Projects

Lavender Bloodred Stripe:

Here on breeding loan from Low Belly Reptiles are two Rich Hume Bloodreds, het Hypo Lavender Stripe. I’m excited to welcome the male, Ancho, and the female, Aji, to my breeding group! Ancho and Aji’s 2011 offspring included one Plasma Stripe and several stunning Bloodred Stripes, as well as a Plasma and lots of Bloodreds. Repeating this breeding in 2012 will be super-exciting! UPDATE!! I have added a male Lavender Bloodred 100% het Stripe to the group. His name is Gator and he was bred by Rich Hume. Gator is completely unrelated to the LBR Bloodred pair.

Ancho 2009 M Bloodred het Hypo Lavender Stripe

Aji 2009 F Bloodred het Hypo Lavender Stripe

Gator 2011 M Lavender Bloodred het Stripe

Avalanche Stripe:

Pepper is Rich Hume stock, of the finest quality. Annabelle, a Hypoblood of Rich Hume stock is here on loan from John Finsterwald, Colorado Corns. **UPDATE** With the unexpected 2011 hatching of a Ghost Bloodred Stripe, Pepper has been proven het Hypo. One Fire male is still available. Annabelle has been paired with Pepper again in 2012, and has produced a clutch of 16 fertile eggs. Projected hatch date is Memorial Day weekend.

Pepper 2007 M Avalanche Stripe het Hypo

Annabelle 2008 F Hypo Bloodred het Amel, Anery, Stripe

Lava Bloodred Stripe:

Pepper is a gorgeous Avalanche Stripe of Rich Hume stock. He has been paired with Suri, a female Lava Bloodred of Rich Hume stock in 2012. Yggdrasil is a male Lava Bloodred from Captains Colubrids (Joe Novak) stock. After the F1 Lavablood Stripes are hatched and growing, I will concentrate on breeding Lava Bloodreds beginning in 2013. Suri, 2009 Lava Bloodred, has some interesting hets to prove out. Suri’s granddam paired with two males, and it is unknown which of the two sired her parents. So it is known that Suri is possibly het anery and stripe, and additionally, could be het caramel. It will be quite exciting to pair her with Pepper to prove out anery and stripe! That would be a huge step forward with the Lavablood Stripe project!

Pepper 2007 M Avalanche Stripe

Yggdrasil 2009 M Lava Bloodred

Suri 2009 F Lava Bloodred

Milksnake Phase Miami:

Milksnake is my aptly-named home-bred Milksnake Phase Miami, out of El Wray and Cherry. I hadn’t intended to start a Milksnake Phase project, but this boy changed my mind!! He’s het motley too! Candy Cane is his surprise Amel brother. Would you call that an Albino Milksnake? UPDATE!! Milky has bred back to his dam, Cherry, in 2012 and the pair has produced 18 fertile eggs. Hatchlings expected in early June!

Milksnake 2010 M Milksnake Phase Miami

Candy Cane 2010 M Amel Milksnake Phase

Cherry 2005 F Milksnake Phase Miami Het Amel

Okeetee Tessera x Extreme Okeetee

By a stroke of great fortune I am now the proud owner of a 2010 male Tessera bred by Don Soderberg of South Mountain Reptiles. Thank you Don for this amazing opportunity!!! I decided that the best way to take advantage of Gartersnake’s exceptional Okeetee characteristics would be to find the absolute best Extreme Okeetee female out there. I sought out Graham Criglow, Strange Cargo Exotics, and managed to talk him out of a hold-back 2011 female, daughter of Graham’s amazing Halloween Okeetee male and a Buckskin Okeetee female. Raven promises to mature into a brilliant red, orange and black Okeetee with plenty of solid black saddles like her father. This pair is expected to breed in 2014.

Gartersnake 2010 M Tessera

Raven 2011 F Okeetee

Bloodred Tessera and Lavender Tessera:

Firefly was produced by Colorado Corns, and is het Cayenne Fire (selectively-bred Amel Bloodred). I’m hoping he grows fast enough to breed in 2012. I think the best match will be Buzztail, Old School Bloodred het Anery. In addition, I would like to breed Lavender Tesseras! Step 1 will be breeding Firefly to Opal Stripe Mingo, producing Amel Tesseras het Lavender (not the goal!) and Tesseras het Amel Lavender Stripe. If I am lucky enough to produce a male, the next step will be breeding to Orchidee, Hypo Lavender Stripe and possibly Hyacinth, Lavender Bloodred Stripe. But that’s years down the road!

Firefly 2011 M Tessera het Amel Bloodred

Buzztail 2006 F Bloodred het Anery

Mingo 2009 F Opal Stripe

Orchidee 2009 F Hypo Lavender Stripe

Tessera x Peppermint and Peppermint Motley

When I acquired Firefly, Red Factor Tessera het Cayenne Fire, from John Finsterwald, Colorado Corns, it became obvious that he should replace Gartersnake as the sire of the Peppermint Tessera project. Carol and I will be a step ahead, hatching Amel Tesseras het Cinder in the first generation. Although we need to wait a year for Firefly to grow up, I still have hopes that Carol and I will be the first to produce an exciting new Tessera morph in the F2 generation. After the Tessera project is off the ground Petunia will meet her new mate, Sweet Pea, in 2013. Sweet Pea is the first of only two Peppermint (Amel Cinder) Motleys hatched to date.

Firefly 2011 M Tessera het Amel Bloodred

Sweet Pea 2011 M Peppermint Motley

Petunia 2009 F Peppermint

Opal Bloodred:

I am very excited about this project. I acquired the foundation male, The Dingo, from John Finsterwald (Colorado Corns) (Rich Hume stock). The Dingo is an amazing beauty with light peach spots on a pale thistle purple background. His mate, Azaria, is from Stephen Wagner bloodlines. This pair will produce Amels het Opal Bloodred, Fires het Lavender, Opals het Bloodred and Opal Bloodreds! Eventually, depending on other projects, I would like to work toward Opal Bloodred Stripes.

The Dingo 2008 M Opal Bloodred

Azaria 2008 F Amel het Opal Bloodred

Adlai 2008 M Amel het Opal Bloodred

Lavender Pewter Stripe:

Bred by John Finsterwald, Colorado Corns, Jacinto, Iris and Violet are the 2010 foundation of the Lavender Pewter Stripe project. All are Lavenders, all het Bloodred, Charcoal and Stripe. In addition to the Stripes, I hope to produce some high-quality banded snakes including Lavender, Lavblood, Charcoal Lavender and Pewter Lavender! UPDATE!! Iris has been transferred to Rich Doughty of Corn Creations and is expected to clutch any day.

Jacinto 2010 M Lavender het Pewter Stripe

Iris 2010 F Lavender het Pewter Stripe

Violet 2010 F Lavender het Pewter Stripe

Hypo Lavender Stripe:

Razzle and Orchidee are of Serpenco origins. One or both may also be used in a future Striped Lavblood project.

Razzle 2009 M Hypo Lavender Stripe

Orchidee 2009 F Hypo Lavender Stripe

Opal Stripe:

Everyone knows Mango!!  Mango and Mingo are my Opal Stripe pair.  They are extremely gentle and friendly, and ravenous feeders! This project boasts bloodlines from VMS and Serpenco.

Mango 2008 M Opal Stripe

Mingo 2009 F Opal Stripe

Miami Motley (Fully Striped):

El Wray and Zora are pure Huddleston Miamis.  I am very excited to breed this couple and produce some Fully-Striped Miami Mots of my own!  UPDATE!! A new male has joined the line-up! El Pollo Loco is a Fully-Striped Miami Motley from Low Belly Reptiles. I plan to breed him with Zora in 2013.

El Wray 2008 M Miami Motley Het Amel

El Pollo Loco 2011 M Miami Motley

Zora 2009 F Miami Pinstripe Motley

Boot Keys Pure Locality

Phoenix and Scarlett come from a wild-caught, straight from Boot Key pair of rosy ratsnakes. They are only one generation removed from their wild, pure locality parents. They were produced by Strange Cargo Exotics, and I feel very lucky to have acquired them. They are quite different from typical cornsnakes, and must be seen to appreciate their unique qualities. I am considering breeding this pair in 2012.

Phoenix 2008 M Boot Key Pure Locality

Scarlett 2008 F Boot Key Pure Locality

Terrazzo

I am so pleased to add this pair of JMG Terrazzos to my collection! UPDATE! Zoey is on loan to Jarrett and Troy of The Cornnection for 2012.

Zeke 2009 M Terrazzo

Zoey 2009 F Terrazzo

Rosy Lavender Bloodred

In partnership with John Finsterwald of Colorado Corns, I will be breeding Rosy Blood Fred to Lavender Bloodred Lily to produce the first generation of Bloodreds het Rosy Lavender. Most if not all of these offspring will be held back and bred together to produce Rosy Lavbloods in the F2 generation. The SMR line of Rosy Bloods originated with a wild-caught pair and are believed to carry the Kastanie gene. In addition, Fred will be paired with John’s Hypo Lavender Bloodred, Penelope! **UPDATE** After another year of failure, I am giving this project a rest for 2012.

Fred 2007 M Rosy Blood

Lily 2007 F Lavender Bloodred

Lavender Bloodred Stripe: The Extras

This group contains snakes from a variety of sources including Serpenco, Colorado Corns, and Low Belly Reptiles. Future offspring from this group may be combined with Hypo Lavender Stripes, with a goal of Striped Lavblood!

Draco 2009 M Lavender Bloodred het Hypo Charcoal

Lily 2007 F Lavender Bloodred

Jasper 2007 M Hypo Bloodred ph Lavender

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