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I cannot believe I haven't posted these new additions to the nest yet. I go to reptile shows open to adding new animals, but never expecting too, because I'm so picky about the animals I add to my collection. It's been rare that I've found animals at shows that meet my standards for color and patterning when I'm shopping for a particular morph.
It also usually takes me months to find my ideal "perfect" animal when I decide to add a new animal. And sometimes - I just stumble across an add (like the pastel below) that makes my jaw drop and I know I have found the perfect animal.
So, in July, I went to the Repticon Atlanta show expecting to just window shop, but with money in my pocket "just in case". I certainly wasn't shopping for other species of snakes, but I stopped by Ben Siegel's table and these two stopped me dead in my tracks. I've been a big fan of the Pituophous family, but never thought seriously about adding any - and part of that is that I've mostly seen them on "flipper's" tables and I just don't care to support them.
Well, Ben's a good guy, he's been on the forums and several trusted friends have purchased from him in the past and we started chatting. He made me a nice deal on the male and I broke and got him. But then my enabling friends kept saying "you know - you really should get the female too - you may decide you want to breed them one day". And of course I've caved. But both of them also swear that they want a baby from them if I ever decide to breed them.
For now - they're just cool animals to add to the collection for my personal pleasure, and I LOVE them. They are such cool animals, with great temperments and I just smile every time I open up their tubs and take them out for handling, and am very pleased to have them. I certainly don't regret the purchase!
This is the female the day of the show:
This is her when I got her home:
And this is the pretty boy:
It also usually takes me months to find my ideal "perfect" animal when I decide to add a new animal. And sometimes - I just stumble across an add (like the pastel below) that makes my jaw drop and I know I have found the perfect animal.
So, in July, I went to the Repticon Atlanta show expecting to just window shop, but with money in my pocket "just in case". I certainly wasn't shopping for other species of snakes, but I stopped by Ben Siegel's table and these two stopped me dead in my tracks. I've been a big fan of the Pituophous family, but never thought seriously about adding any - and part of that is that I've mostly seen them on "flipper's" tables and I just don't care to support them.
Well, Ben's a good guy, he's been on the forums and several trusted friends have purchased from him in the past and we started chatting. He made me a nice deal on the male and I broke and got him. But then my enabling friends kept saying "you know - you really should get the female too - you may decide you want to breed them one day". And of course I've caved. But both of them also swear that they want a baby from them if I ever decide to breed them.
For now - they're just cool animals to add to the collection for my personal pleasure, and I LOVE them. They are such cool animals, with great temperments and I just smile every time I open up their tubs and take them out for handling, and am very pleased to have them. I certainly don't regret the purchase!
This is the female the day of the show:
This is her when I got her home:
And this is the pretty boy:
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This is the second year that I've not made the Daytona trip, and for some reason, this year I'm sadder about it then I was last year. So - I have to live vicariously through my friends who did make it down there. Thank goodness for smartphones, texts, pictures, etc - at least I feel a "teensy" bit a part of it.
Anyway - this season was not a very good season for some reason. I had two babies in one clutch that twisted in their umbilicus cords and didn't survive. Both were lemon pastels, sadly. Then the second clutch of lemon pastels only had one pastel in it. My mojave clutch was a gorgeous clutch of eggs.....but infertile - every single one of them. Wow!
It's been a weird year - a lot of breeders are having late years, weird things happening to clutches, birth defects and what not. Or at least that's what it seems on the forums. The 2011 season has GOT to be better!
In the meantime - I'm looking forward to WARE in September - the West Alabama Reptile Expo that's promoted by my good friends Will and Angie Pridmore. Lots of friends from around the Southeast well be attending, so it's going to be great to see everyone and hang out for that weekend! It's September 11th and 12th in Bessemer - so be sure to check it out if you're in the area.
The little pastel girl from my previous post is here and she's AWESOME! I can't wait for her to grow up and figure out how she'll work in my breeding plans, but whatever I decide to do with her, she's going to make some pretty babies! She's just an amazing pile of yellow goodness!
Anyway - this season was not a very good season for some reason. I had two babies in one clutch that twisted in their umbilicus cords and didn't survive. Both were lemon pastels, sadly. Then the second clutch of lemon pastels only had one pastel in it. My mojave clutch was a gorgeous clutch of eggs.....but infertile - every single one of them. Wow!
It's been a weird year - a lot of breeders are having late years, weird things happening to clutches, birth defects and what not. Or at least that's what it seems on the forums. The 2011 season has GOT to be better!
In the meantime - I'm looking forward to WARE in September - the West Alabama Reptile Expo that's promoted by my good friends Will and Angie Pridmore. Lots of friends from around the Southeast well be attending, so it's going to be great to see everyone and hang out for that weekend! It's September 11th and 12th in Bessemer - so be sure to check it out if you're in the area.
The little pastel girl from my previous post is here and she's AWESOME! I can't wait for her to grow up and figure out how she'll work in my breeding plans, but whatever I decide to do with her, she's going to make some pretty babies! She's just an amazing pile of yellow goodness!
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What an insane year 2010 has been so far! My "real" job has been going gang-busters which is great for us - we're set to have a record quarter for the company and next quarter looks to be even bigger! Make the days fly by - and I do have to say that I love my job and the folks I work with. I don't dread Monday's other than the fact that it means the weekend's over, but I don't dread it because it means I have to go to work.
On to The Nest news. We've only had 2 clutches on the ground so far, one "dinker" and one lemon pastel clutch. The pastel clutch is due to hatch at the end of July - fingers crossed for a lemon pastel heavy clutch - the ball gods owe me a streak of good luck! Ok - I guess I "lied" a little - I've had 3 clutches on the ground - my only mojave clutch was a clutch of infertile eggs - so I'm not really counting them - breaks my heart though.
In more recent news, I made the "mistake" of following a link to Garrick DeMeyer's site recently. I was not in the market for a new snake, but this beautiful pastel female just POPPED in comparison to his other offerings and I knew I had to have her! I learned later that a few other's of my friends who I asked for their opinions were waiting patiently on the sidelines to pounce on her, if I'd decided NOT to get her. This is Garrick's photo that he gave me permission to post.
I'm actually very excited to add this girl - she's going to be a great addition to The Nest's future breeding program!
Hope all is well with everyone, and your season's are going great!
On to The Nest news. We've only had 2 clutches on the ground so far, one "dinker" and one lemon pastel clutch. The pastel clutch is due to hatch at the end of July - fingers crossed for a lemon pastel heavy clutch - the ball gods owe me a streak of good luck! Ok - I guess I "lied" a little - I've had 3 clutches on the ground - my only mojave clutch was a clutch of infertile eggs - so I'm not really counting them - breaks my heart though.
In more recent news, I made the "mistake" of following a link to Garrick DeMeyer's site recently. I was not in the market for a new snake, but this beautiful pastel female just POPPED in comparison to his other offerings and I knew I had to have her! I learned later that a few other's of my friends who I asked for their opinions were waiting patiently on the sidelines to pounce on her, if I'd decided NOT to get her. This is Garrick's photo that he gave me permission to post.
I'm actually very excited to add this girl - she's going to be a great addition to The Nest's future breeding program!
Hope all is well with everyone, and your season's are going great!
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The Easter Bunny visited The Nest today - or was it the Easter Snake? I was cleaning the snakes today only to be met with a female sitting on eggs. I never witnessed this female glowing or even ovulate, so finding her sitting on a beautiful clutch of seven eggs was a bit of a Holiday surprise! All seven eggs have strong veins.
This is a breeding loan with Justin Kobylka's big "normal" female and my 100% het clown male that Justin produced. She's my boy's mom, and Justin suspects that there may be something else going on with her - so I was on board when he asked me if I'd be willing to breed her son back to her this season. In sixty days we'll see!!!!
A few new additions to the Nest recently. As I mentioned before, I was picking up a beautiful Albino male from Louis Kirkland, but little did I know that when he delivered him to me at the new WARE show (West Alabama Reptile Expo) that he'd bring along a few beautiful Lesser Platinum females that would call to me and I'd be coming home with a new female as well.
Well, they're here, and they're beautiful, and they've both had two meals already! Thanks Louis! I'm thrilled to have them both!
I also picked up a beautiful little Imperial Pueblan at the show. He's a hybrid that's made by breeding a Banana California King to a Pueblan Milksnake. He was just too pretty to NOT come home with me. I'm thinking of naming him Joe Tuxedo - because he looks like he's dressed to the Nines!
And his belly is also black!
He's also settled in nicely to The Nest and has had two meals here so far!
Thanks for checking in - I can't wait to update the Journal with more clutch announcements and hatch pictures!
This is a breeding loan with Justin Kobylka's big "normal" female and my 100% het clown male that Justin produced. She's my boy's mom, and Justin suspects that there may be something else going on with her - so I was on board when he asked me if I'd be willing to breed her son back to her this season. In sixty days we'll see!!!!
A few new additions to the Nest recently. As I mentioned before, I was picking up a beautiful Albino male from Louis Kirkland, but little did I know that when he delivered him to me at the new WARE show (West Alabama Reptile Expo) that he'd bring along a few beautiful Lesser Platinum females that would call to me and I'd be coming home with a new female as well.
Well, they're here, and they're beautiful, and they've both had two meals already! Thanks Louis! I'm thrilled to have them both!
I also picked up a beautiful little Imperial Pueblan at the show. He's a hybrid that's made by breeding a Banana California King to a Pueblan Milksnake. He was just too pretty to NOT come home with me. I'm thinking of naming him Joe Tuxedo - because he looks like he's dressed to the Nines!
And his belly is also black!
He's also settled in nicely to The Nest and has had two meals here so far!
Thanks for checking in - I can't wait to update the Journal with more clutch announcements and hatch pictures!
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Sorry I haven't updated this in a bit, my "real life" has gotten crazy busy, with launching new software, and learning a new system.
Breeding is going well this season, and we should have about six clutches this season. Hopefully all the girls will take this season!
I'm very excited to show off my new boy, a handsome albino from Louis Kirkland of Cornerstone Reptiles out of Mississippi. Louis is a member of Ball-pythons.net who's collection I have admired (and envied) over the years.
One evening we were chatting on the forum when I asked him how his breeding season was going, and he sent me a link to show me some of the babies he produced last year.
I'd been looking for an albino for a few months, but he had to be reduced pattern and high contrast. Well, Louis had a picture of a stunning male and I immediately asked him if he was available for sale. He was, and then he told me about a couple others he had produced and sent me several pictures. The rest is history - I found my boy!
Not sure when he'll get here, we're talking about meeting up at the next Birmingham show, so that we can actually meet in person finally! If we're able to do that, he should be here by the end of March. In the meantime, he's in great hands!
Breeding is going well this season, and we should have about six clutches this season. Hopefully all the girls will take this season!
I'm very excited to show off my new boy, a handsome albino from Louis Kirkland of Cornerstone Reptiles out of Mississippi. Louis is a member of Ball-pythons.net who's collection I have admired (and envied) over the years.
One evening we were chatting on the forum when I asked him how his breeding season was going, and he sent me a link to show me some of the babies he produced last year.
I'd been looking for an albino for a few months, but he had to be reduced pattern and high contrast. Well, Louis had a picture of a stunning male and I immediately asked him if he was available for sale. He was, and then he told me about a couple others he had produced and sent me several pictures. The rest is history - I found my boy!
Not sure when he'll get here, we're talking about meeting up at the next Birmingham show, so that we can actually meet in person finally! If we're able to do that, he should be here by the end of March. In the meantime, he's in great hands!
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Happy New Year everyone! I'm excited about this upcoming year, and I hope that you are too! My "real" job has just rolled out some new software on January 4th, and it's a project that I've been working with the entire team on since June of 2008. It's been a lot of work, a lot of hours, with very little personal bandwidth, but we did it, and I'm very excited that we're starting off this new year so positively, after these rough few years for so many people and the economy. I also feel very blessed to be working with a company that I am proud to be associated with, with co-workers who are the best in the business, not only professionally, but personally!
So what's new at The Nest? Well, we're breeding, but on a small scale. I should have a few clutches of lemon pastels for those of you on the waiting list. So hopefully we can put a Winston baby into a few homes this coming season - thank you for waiting so patiently. I should also have mojaves and spiders this season as well.
I'm still growing my morph females, so combos may not pop out at The Nest until next season, but I'm having fun, and it's been great fun deciding just which females to pair my males with to enhance their mutation. It's going to be more fun seeing the beautiful babies hatching this spring, early summer!
I picked up my beautiful Cinnamon male from Deborah at Stewart Reptiles New Years weekend and not only came home with him, but with a gorgeous pinstripe male that Deborah still had available. My pinstripe female also was produced by Deborah, but don't tell Gracie, I think the boy is even hotter!
Here are a few pictures of him!
Paxton, the Lesser Platinum male is growing and getting lighter with each shed. When I get a chance, I'll take some updated photos of him soon!
Again, I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year and that this year brings you joy and prosperity!
So what's new at The Nest? Well, we're breeding, but on a small scale. I should have a few clutches of lemon pastels for those of you on the waiting list. So hopefully we can put a Winston baby into a few homes this coming season - thank you for waiting so patiently. I should also have mojaves and spiders this season as well.
I'm still growing my morph females, so combos may not pop out at The Nest until next season, but I'm having fun, and it's been great fun deciding just which females to pair my males with to enhance their mutation. It's going to be more fun seeing the beautiful babies hatching this spring, early summer!
I picked up my beautiful Cinnamon male from Deborah at Stewart Reptiles New Years weekend and not only came home with him, but with a gorgeous pinstripe male that Deborah still had available. My pinstripe female also was produced by Deborah, but don't tell Gracie, I think the boy is even hotter!
Here are a few pictures of him!
Paxton, the Lesser Platinum male is growing and getting lighter with each shed. When I get a chance, I'll take some updated photos of him soon!
Again, I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year and that this year brings you joy and prosperity!
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Christmas has come and gone. And we're heading into a new and exciting New Year!
I got to spend Christmas a week early with my family, so Christmas Day was a quiet day here at The Nest.
We've got another new addition to introduce to folks, a Cinnamon Pastel male, who doesn't have a name yet. I picked him up from Bailey Reptiles.
As with all of my additions, I'm extremely picky about the stock that I add, and I waited a long time for the perfect Cinnamon Male came along. I wanted one with floaty heads on the side and a nice black back, and saw this male in Birmingham back in November. He's perfect in every way!
Here's a picture from Tim's website:
and a few pictures from Birmingham:
I pick him up next Saturday from my friend Deborah's of Stewart Reptiles. She took a few pictures of him to hold me over!
Everyone else here at the nest are doing well, eating, growing and shedding! I can't wait to see what 2010 brings!
I got to spend Christmas a week early with my family, so Christmas Day was a quiet day here at The Nest.
We've got another new addition to introduce to folks, a Cinnamon Pastel male, who doesn't have a name yet. I picked him up from Bailey Reptiles.
As with all of my additions, I'm extremely picky about the stock that I add, and I waited a long time for the perfect Cinnamon Male came along. I wanted one with floaty heads on the side and a nice black back, and saw this male in Birmingham back in November. He's perfect in every way!
Here's a picture from Tim's website:
and a few pictures from Birmingham:
I pick him up next Saturday from my friend Deborah's of Stewart Reptiles. She took a few pictures of him to hold me over!
Everyone else here at the nest are doing well, eating, growing and shedding! I can't wait to see what 2010 brings!
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If you'd asked me a year and a half ago if I'd keep any species other than Python Regius, I would have told you no way, no how - I'm head over heels in love with ball pythons. And they're still my first love. However, one little sneaky worm, in the form of an albino striped California kingsnake woo'd me into taking him home from a reptile show last year, and I fell hard! Skittles is pictured in The Nest collection. He's one cool critter.
Because of the joy of owning this little guy, I plan to add a female albino Cali king (just haven't found the "right" one yet) at some point.
But then I decided that I would like to add a pure black snake to my collection and started to research what would fit the bill. There were Mexican Black Kingsnakes and there were Eastern Indigos (but illegal to own in Georgia) and there were Black Milk Snakes - Lampropeltis Triangulum Gaigeae. And then there are San Antonio Zoo line Lampropeltis Triangulum Gaigeae that are reported to be larger than other lines.
Was chatting with my friend Kara Glasgow of Bloodpythons.com and she said that she had some hatchlings available, and the rest is history!
What's really cool about these guys is that they start out banded yellow, black and red, and as they mature turn into a jet black snake. They were shipped to my good friend Deborah, at Stewart Reptiles (there's a link to her site on my Contact Us page, as well as a link to Kara's site). I'll pick them up Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend!
This is the little girl, Onyx - and she has a little bit of stuck shed on her head.
And this is the little boy, Jett - and Deb says he's a wannabe rattlesnake.
I don't know if I'll ever breed these guys, but got a pair "just in case". I'm really excited to work with these guys and watch as they mature into beautiful adults! Thank you Kara, and thank you Deborah!!!
Because of the joy of owning this little guy, I plan to add a female albino Cali king (just haven't found the "right" one yet) at some point.
But then I decided that I would like to add a pure black snake to my collection and started to research what would fit the bill. There were Mexican Black Kingsnakes and there were Eastern Indigos (but illegal to own in Georgia) and there were Black Milk Snakes - Lampropeltis Triangulum Gaigeae. And then there are San Antonio Zoo line Lampropeltis Triangulum Gaigeae that are reported to be larger than other lines.
Was chatting with my friend Kara Glasgow of Bloodpythons.com and she said that she had some hatchlings available, and the rest is history!
What's really cool about these guys is that they start out banded yellow, black and red, and as they mature turn into a jet black snake. They were shipped to my good friend Deborah, at Stewart Reptiles (there's a link to her site on my Contact Us page, as well as a link to Kara's site). I'll pick them up Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend!
This is the little girl, Onyx - and she has a little bit of stuck shed on her head.
And this is the little boy, Jett - and Deb says he's a wannabe rattlesnake.
I don't know if I'll ever breed these guys, but got a pair "just in case". I'm really excited to work with these guys and watch as they mature into beautiful adults! Thank you Kara, and thank you Deborah!!!
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What happens when you have a Halloween get together with other local herpers? Well, sometimes you go home with a TREAT bag that contains a new snake!
Trey Barnard hosted a Halloween get together today, and I just got home after having a wonderful time hanging out with Trey and his girlfriend Jamie, and his other guests (Aaron Palmer, Shaun Pruitt and his wife Jami and daughter, Greg Bennett and his wife Lori and daughter, and two other local herpers (forgot their names!
))
We had a nice time just visiting and handing out candy to the kids. And of course seeing Trey's snake room.
I came home with this sweet little Black Pastel female. Unfortunately, I don't have a light tent, and my kitchen lights, where I take most of my pictures aren't bright enough to provide good lighting. She's really a nice orangy color and a pretty little girl. Thank you Trey!!!!
Trey Barnard hosted a Halloween get together today, and I just got home after having a wonderful time hanging out with Trey and his girlfriend Jamie, and his other guests (Aaron Palmer, Shaun Pruitt and his wife Jami and daughter, Greg Bennett and his wife Lori and daughter, and two other local herpers (forgot their names!
))We had a nice time just visiting and handing out candy to the kids. And of course seeing Trey's snake room.
I came home with this sweet little Black Pastel female. Unfortunately, I don't have a light tent, and my kitchen lights, where I take most of my pictures aren't bright enough to provide good lighting. She's really a nice orangy color and a pretty little girl. Thank you Trey!!!!
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This snake belongs to me. However, she has disappeared from the breeder that she was at, and was discovered missing when she was due to be shipped to me.
If you see her listed for sale, or see anyone who is posting pictures of her as a newly acquired animal, please contact me immediately for a monetary reward, if it leads to her recovery. Here is her photobucket folder for comparison pictures.
http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/rabernet/Enchi/
If you are the person who took her, please contact me to make arrangements to ship her to me, and I will not press charges. However, if someone else provides me with information that leads me to you - I will swiftly take legal action to recover her, including filing a police report of her theft.
If she was sold to you, she was not legally owned by the person who sold her to you - and I will work with you to replace her with another enchi instead. I will require that you reveal all the contact information of the person who sold her to you.
I believe that her looks are unique enough that she is very easily identifiable.
Thank you in advance for your assistance in helping to recover this animal!
Robin Abernethy
If you see her listed for sale, or see anyone who is posting pictures of her as a newly acquired animal, please contact me immediately for a monetary reward, if it leads to her recovery. Here is her photobucket folder for comparison pictures.
http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/rabernet/Enchi/
If you are the person who took her, please contact me to make arrangements to ship her to me, and I will not press charges. However, if someone else provides me with information that leads me to you - I will swiftly take legal action to recover her, including filing a police report of her theft.
If she was sold to you, she was not legally owned by the person who sold her to you - and I will work with you to replace her with another enchi instead. I will require that you reveal all the contact information of the person who sold her to you.
I believe that her looks are unique enough that she is very easily identifiable.
Thank you in advance for your assistance in helping to recover this animal!
Robin Abernethy
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