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'04 Normal Aztec Keeper

It slipped by you 'cuz you were subconsciencely (sp) holding her back for me ;*)...Beautiful Aztec Susan, keep us updated with pics of these :) ...
 
Darn Murphy and his stupid laws! This little girl ended up being a problem feeder and passed away a couple of weeks ago. I did keep one of her sisters, but, although nice, the markings aren't near as nice as this one's were.
 
Click on your User CP (far upper left in the forest green section), then click on Edit Options. At the very bottom is the Avatar option. Click on it (or Change Avatar) and follow the directions.
The image you download must be fairly small (it should tell you the size limits somewhere) so hopefully you have a program that will let you change the size of an image to meet the requirements.
 
Thanks. I have photoshop, so I can shrink down the pictures, I've just been too lazy lol.
Anyhow, how many hatchling do you figure you get a year?
 
This year was pretty good, although I did have several females that either didn't lay this year or had a very high percentage of slugs (found out that 2 of my males shoot alot of blanks). I hatched out about 180 hatchlings this year.

Next year, if all the females, including a few soon-to-be first timers, lay their average clutches (and many regularly double-clutch) and I have a decent fertilization and hatch rate, I should have at least 250 hatchlings.

And I don't want to think about how many I'll get in another few years when all the keepers from this year start breeding! By then, it should be time for me to start selling off adults - if I can stand to part with them!
 
I sell all my non-keeper hatchlings wholesale. I've been using my current buyer for 3 years now and we have a really good business relationship. He knows what to expect from my hatchlings and is extremely satisfied, and if I need him to do a special favor for me, such as purchase a breeder for me in liew of partial payment, or ship a specific snake to someone special, he'll gladly do it.
 
Looks like ya got a nice little deal than. Must be fun feeding 250 hatchlings, and however many adults, yearlings, sub adults ect.. you have. Do you breed your own rodents, or buy frozen bulk?
 
I breed my own rodents, both mice and rats, but I've occasionally had to purchase frozen of a certain size to suppliment what I can raise (mostly small pinky mice during hatching season...my poor mother mice just can't keep up with the demand).
 
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