Not the best shot but it does come complete with water stains....1 of these days I will get around to cleaning them off but for now I will just have great IPA'S and concentrate on the upcomming breeding season.
This pairing is my original Jade male with an unknown female but suspect it to be a highland/Wamena female.



Only doing 3 pairings this year but next year there will be a special pairing. I have posted a few pictures of them(ya gotta look for em folks) and looking forward to seeing what happens. Always remember mother nature has a sense of humour.

This girl just started her ovulation yesterday,she is the female in the immediate picture above. This is an interesting pairing as she is an unknown but suspect to be a highland chondro being bred to my Jade male. Now comes the next step...and will keep you all posted(pun intended).

here are a few more shots from today..building but still a number of weeks away. Also ya gotta love when you clean out a cage and introduce a male and all hell breaks loose...well I guess thats why they invented females...someone has to clean!





These 2 have forgotten that they hate me and are building eggs,now just waiting on the 3rd female,she still hates me and is eating up a storm...

for old time sakes

ps:pass the relish

The following pictures are just an updated photo session of a rather interesting trio of chondros. I hope to be able to breed them next year to see what happens(there are hints in this thread on 'what' they could be).

The sibling male



The female who is opaque right now.



The male



This female which is not related to the above chondros is just going through her pre-lay shed...like clock-work

This female who is going through her pre-lay shed(any day now) is a real bitch to photograph properly...and with my less then stellar skill at photgraphy I present her once again...she is so pale right now,a very different colour than I have experienced yet I still can't get a decent shot of her.

Very nice animals they are.
Just a question.
The cages you keep them in, are they just for quarantaine/breeding.
Or do you keep them in thos all the time
What would be their sices...

thanks.

best regards

The above female just shed so it looks like approx 2 weeks and I hopefully will have eggs,incubator is setup and all set to go.



As for your question I keep all my sub-adult-adult chondros in 25-30 gallon aquariums and hatchlings-sub-adults in rubbermaids appropriate to their size. I have wanted to put in nicer looking cages but apparently cabinet makers/cage builders don't like to make money,over the years I have talked to no less than 1/2 a dozen so called 'I need money so I will build them for you' type of guys and all have tripped and bumped their heads so I think I will stay with what has worked for me for 13 years. As for quarantine,that is a whole new ballgame. Any new snakes are quarantined in a whole other room for a minimum of 3-6 months. It never ceases to amaze me on how many people still end up with mites when it is so easy to not get them in the 1st place,but then again this comes down to experience and not money...but for those of you out there...and there is an army of them out there,please use NIX,Vapona,Mite-b-gone and so on and lets hope you don't cause any serious internal damage(that you aren't even aware of)...what a rant...

Well not the best clutch I have produced but this girl had a rough start to life and after 2 years of tlc from me she came through. I attribute the less than steelar viability to her 1st clutch and her rough start in life. She was a horrible mother but she passed everything so now to get her back to feeding and the hatch date count begins. I will be throwing out the dead eggs as I go along on my egg management trek. My guesstamation is 1/2 the clutch is toast.

ps:don't ya just love it when you are doing something and you knock a tray of shaving on the floor,can someone come by and clean it up for me please?

As I said she was a lousey mother and took her 1st meal last night,less than 12 hours after laying.