josh of outback reptiles
This is Doug Donnelly, 4D reptiles,, 4D Serpents, one in the same. I dont see how this topic lasted 17 pages. My friend ordered a female thayeri, thinks he gets a female thayeri. Trieds to breed said snake.. has some "difficulties". Gives me a call to see if i would give it a try. So, i try to breed this "female" with a male.. i observed the pair for a few minutes.. having other things to tend to. This is the way i breed. Having as many as 300 other snakes that need tending to. I am old school, putting plain white paper towels in to line the cage. This way i do not have to visually see the breeding as there will be stains left behind should it occur. The next day there were no stains.. So I put this "female" with another male (still thinking its a female) and actually watch for awhile. They acted like 2 males together. Soooooo i figure why not try a female this time. There was little interaction this time. I give the snake a day or two to rest. I try a male again which is the snake in the pic. He is half thayeri & half corn. This time I got a big reaction, but a males reaction. Why? who really knows.. Low and behold, HEMIPINES! There was no time to VIDEO TAPE this occurance. I was lucky enough to snap a cell pic.
Judging by some responses maybe i should have asked the snake to hold that pose while i run to get my video camera. I sent the pic to Paulie saying I found your problem. Yes i have been breeding for 25 some odd years. I do this as a hobby. I DO NOT make a living from this. I do not have a web site to sell my snakes. I sell most of my hatchlings through my job and friends. I have a full time job which takes up 50 plus hours of my week. I did not know the snake was mis-sexed. We have all put snakes together and dont get the wanted results. Sometimes it takes a few times. So that was the route I took. I dont see myself as a PROFESSIONAL breeder, maybe an expirienced hobbiest. As you can see I dont post much, i dont have the time to sit and post post post. As far as this problem between Josh and Paulie, its between them.. what they work out is what they work out.. I really dont care what anyone else thinks. As Forrest Gump would say, thats all i got to say about that.. Now if you all excuse me, I have 500 plus eggs to check up on,.. say what you will, there will be no reply.. I dont have the time,, Doug