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Hi all, Heres a photo taken this past June, of a wild-caught annulata female & her clutch of 7 eggs this season. She is from McMullen county, TX & was caught in the mid-90's as a hatchling by Jeff Adams, SA, TX. She was bred to a wild-caught male annulata that I personally caught in McMullen county, TX on 5-14-87 (also the same annulata I had on the Milksnakes of North America Poster by Broda/Merker) and as of this date, 7-8-11, he is still thriving in captivity here. He was 27+" long when I caught him in 1987, so he had to be 3-5 years old then, meaning he is still producing viable sperm in his old age of 25-30 years! My WC male has had an abcess/growth just above his vent now for the last 2 years or so, so this means hes probably on borrowed time, yet has lived an exceptional long time & I have held 2 of his sons & 3 daughters back to keep my colony secure for many generations. I will be looking for good homes for the neonates when they hatch later this summer. Feel free to contact me for details...Thanks, John

Nice John,
The 2 females from last year are doing great so make some boys this time.LOL...
L8r Shannon

p.s. John,I just hatched out 2 clutches of pure Val Verde (Comstocks) the last two days.

Just saw the ad, Shannon! Kickass snakes, man.

-Cole

Hi Shannon, You & Jeff both need males, so your on the list......John

Thanks bud,
L8r

p.s. how did you like the male blanchardi and the pair of mex mex?

The age on those things is just awesome. I'll shoot you an e-mail.

-Cole

L. t. gentilis - Boulder Co., CO

Thanks Cole, I already emailed you a response......John

That's definitely an interesting note that he's still producing at 30 years old... Most people don't even expect snakes to live for 10 years. Congrats on the eggs.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles
www.kingpinreptiles.com

That is truly amazing! Have you given the male any supplements and have you cycled him every season?

Wayne Sanders

Wyane, This male annulata has always been cooled every year since capture for 100 - days at 56-60F & has never had supplements, just the steady diet of ICR mice I raise here. Thanks.....

Thanks all you milkheads for the compliments here, I'll post more pics soon.....