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I got a new pair of bairds rat snakes today.
I had been working on this trade for a while and all now complete with two happy parties involved.

These snakes haven't been handled much if any at all and were a little tense but I should be able to tame them down considering I didn't get bitten and only slightly musked.

The first two pics are of the female

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Male

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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

once again I have noticed that the male has more yellow while the female has more bronze.
I seem to be the only one that sees this trend in bairdis.
Of course, I see things differently then most people anyway...lol
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Mine are still young, but I'm already noticing my female is a little darker and the male seems to be lighter between the scales already. Your new pair looks very nice, is it from a bloodline we know?

>>Mine are still young, but I'm already noticing my female is a little darker and the male seems to be lighter between the scales already. Your new pair looks very nice, is it from a bloodline we know?

I am not real sure on their history.
I worked for a month or so to get the trade particulars in order but never took the time to find out their history.
I have e-mailed him for a little more info so hopefully I will know more by tomorrow.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

My adults are definitely that way (see the pics down the page a ways). The trio I had of yearlings were showing the same trend coming on. The female was quite orange in the background, the males more yellow.

BTW, nice pinkish hue on the head of the male.
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~~~Hurley

>>My adults are definitely that way (see the pics down the page a ways). The trio I had of yearlings were showing the same trend coming on. The female was quite orange in the background, the males more yellow.
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>>BTW, nice pinkish hue on the head of the male.
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>>~~~Hurley

I did notice it when I saw your photos Hurley. GREAT photos by the way.
I also saw it on quite a few other posts of people's bairdis but when I mentioned it I only got one response and it was basically to say they hadn't really noticed the trend.
But, I'm on it now...
No bairdi photo will go by without close inspection......LOL
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

I notice the exact opposite, actually. My male is a lot more slivery and my female more yellow. Very nice addition, Jimmy.

And I see we share common thoughts on the lords of the rings...let the snakes do their business all over 'em. lol.
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

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Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)
1.0 Green Tree Python (Caligula)... coming soon

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>>And I see we share common thoughts on the lords of the rings...let the snakes do their business all over 'em. lol.
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>>-Chris
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Good eye Chris.
I didn't even realize what box was in there.
Actually I am a big fan of The Lord Of The Rings. I read the Hobbitt and then The Lord Of The Rings trilogy when I was in 7th grade, for the first time, and several times since.
That computer game sucked though.
I have found that computer game boxes make excellent hides for rack system boxes. Low profile to offer security but enough "floorspace" for a decent sized snake to curl up in comfortably.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

thats worth a month of negotiating......

as far as colors being different.....i have noticed, but counted it to being coincidental and not enough pics to know for sure....
The parents to mine are the oposite....but that may mean that the male is just exceptional and the female more average

only time will tell......everyone post as many pics as you can lol

keith
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I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.

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cool pic.
I can't wait until I have some of my own little bairdis "running" around.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

The female I have from Terry P. has a golden yellow comming in on the top 1/4 .I will be curious in the next couple of years to see what happens with her colorwise.The pics I see on here show most males with all the yellow.

so gorgeous!!!! about how old are they?
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1.0 green iguana-Deitrich
1.1 Common Boa-Un-Named, Ursula
1.0 Ball Python-Anabell (go figure!)
1.0 Red Tegu-Uteg
1.0 Albino Cal King-Pig
0.1 Mexican Black King-Morticia
1.1 Bearded Dragons-Unnamed, Hanabil
1.0 Albino San Diego Gopher-Unnamed
0.1 Hermans tort-Esio
1.1 JCP-Milton, Medusa
1.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn-Unnamed
0.1 Snow Corn-Unnamed
1.0 Hypo Okeetee Corn-Unnamed
0.1 Motley Okeetee-Unnamed
1.0 Western Hoggie-Wyrm
0.0.1 Rose Hair Taruntla-Unnamed
2.0 Leopard Geckos-Reptar, Pogo
4.1 cats-Tucker,Poe,Abhib,Emerald, Felicity
0.1 Bullmastiff-Asha

Turning out real nice Jimmy.Your hand holding the baird looks a little blue in the pic...Paul.

>>Turning out real nice Jimmy.Your hand holding the baird looks a little blue in the pic...Paul.

ha ha, she did have a pretty good grip.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

>>I just found out these two beauties are from Adam Block stock.
No wonder they look so nice.
They are '02's by the way.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Adam Block got out of reps to damn soon.Ive never seen anything fugly that he has produced.He was at the top of his game.Im not in his shoes so I guess I cant judge him.Hope he finds some peace and gets back herpin/breeding soon...Paul

>>Adam Block got out of reps to damn soon.Ive never seen anything fugly that he has produced.He was at the top of his game.Im not in his shoes so I guess I cant judge him.Hope he finds some peace and gets back herpin/breeding soon...Paul

I didn't know he quit.
whats the story there?
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)