Something fun...

This is "One-Eyed Willy" - a snake I acquired fresh out of Indo last month.

He's still in QT & getting settled in, and bless his heart only has one functional eye...I can only imagine what he went through in his wild life. Willy is a bit of a pistol but is settling in well, and will actually take pre-killed rats right off tongs for me now.

It'll be fun to see whether or not his appearance is an inheritable condition!

http://bloodpythons.com/forumpics/april/cryptic.jpg

I am just a sucker for stripes. I love HIM!!!!!!!!

Does he have an eye missing?, or is it just blind?

It's not missing...but it's not pretty...it looks like something might have grabbed him by the head & messed up that eye pretty good. It does seem to have healed up and doesn't seem to give him any trouble, other than the fact that he gets extra pissy if you approach him from the side where he can't see you. I try to stay on his good side (literally) & thus far he's been relatively tolerant, all things considered.

Thats pretty crazy.

And I think if I only had 1 good eye, I wouldnt be the nicest guy on the planet either! ;)

Yep...that's why he gets all the patience in the world to be as uppity as he wants. Really in the grand scheme of things, he's just scared.

When you consider what most larger WC bloods go through from being collected & brought into skinning stations, it's hard to blame them for being super defensive.

Are blood skins really that sought after?, I honestly have no idea.

CITES Export Quotas for 2007 (total for brongersmai, breitensteini & curtus combined)

Live specimens: 3571
Skins & skin products: 49,680

Go to www.cites.org & download some of the export quotas for various years. I think most folks will be shocked at how much easier it is to export dead snakes (or parts of them) than live ones.

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Very nice, Kara! Is he a "Hypo" as well?

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Originally Posted by KLG

CITES Export Quotas for 2007 (total for brongersmai, breitensteini & curtus combined)

Live specimens: 3571
Skins & skin products: 49,680

Go to www.cites.org & download some of the export quotas for various years. I think most folks will be shocked at how much easier it is to export dead snakes (or parts of them) than live ones.

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OMG im shocked. I didnt know i was this blind to the world

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

OMG im shocked. I didnt know i was this blind to the world

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You should check out other species, man. I think Retics and AfRocks are in the 150,000's+ for skins...

Wow Kara he is beautiful. Good luck with him.

He's amazing Kara!

That's a nice blood Kara!

Those bloods are nice looking snakes. I was just looking at one today at a show thinking what a fat daddy he was.

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Originally Posted by KLG

This is "One-Eyed Willy"

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Must.....

Resist......

Joke.............


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dr del

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Must.....

Resist......

Joke.............


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dr del

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Very nice Kara!

Haha! Maybe it was a reference to the pirate "One-Eyed Willy" in the movie the Goonies.

Is he what would be considered a "reverse stripe"?

that one eyed willie is impressive..............hmmm now where have I heard that before? :D

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Originally Posted by jknudson

Very nice Kara!

Haha! Maybe it was a reference to the pirate "One-Eyed Willy" in the movie the Goonies.

Is he what would be considered a "reverse stripe"?

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THANK YOU & KUDOS!!! Yes, he is a "Goonies" reference!

Jason, I'm not quite sure what he is...if things go well we'll find out this upcoming season!

Weeellllll, one bad eye is the ONLY thing wrong as far as I'm concerned! :D He's crazy-cool Kara!

Well he may have had a tough life before, but he sure hit the jackpot when he wound up in Kara's blood python penthouse...hot babes, rats-on-demand, nice people to nip at...:gj:

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Well he may have had a tough life before, but he sure hit the jackpot when he wound up in Kara's blood python penthouse...hot babes, rats-on-demand, nice people to nip at...:gj:

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LOL...or as a friend of mine puts it, He's "Pimp Daddy Wink, enjoying his new life of rats & b*#$%es!" ;)

Ohh he is very pretty and I LOVE his name..:D

Good luck with him this upcoming season.

Ps...Heard there was going to be a "Goonies 2"

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LOL...or as a friend of mine puts it, He's "Pimp Daddy Wink, enjoying his new life of rats & b*#$%es!" ;)

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Kind of a Playboy vs. Hustler difference, ain't it? :P

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Kind of a Playboy vs. Hustler difference, ain't it? :P

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:8: ROFLMAO! I wish you knew the person who initially called him that... PERFECT analogy! ;)