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The orangish one with the pin bands and no black is the male......
These should go next year I hope.....

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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Really nice trio you got!
I like the pinbanded without visible black most.
Do you think they will breed this season?

How does the pinbanded look ventrally?

yours
Michael

>>Really nice trio you got!
>>I like the pinbanded without visible black most.
>>Do you think they will breed this season?
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>>How does the pinbanded look ventrally?

Thanks Michael,
These did not brumate.
They were too small last October so I did not cool them.
They will go through a brumation come Oct./Nov. this year and will not breed until next year.

The pinbanded one was produced by Michelle Rogers. Bob Applegate lineage and her ventral scales are almost all white with some orange speckling.....No black......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Nice trio! Next year will be here before you know it! LOL!
So how many pairs or trios do you plan to breed this spring?
I have only the one pyro trio; I separated the two females from the male yesterday and am fattening them up for April mating. The females are eating but the male has yet to start up.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

Bob I would list them all here but check out this link:

http://coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com/2011_Plans.html
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Hi John. What's your hope in pairing two Melanistic thayeri? Is your wish to get all Melanistic offspring? Aren't the color combinations what makes the breed interesting?

>>Hi John. What's your hope in pairing two Melanistic thayeri? Is your wish to get all Melanistic offspring? Aren't the color combinations what makes the breed interesting?

As far as I know a melanistic x melanistic will produce ALL melanistic offspring. There is one breeder that claims it hasn't with his pairings but all the other breeders have proven it to breed true as a single recessive trait.

I have plenty of other thayeri to produce the variable clutches....We (Shannon and I) also have some "het" for melanistics to breed this year. In those clutches we hope to get MSPs, Leonis and Melanistics.......

And yes....color combination variability is what has kept me breeding thayeri since 1997......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

"In those clutches we hope to get MSPs, Leonis and Melanistics......."

bravo to that john.

>>bravo to that john.

Fingers crossed though.......As always one should not count any snake until it is hatched.........I just hope all goes well for all of us this year.....Last year was kinda dismal for a lot of folks......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

WOW! Those 3 are an awesome trio. Love all the pics and keep us updated... Dave.

>>WOW! Those 3 are an awesome trio. Love all the pics and keep us updated... Dave.

Thanks Dave.....I didn't produce these so I can't take any credit.
The yellow leonis is a female produced by Jim Minesinger (Lee Abbott Lineage).
The other two (1.1) were produced by Michelle Rogers (Applegate Lineage)
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

But, the important thing is that you HAVE them!

>>But, the important thing is that you HAVE them!

LOL..yeah...I guess I can take credit for picking them out........
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

John, is that yellow one the one with the weird splotch on it? I can't tell.. Is the splotch growing?
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Jimmy Tintle

everyday deli cup "snakes" you have there!Haha Good Luck, and great specimens you have there!
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Jimmy Tintle

>>John, is that yellow one the one with the weird splotch on it? I can't tell.. Is the splotch growing?

Yep...that yellow leonis has a red/orange splotch just passed her 4th saddle.....It isn't spreading but it is becoming more apparent as she grows........Scales are getting larger......lol
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...