My collection (ALOT of pics) some info on me as well

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So i've been meaning to do an introduction but it's been to long since i joined and decided to just do an collection thread instead guess this is a little intro as well considering this is my first created thread. Quick bio of me uhh lets see i've been taking care of critters since before i was 10 and all these years later its only the boids that hold my interest. From their relative low maintenance to manageable size, regarding bp's and boa's anyway. I had an old collection of snakes back around 1999 to 2003 consisting of 1 wild caught garter snake (he lived for about 10-12 years we caught him around the mid 90' he ate pretty much anything fish,worms,pinkies), 3 kingsnakes (sold them) , 1 normal ball python (sold him to a friend), 1 argentine boa (sold), 1 columbian red tail boa (the only remnants of this collection i have left you'll see him later), 1 blood python (died of RI i knew he had it just didn't know it was life threating back then i thought it would cure it self like a cold of something i plead ignorance at the time of this happening and banned my self from ever getting another blood python as punishment though i've learned a lot since then and would never let this this happen again mind you), 1 savu python (almost forgot i use to own one of these sold him), 1 gtp baby (he died it never ate he was a straight up neonate and for all i knew it never ate before, if i ever did get another gtp i'll get an older established feeder next time and just like the savu i nearly forgot i use to own a gtp... 500 dollars down the drain and would have been an awesome snake today) and i think that's about it. I decided to sell most of my old collection because their were fish tanks all over the house and realized i was in too deep didn't plan on selling the bp and one of the kingsnakes it just happened didn't plan on selling the gtp and blood python either but they died. Now all that's left is my Columbian red tail.


Here's a quick pic of my current setup. Not a house full of fish tanks this time around thank god lol. I can fit all 12 of my baby's all right here which is nice also this pic is from early last year. I keep them in my room btw. Since their in my room i keep them clean and tend to them daily if need be, don't want my room smelling bad.


So on to the actual ball pythons finally. After all this is a bp pics thread. Also i'm showing them from oldest to newest additions. I'll add some info on them and try to keep it short. Enjoy the read and the pictures.

First is my pie bald he's my oldest i got him feb 2013 as a birthday gift to myself He's probably a 2012. He started my ball python addiction and what a great way to start it. Also little black spots barely started popping up on him which i like. He's on my no trade no sell list he's mine til he dies.



Second is my pastel het pied girl. She was an early breeding idea but currently im deciding to save pairing her to any interesting stuff i might produce down the road. I think she's a pretty decent to good pastel. The last half of her body has almost no spots or alien heads and the last quarter of her is enchi like.




Third is the killer bee fader. I got her just because lol. I got her when she was really young and almost white not yellow and i was impressed and got her. Now she's one of my biggest bp's and is just a big gorgeous yellow momma. Not any real breeding plans for her atm but i figure it can't hurt to have her plus i just love her.



Forth is my banana boy. I just had to have a banana. He's probably my one of my most basic bp's nothing to fancy need more pics of him also he was sold to me as a male maker so i guess that's good. I had a pic of him young but can't find it. He was real bright and now he's dulled but i still think he looks great. I respect all that the gene does as just a single gene i just had to have one. I got him paired up with my sugar bee down the road shooting for sugar banana stuff. He's a hindu cause of the dot in the middle of his forehead just kidding of course.


Fifth is my mystic potion 66% pos pied. I wish he had more pattern but i still love having something striped also was a interesting idea for a pied project. I'm gonna pair him to my trick het girl maybe later this year or next and figure i'll try to prove him out. Also maybe produce something new and amazing in the process.



Sixth is my trick het pied. I got her cause i really wanted something 100% het pied or visual pied and be different something outside the box and i got it with her. Now i know most people here have probably never heard of the trick gene or think it's worth your money but i think it's a very respectable gene especially after you see the trick pied (pictured below) which is low white and a very good thing for a pied project since pied usually overpowers many gene's and make them high white. I'm gonna pair her up with my mystic potion pos pied and hope for bazinga pieds which i think run a good possibility of looking great or amazing but only time will tell. Bazinga is trick x mojave feel free to look them up on wobp.



**Trick pied** (not mine)


Seventh is my ghi pastave. She's outright one of my favorite bp's and is on my no sell no trade list i'm keeping her til she dies. I just love her weird pattern and color. I love the contrast of her orange head with the rest of her body and the stripe running down her neck i just love her. Not many current breeding plans for her other then to my banana boy down to road. I'm also considering super ghi stuff which i think are not seen enough. (First pic is from the breeder)




Number eight is my sugar bee. I decided to finally add sugar to my gene pool last year. I always wanted to try and make my own sugar banana's someday and i just love calico/sugar though i like sugar more. (First pic is from the breeder)


Tub shot and serious sausage butt.

Checkin out the poster also that fission is unreal.


Number nine is my super pastel 66% pos het puzzle. I always liked the puzzle gene and think the super pastel puzzle looks amazing and that's just for starters. Luckily i found a guy who deals with puzzle and feel i got lucky buying a super pastel pos puzzle. When he showed me the picture i felt there was something going on as the color and pattern seem a bit off. Now i know just cause of the looks is ain't certain but i'd like to think it does and we'll see when ever i get him a 100% het puzzle girl. (Once again first pic is from the breeder)



Might make my own super pastel puzzle someday. Also what the heck is a magpie lol it does look awesome though.


Now last but not least is my newest favorite my albino clown girl. Just like my pied and ghi pastave she's on my no trade no sell list and is mine forever. As well just like my pied i always just wanted a albino clown. I actually got her as a mere purchase of desire. She was pricy but worth it imo the feeling of adding both these great gene's in my collection with just one bp is a pretty sweet feeling. I kinda cheated and just bout her but my collection is about at its limit and didn't want to wait 4 or more years to make my own with respect to those who try to breed their own double recessive stuff. I get exicted every time i handle her also she's eating and doing great.The onle breeding plans i have for her now anyway is try her to my pied boy someday and shoot for triple hets. I mean really? who wouldn't want a triple het for clown,pied and albino probably the three most popular recessive gene's there are. Of course there's the problem of finding a unrelated triple het clown,pied,albino good luck with that.



Now here's my big old Columbian red tail i mentioned earlier. I got him back in the spring of 2000 i was in the 8th grade then. He's still alive all these years later i keep feeding him, cleaning him and he just doesn't die. It'll be cool to see how long he lives hopefully another 17 years. (First pic is him Christmas 2014.)

Below is him Christmas 2015 with a stretch feed schedule.




Here's his little bro my albino boa. I got him at a small pet shop i go to get pre killed sometimes. I bought him as a replacement if the big guy were to pass away from old age or whatever reason. Despite getting him at a small pet shop he's doing fine and is getting big. I got him dec 2012.



The albino boas new boaphile enclosure.


Ball python food


Big guys food


That's about it for snake stuff here's some pics of my other hobbies before i wrap this thread up. Also hobbies as in things i dump money in to.lol
My car. Since my eclipse got smashed last year (wasn't my fault btw) i figured it was a good time to get a camaro finally since i always wanted one and yes it's powerful.



One of my pride and joys a mortal kombat 3 arcade machine me and my brother went half's on and refurbished.


Aaaand that's it. Hope the bp.net community liked the pics and the read. I look forward to being part of the community but only as a casual member cause i'm so freakin busy also i plan on getting update pics which i'll save for furture threads like a pic of me holding my big ol Columbian red tail.