Well on Saturday we had another reptile show in Arlington. Late in the year I expected the turn out and vendors to be low it was but I went anyway. Dr. Neil Ford was to be there and he was to have a pile of house snakes strait from Don Shultz who is on vacation in Africa. Don shipped them to Neil and I got to pick from what was left after Neil had his pick.

Problem! Neil wanted adults and took all the red ones. The rest were young browns. I did not want them so Don has a lot of normal house snakes that will be available in January if you want any, , if so drop by www.mfezi.com in January once Don gets home an he will hook you up.

I did not find anything I wanted mostly big pythons, corns and milks were available. No old world rats, no unique house snakes, nothing no one else commonly has. In fact I was in the market for a JCP and not one in the house.

Still Dr. Ford is a very sharpe dude so I took time to talk to him. Turned out he had some extra het amel house snakes back in Tyler. So I agreed to buy one if he brought it on the second day. He did and I did so here is my latest new house snake.

This is a L. Capensis crossed with a "large green variety" as Dr. Ford referred to it. This is an attempt to get more size in eggs and hatchlings. So she will be bred to my L. Capensis who is also het Amel. Here she is you can see typical Capensis markings on her, the eye stripes with breaks, the stripe pattern on the sides but slightly less pattern over all.











So as I am talking to Neil I mention that I am always looking for something different or interesting. Mentioned the Cat Eyed Snake I bought from his son dave about a month ago and he says, "hey you ever hear of a Diadem Snake", I said no and he shows me one.

They have a rep for being mean, the one he had on display was a firestorm, and made his deli cup look like a jumping bean. Stiking at the lid and making the cup jump.

He said I made his day with the Het Amel and offered to GIVE ME a Diadem for free. They are supposed to be hissy like bulls but this guy while squirmy and fast has not hissed or tried to bite.

They are rear fanged but considered harmless to people. I don't know much about them but Neil says they are bullet proof from a keeping stand point and just like keeping a bull or rat. They get about the size of a corn but with a bit heavier body.

Anyway Neil was awesome to give me this little guy and I really like him, check him out,












So more kids in the house! I am really starting to develop a nice collection of unique snakes for my shows with the kids. Anyone ever keep one of these Diadem snakes from the pics I found online they get prettier as they get older,