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This is my big beefy yard long 08 Thayeri. Not pure bred. I am thinking of finding a mate for him in the next couple of years. He is very sturdy and loves to eat. He started out in life with some flighty easily startled milk snake tendencies but has mellowed considerably over the last two years. I got him for only $20 because the former owner, who has a pet store could not easily show him to customers with out a lot of thrashing about and musking. I've had him almost two weeks now and when I handle him to transfer him to the feeding tub and back he is calm. He does not like to be overly handled, but does fine with brief deliberate handling.

I was directed here to this forum when I said I might like to find a mate for him, since he has so many good qualities even though his lineage is a bit suspect.

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>>This is my big beefy yard long 08 Thayeri. Not pure bred. I am thinking of finding a mate for him in the next couple of years. He is very sturdy and loves to eat. He started out in life with some flighty easily startled milk snake tendencies but has mellowed considerably over the last two years. I got him for only $20 because the former owner, who has a pet store could not easily show him to customers with out a lot of thrashing about and musking. I've had him almost two weeks now and when I handle him to transfer him to the feeding tub and back he is calm. He does not like to be overly handled, but does fine with brief deliberate handling.
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>>I was directed here to this forum when I said I might like to find a mate for him, since he has so many good qualities even though his lineage is a bit suspect.
that is one fine looking snake.
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until next time make mine slither.herb
www.housesnakes@yahoo.com

Thanks!
Here he is in his glass tank; the tank is 30 inches long and he is 36 or more inches, so he will be going into a bigger habitat this week. When I put him in here a few days ago I was shocked at how fast he is growing. Yesterday he ate four big weanling mice. I think part of his behavior problem from when he was with his previous owner may have been he was just extra hungry. He is very mellow with me, no musking or other bad behavior.

I think breeding for good feeding response is just as important as breeding for color and pattern.

>>Thanks!
>>Here he is in his glass tank; the tank is 30 inches long and he is 36 or more inches, so he will be going into a bigger habitat this week. When I put him in here a few days ago I was shocked at how fast he is growing. Yesterday he ate four big weanling mice. I think part of his behavior problem from when he was with his previous owner may have been he was just extra hungry. He is very mellow with me, no musking or other bad behavior.
>>im hoping to make my own mixes,black and white banded cal kings and eastern milks.
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>>I think breeding for good feeding response is just as important as breeding for color and pattern.
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until next time make mine slither.herb
www.housesnakes@yahoo.com

Why don't you loan it to me, and I'll breed it to my Hypomelanistic striped cornsnake. Maybe we will get "checkerdadders".

Sorry, just kidding, no offense intended. My wife and I were just reading some of the responses you got over on the milksnake forum. From "its junk" to "those who think its junk are racist"

That is a cool looking snake. It is almost a tetra-color, not just a tri-color.

This is my hypo stripe, taken outside last fall. She is recovering from egg laying right now.

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Kent

0.1 Hypomelanistic striped cornsnake
1.0 Lavender cornsnake
1.2 Gray-banded kingsnakes, blairs phase

Thanks! I may have gotten him for cheap but he is far from "junk"!

The only female snakes I have now are Huachuca Mt king snakes and Pacific gopher snakes and bull snakes, none of which are quite old enough or the right species for him. So unless I come across another great deal in a female I doubt I will be breeding him any time soon, even though he certainly is breedable now.

Your striped corn snake is beautiful! Hope you get a good hatch.

Thanks, I like her too. She layed 17 eggs which all look good. She has retained 4 eggs, so I am worried. But she seems to be ok so far, and hopefully will go ahead and finish.
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Kent

0.1 Hypomelanistic striped cornsnake
1.0 Lavender cornsnake
1.2 Gray-banded kingsnakes, blairs phase

You should cross your male corn to one of your grey banded kings and vice versa.

OK.....my thoughts....

thayeri x campbelli.......

you would do better with a thayeri x campbelli...or thayeri x any other milk....or pure thayeri if they will breed.....alot of species won't mix as easily as you think.......iF it won't breed a thayeri or cross thayeri try another type of jungle corn or cross.....

....it's mixed now it really doesn't matter....as long as you always tell what it is.....

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