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hello,
i was home this morning waiting on a pair of nephrurus to arrive, and broke out the camera for a few hog pics. hope you enjoy...
jonathan

p.s. billy, here is a pick of the red het toffee picky feeder. sorry for the delay. she is doing great now!

female red het toffee that was a problem feeder. has eaten 13 meals in 7 weeks

purple albino male with a fiesty personality

axanthic male

purple conda female het albino. should go next season

"extreme red" albino female is what i bought her as. in person she is as orange as a sunkist orange beautiful! should go next season.

male southern hognose. i love his personality!

just for kicks... female red nephrurus amyae fresh outta the box

Fantastic southern hog! Really love those little critters.

Rather easy to swap to mice if it isn't already. Most easterns require dead toad rubbed on pinks, southerns I have worked with only need a live toad rubbed onto pinkies to swap over.

thanks! my southern pair both eat f/t mice off the tongs with gusto! no scenting required here

jonathan

All of those are awesome my friend!!
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Genesis 1:1

Very nice Westerns. And that Southern rocks. I need a male.

Thanks! I like them

Yah, the southerns are very cool! One of the favorites in my collection. Got my pair from Dan Eby. Beautiful and solid feeders.

Jonathan

Great looking animals! Thanks for sharing.

I have to say though, I've always been confused by these "purple" line hogs that I have now seen for a couple of years. To me, there's nothing purple about them. If anything, some animals can look more burgundy than red while others, well, they don't really look all that different than the typical coloration, whether that's with the Normals or morphs like the Albinos, I just don't see the purple in them. It's nothing against your animals because they are beautiful, but this whole purple line thing just seems like another Mitcham scheme that is either way too difficult to reproduce or he's basing it all on just a very few select representative animals that is in no way representative of all so-called purple line hogs. Just like his extreme red line, not all that are labeled as such are extreme red or they simply do not hold the coloration true once they get older. In my mind, either the animal is what it is labeled or it isn't and therefore shouldn't be labeled as such when dealing with line traits. It's a totally different thing when dealing with quantifiable traits like Recessive or Codominant traits, but line traits can be just too unreliable, especially when outcrossed. Just my humble opinion. Sorry for the rant!

That Southern is stunning!!!

Thanks again for sharing Jonathan!
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Troy Rexroth
Rextiles

troy,

i have to agree that they don't look "purple" to me either. lol i have seen a couple that do look burgundy in color. i do believe you are correct that it is a line bred trait though. the female conda was labeled as "purple", so that is what i have called her. this female has been out crossed. i'm curious to see what kind of hogs hatch. i think it's good to have her out crossed, but i'm wondering how that will effect the offspring eveen with a nice dark red male. the "purple" albino male that i have is a nice dark red.

i am fairly new to hognose, and still learning about them, colors, line breeding, and such. his were the darkest red that i could find. i have seen other people that post pics of really nice dark reds, but not for sale.

i'm open to feedback, experience, and ideas. i'm just trying to find some of the best quality stock that i can find

jonathan

Hi Jonathan,

Those are some real nice looking hogs there! I'm glad you're having fun with those southerns.

Dan

hello dan,

yah, man. thanks again! they are great! beautiful and very hardy. what more could i ask for? lol

jonathan

here is a pic of the freshly shed female southern. she has lost the hint of pastel color she had in her side scales, but it still holding the lighter coloration.
jonathan