A new year is coming up - 2012 - and I have a lot of big plans in mind. To start, I will be launching a small breeding company called New York Exotics - at least that's what I plan on calling it. I know, it sounds a little like a strip club company, but I assure you it's only going to be for pet snakes and other reptiles/amphibians.
This will be the first year dedicated to proving out a lot of my collection. There will be holdbacks, but if you'd like to get on a waiting list for any breeding project just send me an e-mail and I will answer any questions you have and put your name down.
So to start off the new year, I am working on getting a few females up to weight, but will soon be breeding several species. I plan to start with my Amazon Tree Boas (Corallus hortulanus) and the first pairing will be Chromia and Lucy. Chromia is a yellow "patternless" female and Lucy is a lighter yellow "patternless" male.
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| Chromia |
I am very interested in this pairing for a couple reasons: first off, they're just a really hot pairing and at the very least, they should produce some amazing yellow snakes; secondly, these two both exhibit faint orange/red patterning that can only be seen in certain lighting; lastly, they both exhibit heterochromia - a condition in this particular case that makes them both have blue eyes with a think orange strip around the retina. The second two reasons are the main reasons why I'm interested. From what I've heard and read, the "hypos," produced by GCR, possess those two traits. When the "hypos" are bred together they produced the famed blue-eyed lucy - an all-white (off-white) snake that has baby blue eyes. Now, I know it's a real long shot, but I'm hoping for a miracle!
The second big pairing of ATBs for the season, will be two very dark ones picked up from Matt Edgar. This pair is very, very black with dark bellies and really aberrant patterning. They also have silver eyes and change color from a darker gray to a much lighter gray at night. These are traits exhibited in Leopard ATBs. I'm not saying mine are leopards, but I think these two have something else going on (genetically) that will produce some wild looking offspring. Anna Mollie is an '09 female and Noir is an '08 male.
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Last up for the ATBs, I have a granite colored male with nice patterning and a beautiful red and gray female that has a bright yellow head. I'm not sure if I'm going to use the male this year, but the female will definitely be able to go. I think I may end up putting her on breeding loan to a friend with a Danny Mendez Tiger ATB. I've always wanted a tiger, and this will produce some amazing tigers and tiger siblings. I should be able to holdback one or two tigers and still have one (or a sibling) for sale after the split with my friend.
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