Gray Band Adult Female

[atavuss]

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This is an adult female Gray Banded Blair's "light" phase that just shed. I also have a adult male but he is a dark phase (IMHO the female is the better looking of the two).

[Jim Smith]

Beautiful snake! While the normals are beautiful animals in their own right, I really like to colors that are a bit different from the normals.

I have a female Ghost Honduran Milk snake that I am planning on breeding to a very nice little male I have coming from Don Shores at Shores Enuff Snakes. The male is an Extreme Hypo that is 100% het for anery and albino. I'm new at this, but with the genetic makeup of my female, I'm hoping to get some snows or perhaps even a pearl out of them. Time will tell.

Thanks for sharing your photo of your beautiful snake.

Jim Smith

[atavuss]

Beautiful snake! While the normals are beautiful animals in their own right, I really like to colors that are a bit different from the normals.

I have a female Ghost Honduran Milk snake that I am planning on breeding to a very nice little male I have coming from Don Shores at Shores Enuff Snakes. The male is an Extreme Hypo that is 100% het for anery and albino. I'm new at this, but with the genetic makeup of my female, I'm hoping to get some snows or perhaps even a pearl out of them. Time will tell.

Thanks for sharing your photo of your beautiful snake.

Jim Smith

Sounds like you have a plan worked out there Jim! I also have a adult male and female albino tangerine Honduran along with a adult female Anery Honduran that I am going to try and breed this coming spring. The two Albino Hondurans are nice docile snakes but the Anery is a spaz!

[drumcrush]

Very nice!

[atavuss]

Here is the male:
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[sharthun]

Wow cool Kings! Love those colors!:D

[sharthun]

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb357/atavusss/graybandedfemale_zps2ddd2934.jpg (http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/atavusss/media/graybandedfemale_zps2ddd2934.jpg.html)
This is an adult female Gray Banded Blair's "light" phase that just shed. I also have a adult male but he is a dark phase (IMHO the female is the better looking of the two).

That looks like one of those hides with a water dish built in. Does your snake use it? I thought about getting one.

[atavuss]

That looks like one of those hides with a water dish built in. Does your snake use it? I thought about getting one.

Yes, it is a hide with a water dish built in, I have them in almost all the enclosures and all the Kings and Milks use them. Instead of using the built in water bowl on the hide I use a 12 oz. plastic water bowl. It is a lot easier to replace the plastic bowl instead of sanitizing the entire hide weekly. There are at least two sizes of the hides that I know of.

[sharthun]

Yes, it is a hide with a water dish built in, I have them in almost all the enclosures and all the Kings and Milks use them. Instead of using the built in water bowl on the hide I use a 12 oz. plastic water bowl. It is a lot easier to replace the plastic bowl instead of sanitizing the entire hide weekly. There are at least two sizes of the hides that I know of.

Great idea! Can I ask where you ordered those and what size for adult kings/milks? Thanks!


Steve

[atavuss]

Great idea! Can I ask where you ordered those and what size for adult kings/milks? Thanks!


Steve

I bought them used from the Serpentarium in Lodi California. Used they were 1/3 the cost of new.
The large is plenty big and the smaller size is big enough for Kings and Milks up to 4'+. I prefer how the bowl sits flush in the large hide though, less likely for a snake to knock the water bowl over (the pictured hide is a small one). I did a quick google search and could not find these hides new, I wonder if they are still being sold..................

[sharthun]

I bought them used from the Serpentarium in Lodi California. Used they were 1/3 the cost of new.
The large is plenty big and the smaller size is big enough for Kings and Milks up to 4'+. I prefer how the bowl sits flush in the large hide though, less likely for a snake to knock the water bowl over (the pictured hide is a small one).

Thanks! I may have do grab a couple! Both my kings are still in 20g tanks for now.

[Hurrok]

Quite the difference between the darker male and the lighter female, it would be cool to see some of their babies if you decide to breed them in the future :)

[atavuss]

Thanks! I may have do grab a couple! Both my kings are still in 20g tanks for now.

The large size hide may not fit in a 20g..........

[smy_749]

Aren't the different phases directly related to locality? I don't think there is such thing as a 'normal' gray banded. Either way, very nice, I like the dark phase myself.

[Mikoh4792]

Nice, love the colors

[atavuss]

Aren't the different phases directly related to locality? I don't think there is such thing as a 'normal' gray banded. Either way, very nice, I like the dark phase myself.

Most likely they are different locality. I have no background information on them. Would be interesting to see what the hatchlings from this pairing would look like.
I also have a 12" hatchling that came from another pair, it is the light color, no idea as to its sex yet.