Snakes and Stones

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #134

[Lord Sorril]

Gee, that Leland Blue is pretty dangerous to work with- even though it turns out really nice, it's a shame that it really did a number on your right hand.

Did a job on both hands, but, it is was just raw physical damage-so I could just pull the splinters out, patch it up, and laugh it off...very different from the bites of the twin-spotted assassin bugs I used to breed.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #135

Petrified wood is always interesting, it comes in nearly all the colors of the rainbow (depending upon where it is found).

ID on the ball python:
If you guessed Mojave you would be right.
If you guessed Hypo Mojave, you would be more right.
Fun Fact: She is the mother of Clutch #4 (2021) that I linked the time lapse hatching video to on Page 27 of this thread. She is not Orange Ghost: so I have to be careful who I breed her with so I do not mix up my Hypos...

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #136

Super Pastel Lesser, some assorted agate (red), and imperial jasper (purple).
This stubborn girl is 6 years old and has not produced a single clutch of eggs.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #137

Spider Black Pastel and some tumbled/polished broken geode pieces.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #137 was the last of my 2020 photo set...ahhhh...now I can kick back and relax...Oh wait...hmmm...
OK, OK, let's do it all over again! 2021! WHOOO!!!

[Bogertophis]

No rest for the wicked, or so they say.

[Lord Sorril]

No rest for the wicked, or so they say.

I get very little rest-thus I must be very wicked.

Some people may consider it work...but, I consider the time spent on my rodents/snakes/stones my 'down time'.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #138

First photo of 2021: Pastel Het Axanthic with some tumbled/polished bead glass.

Side Story: I held back three 66% Het VPI Axanthic females and raised them up and crossed them this year with a VPI Pastel Axanthic male (I also produced) and all three females failed to prove...! There are going to be a lot of plain/pastel Het VPI Axanthics in my 2021 photos...

As for bead glass: some say it is tough to tumble, and some people say easy...rounding out and removing imperfections in a rotary, and then finishing a vibratory tumbler makes the process easy (imo).

(Very Loud) Video below of me finishing the batch of bead glass that I used for Photos #'s 138-141, and #'s 150-153.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #139

Blue-Eyed Leucistics work well in any photo. The problem I have is that all of them look the same...I guess I'm more of a pied guy myself...
Been producing Super Lessers (Het x Het) for a few years with no eye issues or other defects, I don't want to push my luck with HO x HO.