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My (08) candycane was borderline for breeding so I just kept my eye on her and sure enough she swelled up so I threw her brother and her father in with her.Well, I got five good looking eggs from her today.Now the long 60 days.LOL...

L8r Shannon

>>My (08) candycane was borderline for breeding so I just kept my eye on her and sure enough she swelled up so I threw her brother and her father in with her.Well, I got five good looking eggs from her today.Now the long 60 days.LOL...
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>>L8r Shannon
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That is AWESOME Shannon.......
I hope they all hatch and they are all as nice as her......

Those 60 days are going to feel like forever....LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

>>Congratulations Shannon! I have to clean my keyboard everytime I see that female....Now the long wait begins, post those babies when they hatch!
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>>Jimmy Tintle

Okay Shannon.....
Put SB on one of them, JL on two of them and JT on two of them and we get what we get........LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

LOL, sure I will jump right on that.
Time will tell but I am sure a couple should be candy's.
Both the greeri laid last light so now the next 60 days will seem like a freaking year.And to think I got bad egs from all these girls last year????wth?
Anyways,The larger het gave me 8 eggs and for sure 5 are great but then three are kinda iffy..... the smaller het female gave me five perfect.
Can't wait.
L8r Shannon

>>LOL, sure I will jump right on that.
>>Time will tell but I am sure a couple should be candy's.
>>Both the greeri laid last light so now the next 60 days will seem like a freaking year.And to think I got bad egs from all these girls last year????wth?
>>Anyways,The larger het gave me 8 eggs and for sure 5 are great but then three are kinda iffy..... the smaller het female gave me five perfect.
>>Can't wait.
>>L8r Shannon

Awesome...I think last year was a fluke.....Lots of slugs here too....This year looks promising.....
Share when they hatch man.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

What enormous eggs for such a little snake! She looks deflated. Seeing this, I wont be so shocked when my snakes lay their clutches ( a first for us all).
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Wow, nice work Shannon. Cant wait to see the little heffers . . .
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Jerry Kruse
www.zonatas.com

And God said, "Let there be zonata subspecies for all to ponder..."

When you first posted this I thought you meant the Applegate pyro line and how different yours looked from mine. What is the origin of this line? Genetics? Eggs look great.
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Rick Staub

Rick, about 4 years ago I was lucky enough to buy a pair of f1 Philly Zoo stock Knoblochi that are from San Juanito and aren't related to any of the other three or four lines in the states.The only reason I got them was just to have some new blood.
Well, in (08) I bred them for the first time and to my surprise one of the six babies that hatched was that candycane.There was one more dead in the egg that was also a candycane.I figured it was genetic but I still can't be 100% sure.In (09) I only got three good eggs but again I hatched one more candycane so I am pretty sure this is just another simple recessive gene.
Last year I got all slugs so nothing to show.
This is the first year doing any back breeding so when this clutch hatches I should know more.
What I do know is they are pure knoblochi and they don't have the applegate blood in them although I am pretty sure its pretty much the same kind of gene at work.
L8r Shannon

p.s. my f1 pair bred again this year as well and she is about to lay so maybe another one or two from that clutch as well.

Thanks Shannon. And congrats on the new line. With yours and Applegates line, I still find it hard to believe it is all controlled by a single simple recessive gene.
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Rick Staub

With the limited number of knob lines out there it is surprising to see 2 candycane/hypo lines. Shannon -- what is the lineage of your knobs? Any shared ancestors with Osborne's line?
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Rick Staub