It's been a while since I posted...so I figured I would give a few updates. I've had a really awesome couple of months snake-wise.
In early October my large female eyelash viper dropped 18 healthy babies. I've sold 16 so far and the two remaining babies are growing, eating and doing great.
A friend of mine had been looking for some rare Vogel's vipers to add new blood into his breeding group and I found a local guy selling a pair and got them for my friend. In return, he sold me his breeding trio (1.2) of Cryptelytops macrops (large-eyed pit viper). I'd already had one female from him, so I was thrilled to add the remaining animals. We are not 100% sure, but to the best of our knowledge this is the only breeding colony of macrops in the US. The male was confirmed breeding with the German bloodline female before they came to me, and I've caught two confirmed locks as well. My friend also traded me one baby eyelash for a male Cryptelytrops purpureomaculatus so I can raise it up and get a colony of those going. I have a 2011 female from him and I picked up a 2011 hypo patternless girl as well so there's a trio of evil purps now! Hopefully they will be ready for breeding next year.
I also received a breeding pair of Trimeresurus puniceus (ashy hump-nosed pit viper) from the seller of the vogeli. I haven't caught these two breeding, but was told they had been active a few months ago.
Finally, I couldn't resist picking up a baby female white-lipped viper (Cryptelytrops albolabris) from my friend at the show. She is precious and very beautiful.
I caught my pair of Usumbara horned bush vipers (Atheris ceratophora) locked up after their last feeding. It was not something I'd expected, as I don't think anyone has successfully bred them in captivity yet- I'm hoping against hope that the female becomes gravid and I can see babies. But, it's a long shot.
I'm incredibly excited about the new additions, the eyelash babies I successfully got started and off to new homes, and the prospects for next year's breedings- it's so rewarding to finally get my viper collection in a good place for producing rare, beautiful babies! :-D
macrops breeding:
Male and German female:
Other two females:
Patternless hypo purpureomaculatus female:
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