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RE: Melanistic Thayeri Inquiry...

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Posted by: Jlassiter at Thu Jan 12 07:33:31 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jlassiter ]  
   

>> Do you think the melanistic thayeri thing is because in more recent years far more people were striving for insane oranges, and every other kind of thayeri phenotype, and the melanistics just "seemed" like another typical "black snake" to the casual hobbyists?. This is very likely don't you think?, or maybe at least part of the reason for it.


Definitely!.....The same can be said for MSP thayeri. They don't get the attention that leonis phase thayeri get because they aren't as variable and there are tons of tri colored snakes one can get for a few bucks....

But there has been a swing towards the retro thayeri phenotypes (Earth tones) over the last 5 or so years......and I have had a waiting list that I could not fill over the last two years for melanistics....

Hopefully they will make a comeback.....But I do enjoy a nice line bred bright yellow or orange thayeri about as much as I do the naturally occurring phenotypes......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

   

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