First just let me say that when I wake up in the morning and go up in my snake room I am reminded every day how lucky I am to own this awesome animal. Everything about this snake is just simply unbelievable. He is my favorite specimen in my collection. Just so you guys know, the pic that is on that guys website was taken without my permission. The guy who has it on his site is a person I work with at the zoo where I am employed. He is a special kind of a guy, so I let it slide. That picture really does represent what the snake really looks like. The picture below is one that I took in mid February of this year. I put this stud down for brumation and this photo was taken when I brought him out. He made a sort of burrow under a large piece of flat wood in his enclosure and stayed there all winter long. Get this...I went to Europe a few years ago during the winter. I had him in my hibernaculum and my entire house lost power while I was gone. When I got home I checked him first. I had a digital thermometer in his cage that read 34 degrees! He was crawling around the cage! Nothing could kill this snake short of a shotgun blast, and I still think he would live for days afterward! He is a B.A.M.F. if you will please pardon my French! This snake is only calm if you know how to handle a cow sucker properly, and even then he may bite. I bred him two years ago to a normal female that was collected very close to where he was found. She was a large, but very thin female that never really adapted to captivity. She laid only six eggs and all of them hatched. I got three of each sex. They thrive! They are the type that get big really fast. At 18 months of age they are between 41 and 46 inches long, and I did not feed them all that much to be honest. I cooled two of the girls this year and have introduced one girl already but have seen no breeding attempts so far. I will keep you all posted. For now, enjoy the pic and thanks for all the interest!
Will
