Well, Ok then....here it is!!!

Eddy
Eddy is one of my '03 males. His father was a 50% possible heterozygous (het) for Piebald. So, if Eddy's father was het for Piebald, there is a 50% chance that Eddy is, also. *Fingers crossed!* Eddy has black striping on his belly, towards his tail. This is rumored to be a sign of the het piebald gene. Eddy was very snappy when I first brought him home. He tried to bite me a couple times, and snapped at my daughter, who was about 5 feet away, as she walked by me while holding him. He was just scared, and has since calmed down. He still is slightly headshy, but I'm working with him on that. He hasn't snapped at or hissed at anyone in months. For some reason, I think Eddy may turn out to be my het. Why do I think that? I don't know.....gut feeling, I guess.
This pic is Eddy as a hatchling, less than a week old.

These next two were taken when he was about two months old.


Zeus
Zeus is another '03 male. His genetics are the same as Eddy's, with different parents. Zeus has been Mr. Mellow ever since I brought him home. He has never snapped or hissed, and is not head shy. Here is a pic that demonstrates how mellow Zeus is.

That is my 16 month old daughter wearing him as a necklace. She is a typical toddler, poking and petting him, and he doesn't even act like he minds!

Zeus has an orange ring that goes completely around his tail. He also has black striping on his belly towards his tail. *Fingers crossed again!*

Roswell
Roswell is an '02 female that I got in trade for a Cornsnake. She is a little on the shy side, and will not eat on any kind of schedule. So, I offer her food every couple of weeks. Sometimes she takes it, sometimes she doesn't, but it has to be HER idea! She is 418 grams as of 10/03, and I hope to have her close to breeding weight by late '04.



Julie
Julie is a '01 or '02 reduced pattern female that I picked up for free from a kid who went to college. His parents didn't want to keep all his critters, so he got rid of some of them.
She has a sweet disposition, but doesn't like to eat for an audience. She will definitely be breeding size for '04.


Julie is my website mascot.

Noobie
Noobie is my newest purchase. I found her at a local reptile shop. She had a pretty bad respiratory Infection, and was VERY skinny. I traded a healthy, adult, cooled female Ball Python for her. Stupid trade?
Maybe. I like her light coloration better than the one I traded her for.
Her RI is cleared up, and she shed for me right after I got her.
I tried for a week and a half to get her to eat, and she wasn't interested. I finally assist fed her. I just put the head of the prekilled
rat inside her mouth. She bit it, and then finished eating it by herself. Here is a pic of her starting her shed.

She is eating good for me now, so here are a couple more pics of her. In
this first one, you can really see how her pattern is outlined in white. Overall, she is very light colored, although her shed was not patternless, as I had hoped.


Joe
I found Joe at a local reptile shop in December '02. At that time he was full grown, and he was extremely calm when I handled him. He didn't even protest when the employee probed him!
Joe has never been head shy, and is very inquisitive. He is the snake I trust the most with my kids, and I have even let the baby (15 months) handle him. (Closely supervised, and quickly washed up, of course!)
Joe is currently breeding Maggie. I am hoping for some babies in the Spring of '04.


Maggie
Maggie is my only female that is breeding weight for the '03-'04 season. She has been with Joe for a couple months already. I started cooling them in August, hoping to get an early start on some eggs.
I got Maggie from a guy that I know who worked in a local reptile shop. He had a friend that had skipped the state for whatever reason, and left all his snakes abandoned in the cold apartment. I bought Maggie and Juliet (who I traded for Noobie) both for $40. Both were adult females. They were kinda skinny, but they beefed right up. Better yet, they were used to eating frozen/thawed rats!