One of the Good Guys!

Very exciting news!

Mike and I did a breeding loan with another BPNet member and friend, Gene, year before last and sadly it didn't produce the hoped for results. Gene, being the great guy he is, has surpised us with a very generous gift this year from his 08 hatchlings....

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...GeneJune08.jpg

A gorgeous 08 male Mojave! We are simply blown away and humbled by this sort of thing and can't thank Gene (gncz73) and his wife enough for helping our dreams come true. We've decided to name the little guy - Fergus. :) We can't wait until he's grown a bit and can come on home to the empty spot in the rack that's all ready and waiting for him.

Gene is truly one of the good guys in this snake world of ours.

He's stunning Jo! I know he will be a beloved addition to your collection! Gene produced a gorgeous animal!

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Originally Posted by rabernet

He's stunning Jo! I know he will be a beloved addition to your collection! Gene produced a gorgeous animal!

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Thanks Robin. I think he'll be in the line up for a date with Cara at some point LOL. That snake's got a full dance card for a lotta years it seems. :)

Speaking of Cara - where are some new pictures of HER? ;)

http://www.3000ad.com/ubb/graemlins/w00t.gif
What a gorgeous mojave!!!!!
http://www.iheartpaws.com/forums/ima...Bananejump.gif

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Originally Posted by starmom

http://www.3000ad.com/ubb/graemlins/w00t.gif
What a gorgeous mojave!!!!!
http://www.iheartpaws.com/forums/ima...Bananejump.gif

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haha that banana jumpin like that says it all right there. congrats how great is that!?

We are happy you enjoy your little gift. and if you like he just got don'e shedding i could post a better pic of him for you here or send you a pm

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Originally Posted by gncz73

We are happy you enjoy your little gift. and if you like he just got don'e shedding i could post a better pic of him for you here or send you a pm

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How much better could he possibly get? He is beautiful as is!

nice one! congrats!!!:D:D:D

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Speaking of Cara - where are some new pictures of HER? ;)

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I should be doing a whole collection shoot in the next little while. :)

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Originally Posted by starmom

http://www.3000ad.com/ubb/graemlins/w00t.gif
What a gorgeous mojave!!!!!
http://www.iheartpaws.com/forums/ima...Bananejump.gif

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Thanks, we're drooling over his pic ourselves.

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Originally Posted by ViciousBliss

haha that banana jumpin like that says it all right there. congrats how great is that!?

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It's pretty darn great!

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Originally Posted by gncz73

We are happy you enjoy your little gift. and if you like he just got don'e shedding i could post a better pic of him for you here or send you a pm

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Oh please do post one in this thread, Gene. We'd love to see him post-shed!

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Originally Posted by TanyaL

How much better could he possibly get? He is beautiful as is!

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He sure is.

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Originally Posted by munding

nice one! congrats!!!:D:D:D

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Thanks. It's always been in our plans to include a really nice male Mojave. Gene and his wife have insured that will happen this year. :)

What a great story. :)

Congrats on the beautiful new boy (and for having such amazing friends).

Bruce

Thanks so much, Bruce. We're very blessed in the friendships formed through our passion for the snakes. :)

Congrats Jo. What a great surprise, and such a nice looking Mojave. Gene, what a nice gesture. Gene is definitely a huge asset to the community.

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Originally Posted by muddoc

Congrats Jo. What a great surprise, and such a nice looking Mojave. Gene, what a nice gesture. Gene is definitely a huge asset to the community.

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Thanks Tim. It was a complete surprise! I was just talking with Gene about both our breeding seasons this year and he comes out with how him and his wife had already decided to give us this Mojave because they felt bad about the breeding loan not producing anything. Heck it's not like that's ever a guarantee with any snakes breeding so it wasn't like we felt bad about it. That's just breeding snakes after all....you take the good with the bad.

Anyways, we completely agree with you. Gene's always been a wonderful assest to the snake community and you just couldn't meet a nicer guy! When he had Brannagh and Orlah in his care he treated them just like they were his own breeder females and they came home from the breeding loan in perfect condition.

If any of you attend the Taylor, MI show regularily find Gene and say "hey". :)

well everyone and mostly Jo and Mike heres a post shed pic i just took. i will get a better one with better lighting this weekend.

and thanks all we are pleased to help a friend who trusted us just from a few e-mails and talks on the phone with there babies and as we all know our little scaled babies are part of our family. and i know how hard it was for Jo and Mike to just leave Brannagh and Orlah with a person that they hardly knew. but we were glad to have them.

well Jo to tell you the truth Brannagh went home better then when i got her. she a sweet heart now LOL i still remember that first pick you sent me of her that mike had those big leather gloves on because she would try and bite.

were heres the pic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...3/DSCF1797.jpg

and again thanks everyone!!!!!!!!!

Oh he's a stunner Gene! Thanks for the new pic.

Yep I remember that we had just got Brannagh settled when she went to you. I was so worried she'd revert back to that bite anything that comes near her adult she was when we first got her. I about fell over when you sent that pic of your son holding her. That's when I knew our gut instincts to trust you with our precious female BP's was a good one. You cared for them, worked with them and treasured them just as much as we did. :)

Mojos are such handsome snakes.
Congrats Jo, great addition:gj:

Thanks Raul! :)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Oh he's a stunner Gene! Thanks for the new pic.

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He's lovely Jo... that is the kind of MOJO I would jump on (I mean not literally), but I like a strong contrast. Sweet looking boy you have there.

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Bruce

Thanks Bruce. We are already dreaming of the day we can pair him with a couple of our female BP's here. He'll be a fantastic match for Cara just to name one. :)

He's great looking! Congrats

Thanks Amy! :)

Awwe what a handsome little boy there! Grats on the new addition!!

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Originally Posted by Purrrfect9

Awwe what a handsome little boy there! Grats on the new addition!!

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Thanks Kasi, we're pretty excited about adding him to our collection and future breeding plans.

well as i said here are a couple better pics.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...DSCF1806-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...3/DSCF1807.jpg