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03-05-2007, 10:30 PM
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One of the best days of my life...

Well on saturday I was lucky enough to experience what I think was maybe the best day of my life. Living in south africa the keeping of reptiles is not extremly big. I mean I have never ever seen a ball python morph of any kind....

I was allowed a visit to one of the best breeding facilties in the world....some crazy stuff I would never be able to see...let alone hold! One of my dreams has always been to see a piebald ball python(ask marsha haha...i have dibs ).

I got to see virtually everykind of ball python morph...piebald, blue eyed leucistic, spiders, bumblebees, axanthic, albino, snow, wild stripe, pastels, enchi pastels, ghosts...more and more....mixes of everykind. I saw different boa morphs... green tree monitors, gila monsters, boelans pythons, mandarin rat snakes, rhino rat snakes.... it goes on and on and on. I was in my element!

They really are masters at what they do....i was shown how they ultrasound their females to tell when they are ready to breed...their peak time. Amazing stuff....i was even privelaged to help out with the scan of a female gila.

i took plenty pics....will not torchure you with them all....just some....for now

















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 I helped move the meter!   03-05-2007, 10:37 PM
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Wow Dev,,,you look like a kid in a candy store. I'm so excited for you . Was that also an adult Mandarin,,what a beaut, I love their colors, so purdy. But the pieds are still my favorites ,,so you have to share!
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03-05-2007, 10:47 PM
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yeah was an adult in that pic....babies are more beaut tho! PIebalds do rock...but that blue eyed lucy...mmmmmmmm I WANT!

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Awesome pics! Thats way to cool!
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Ok, so you hold a gila and dont get me one? Why not? lol. I take it you were at pro exotics. There for a min thought you were at bobs or mikes place, till I seen the other animals lol. Looks like you had an awesome time tho.
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A leucistic is the only ball morph I would spend my money on.

I like the Gila.
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There are several others I would. paradox, silver bullet and stuff like that. Will I nope lol. I really should have bought that WC pair of Mandarin last year, but didnt oh well.
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 I helped move the meter!   03-05-2007, 10:58 PM
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Ha, I like how these two go well together

Looks like you had an awesome time man! Bring me back a gila too, they're near the top of my wish list.
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awesome pics! i've never seen anything like that before. thanks for sharing. lucky you.
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 I helped move the meter!   03-06-2007, 01:20 AM
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And yet, I see you still haven't found a salamander!

Awesome pictures, It looks like you had a blast!
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