Future California King Breeders

Jlassiter · 09-18-12, 08:20 PM

Jlassiter · 09-18-12, 08:25 PM

Kingsnakechris · 09-18-12, 08:51 PM

Very nice! I can only hope I get a few breeders as nice as yours one day! I have two hets for albino now and this will be my first year

again your snakes are incredible!

Jlassiter · 09-18-12, 09:30 PM

Thanks Chris...
Watch out...there are so many California King morphs out there now they become addicting.....lol

UwabamiReptiles · 09-19-12, 08:43 AM

Great looking snakes John! Looks like you'll be producing awesome things the next few seasons.

Kingsnakechris · 09-19-12, 09:18 AM

Lol im already addicted!!! What morph is the 6th one down the second post?
I want one!!!

Kettennatter · 09-19-12, 09:29 AM

I must say that I can't wait to see the results.

(I love the 5th morph of the 2nd post.)

Jlassiter · 09-19-12, 09:40 AM

Thanks everyone....
The 5th down in the second post is a mosaic.
This trait is co dominant.

The 6th one down in the second post is a dark lavender newport-like striper.

My favorite is posted last.
It is a lavender hypermel or purple passion.....or at least that is what I believe it to be and I will be trying to prove it out with future pairings.

Kingsnakechris · 09-19-12, 09:45 AM

Yeah the last one posted was a close second, so lavender newport stripe...I really like it, would you mind PMing me the prices on those possibly?

TremTricolors · 09-23-12, 06:31 AM

Hey, there is no red on any of those. Why are you keeping them????? LOL. Nice diverse collection anyway....

Sorraia · 09-23-12, 07:02 PM

Those are beautiful snakes!!! On my job I see CA kings a lot, but have only seen one morph in the wild. (That morph was all dark with a light colored stripe running the length of its body.) I get so used to seeing the wild form, I probably wouldn't even recognize those guys as the same species!

Rogue628 · 09-23-12, 07:45 PM

Really nice! The first one, the reverse stripe, is my favorite...that is until I saw purple passion!

Will any of them be ready to breed next year? What are some of the possible pairings? I'd love to see what my two faves are being paired to what they have the possibility to produce

Jlassiter · 09-23-12, 08:15 PM

The high whites may be paired up next year.
Then I have some triple hets that should produce some purple passions, platinums, amels, lavenders, hypermels and possible hets.

Thanks Rogue628, Sorraia an you too Jimmy....lol

BTW...everything you see in the wild Sorraia IS a morph.....Banded is a morph, Striped is a morph, aberrant is a morph, barred is a morph, etc...

It doesn't have to be a pigment mutation to make it a morph.

I would love to see you take some photos of them and post them here.

Sorraia · 09-23-12, 09:43 PM

I do have quite a few wild herp pictures to share! Just need to sit down and make sure I don't have my full name on them. Both color morphs of the wild kings that I've seen, as well as some red diamond rattlesnake, ring-neck snake, gopher snake, and that's just the snakes!

I doubt my husband would let me add another snake to our home any time soon, but out of curiosity, do you ship? If so, what is the process for that? I've had chickens shipped to me before, but never snakes.

Jlassiter · 09-23-12, 09:48 PM

All of us breeders ship.

We ship via FedEx Priority Overnight and are certified to do so.
We use insulated boxes with a heat or cold pack depending on weather.