Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri Leonis

bluelephant · 10-10-12, 05:11 AM

Lmt 0:1 feeding last night

Jlassiter · 10-10-12, 05:19 AM

Nice ground color on that one.
Do you know the lineage on it?

bluelephant · 10-10-12, 05:51 AM

I haven't a clue to its lineage - I did ask but the previous owner didn't say and then went off line for ages! Such a pity as I purchased her as a potential mate for a male - the first Lampropeltis I aquired a year previously.
Don't know if many UK 'hobbyists' are true breeders in the sense they keep a full data score on the lines - sire/dame - I for one always request as much info as possible yet sometimes this is not forth coming.

Jlassiter · 10-10-12, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bluelephant

I haven't a clue to its lineage - I did ask but the previous owner didn't say and then went off line for ages! Such a pity as I purchased her as a potential mate for a male - the first Lampropeltis I aquired a year previously.
Don't know if many UK 'hobbyists' are true breeders in the sense they keep a full data score on the lines - sire/dame - I for one always request as much info as possible yet sometimes this is not forth coming.

I understand...there's many here in the states that do not keep complete information either.....Their snakes go for WAY less than those that keep full provenance.

h3h · 10-10-12, 11:11 AM

Good looking snake, the viv looks creative, can you put a picture of it up?

- h3

TremTricolors · 10-10-12, 11:22 AM

Nice, as John mentioned really nice ground color.

iiPink · 10-10-12, 12:37 PM

wow i love the color !!!

bluelephant · 10-10-12, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by h3h

Good looking snake, the viv looks creative, can you put a picture of it up?

- h3

Here we go - and thanks for the interest - these are converted fish tanks that I put pine wood trim to with aluminium rail and edges: ( Dimensions are 90cm Length x 41cm Height x 30cm width). Back-wall in top tank is mainly fibre husk impregnated into black silicon on expandable foam with a few natural cork sections too. I used auto spray paint to add whiteness. The lower viv has thin sections of natural cork adhered to it and overlapping. Again I used a mixture of different auto WHITE spray paints to achieve a whiteness to the background and thus match the critters colour. ( see last photo of the viv build in progress)

When the main spot lamp turns off in the evening and the white LED strip turns off an hour after that the blue LED is ON for an hour from 21:00 - 22:00 hrs and then the red LED comes on one minute before the blue switches off and is on from 22:00 - 23:00hrs.

bluelephant · 10-10-12, 03:44 PM

Some other photos detailing one or two other aspects of the enclosures:

( oops! - you have to turn your head on its side to see the Shaman relief)

The original custom 4x2x2 that now has been converted into a Taiwan Beauty enclosure - looks completely different now to what it was but just including it anyway to give you guys some entertainment:

Lankyrob · 10-10-12, 04:31 PM

I really like your enclosures they look stunning