Profile: Almandine

[Snakesitter]

For this entry, we are profiling Almandine, the fourth of our six adult breeder females.

Almandine was born in June 2008. We named her, as with all Living Gems females, after a semiprecious gemstone.

Here is Almandine as of April 2009, very early in her Living Gems career, exploring the bed. Note her cool back patterns:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8308053374_00f1891d15_b.jpg

Also note the unusual pattern on her head:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8359/8308053432_ecdd848106_b.jpg

Here is Almandine as of July 2012, on the occasion of her fourth birthday. Note these shots are not my usual style -- this was in breeding season, and I wanted to disturb her as little as possible.

Inside
Note the color in this shot comes across as more orange due to the inside lighting…she’s actually more of an orange-red “brickish” color.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8082/8308053484_36a871ddb9_b.jpg

Outside
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8308053534_96ceb98d1d_b.jpg

Almandine was re-introduced to her 2012 mate Scarface in early November (there were no babies last year due to a late start). Here’s to hoping she passes on those cool patterns!

Thank you for reading,

[marvelfreak]

Just came across this. Man she is stunning Cliff.

[sws]

beautiful snake, love that you are naming them after stones^^ i named my snakes after natural materials obsidian and ebony.

[Snakesitter]

Thanks Chuck. Hopefully she passes those strong looks on to her kids!

[Snakesitter]

Thanks SWS! I feel having a central naming scheme is important to branding. I like your choices too!

[sws]

i agree and can make nick names interesting somehow obsidian got dubbed obey one canoby or how ever you spell it -rolls eyes- love my family but sheesh i also named my guinea pig amber^^. i just love naming things after natural items good luck with breeding cant wait to see her first litter of...what do you call baby snakes? snaklings?

[Snakesitter]

Neonates. :D Me too! ;-)