I've been meaning to do this for a while now. Back in October, my daughter picked out this adorable BEL at the Manchester NH Reptile Expo.
Her name is Helena, as I like to name my BPs with Roman names.
We got her from a great breeder (not sure we're allowed to name names but I'd love to give them a plug!). They gave us a detailed genetic profile and a birth certificate that included her birth weight, current weight, and a picture of her. Though I may choose to breed someday, currently my snakes are first and foremost pets. So the whole birth cert and all really added that something special to the experience.
Her dame was a white diamond and her sire was a lesser/mojave. So she is certainly het white diamond, but the breeder strongly suspects that the other gene is mojave and not lesser, but of course couldn't be sure. Either way she is beautiful.
More important, she has a phenomenal personality.
Now, I am a bit concerned for her. Some of you may recall that I got two snakes at the expo. The second, very sadly, didn't make it out of quarantine and had been in close proximity to Helena. But so far she seems fine.
She was started on live rat pups, but I got her changed over to f/t in short order and she has been pounding them ever since.
With no further ado, here's a few pics. Stories can wait till my next post!
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