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Greetings All,

I could not have been more pleased with the 2.1 reverse trio of Diamond Python's sent to me by Tom Crutchfield. The 2010 new additions have already fed and are set up in their respective enclosures. I already have a three year old pure Diamond female bred by friend Will Bird.

I am the first to admit baby pure Diamond Pythons (Morelia spilota spilota) are not very attractive, blackish base color and white specs, but that dullness is a good thing! That means they are the real thing! As the small pythons begin to grow and shed, each time they become brighter and more colorful. Once the pythons are a year old they quickly become one of the most beautiful snakes in the world. By three years they are nothing short of SPECTACULAR!

Keep them lean, under the right husbandry conditions, and you will enjoy them for decades.

It really is a pleasure to have Tom breeding this species, and I want to thank him on this forum for sending top notch animals.

Pic-Will Bird's pure Diamond female, Riverbank's Zoo Bloodline.

Truly,

Paul Bodnar
Crocodile Wildlife Conservationist

Greetings All,

Here is a 2010 hatchling pure Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota) bred by Tom Crutchfield. This python will brighten up with each shed.

Truly,

Paul Bodnar
Crocodile Willife Conservationist

Nice Paul,

Very nice. I have an '09 male from Tom and an '09 female from Dan Vermilya (SD zoo). I agree, they get more beautiful with each shed. They are quickly becoming my favorite snakes. I keep mine lean, give 'em plenty of climbing apparatus and let them get cool to down right cold at night. Good luck with yours.

Will

I agree diamonds aren't the hottest snakes as hatchlings, it can be almost impossible to figure out how they will turn out without at least having seen mom and pop.

The bug-eyes they have crack me up, too.

Here's my Price Line diamond:

Its easy to see that snake you have there is going to be a screamer. Very nice.