tonight as well!

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

My eyes, my eyes!!! LOL That is sweet. I love those platnum/silver bands.
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BigT
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LMAO!!,.....too funny!

Yeah man, these are definitely one of my absolute favorite milks!. Just impossible to beat the neon pumpkin orange of these dudes, as well as the light platinum silver bands as you mentioned.

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Wow! that's a beauty, Doug! Extra nice animal.

-Cole

Thanks Colester!

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Doug - NICE! they don't get much better than that...wide even banding. Sweet snake!! More pics please!

Dave
DNS Reptiles - Milk Snakes

Thanks a bunch Dave.......good eye!, because that's exactly what I like about him too!

Well, not all milks, but here are a few pics of some other cool stuff here.

~Doug

a few pics of a very newly discovered locality-specific "greenish" ratsnake morph(Yellow x Black rat) from extreme northeastern S. Carolina. The original morph male was captured by my good friend on a HUGE wildlife preserve in a very heavily-wooded swamp area back in 2006. He later bred it to two locality females that he captured just less than 150 yards from where the morph male was captured!. That is another thing that makes these so special, you just cannot get any more locality-specific than THAT!, and I have the exact capture locations pin-pointed on "google earth". Here is the animal at about 30 inches in length. When he caught it, it was just shy of 20 inches.

here he is later after he matured some more. He has solid black pupils, and is an unusual form of hypomelanism, because he also produces offspring with very pink eyes as well out of the same clutches.

Here is a normal looking "greenish" rat from his area. He has not found a pure Yellow, or pure Black rat in his are in 20 years, so that area is a definite "greenish" rat locale.

Here is one of the very light hatchlings with the pink eyes that I have here.

And here is a slightly darker hypo female with solid BLACK pupils!

Here is a female het I have of this morph.

and a more gray colored het male as well.

Here is the full history and discription of these on my website.... http://serpentinespecialties.webs.com/futureprojects.htm

a yellow/green brooks yearling I produced.

a killer yearling male sib of the clutch. This guy is going to be STUNNING when he fully matures!

a different looking bronze/gold male sib.

A nice yearling female splendida(of a pair) I traded for one of my normal hypo Hondos.

A yellow rat female I captured here in Brevard County, FL.

A nice 2008 hypo female corn, 100% het lavender/poss. het anery that I traded Kathy Love at a show for one of my amel Hondos.

a little tricolor hypo female from Paul Weaver stock.

a nice male Everglades descending from Hendry County, Fl. stock.

One of my Outer Banks(aberrant/striped) when it was very small. Now it is huge!..LOL!

an adult male hypo, 100% het amel and anery.

proven hypo lavender male I got from a good buddy in Ft. Lauderdale.

big male brooksi that sired the above yearlings.

anyway, those are just a few that most over here have never seen.

Happy Thanksgiving to you Dave, and everyone else too!

regards, ~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Doug, those are some really neat pictures and animals. Those "greenish" ratsnakes are really cool, especially the big male. Your tri-color hypo reminds me of one I have. It's my favorite hondo.

--Dennis

Thanks alot Dennis!,....glad you liked those "moonshine" greenish rat hypos too man. The youngsters should look real close to that awesome adult when they mature too.

Yes, that tricolor hypo you have there is really nice. I have a younger one that looks VERY similar to that one you have also.

Yep!,..gotta love nice tricolor hypos man!

cheers!, ~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Thanks for posting all those cool animals. I meant more pictures of that extreme but I certainly got more for my money! LOL

I really like those husky brooksi and that splendida, very nice looking kings.

Also got a nice lesson in what's going on in the rat world as I don't make it over to that forum very often. Those are some cool critters as well!

Dave
DNS Reptiles - Milk Snakes

Sure thing Dave!. Sorry about that, I was thinking you meant of other stuff...LOL!. But I'm glad you liked the other snake's there too.

Yeah, I will try to take some more shots of the extreme's soon too man.

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com