Meet GI Jane

[stevenrudge]

Originally Posted by exwizard

I know I said I couldnt get her, but I changed my mind. This is GI Jane, the yellow Macklot's Python I was tearing myself up over last week but after thinking about this long and hard, I just couldnt pass up this once in a lifetime opportunity. For 6 $50 payments I picked up GI Jane plus her arboreal Neodesha. I am very pleased.

my female was golden and l've seen them yellow,but yours looks likes the darker colours are subdued exaggerating the yellow pigment,any clues as to the parents?you've defo got to bred this beautiful snake,it would be a sin not to

[exwizard]

I plan on breeding her to Merlin, my '09 male next season. That is a fact. If you have any info on this variant. That would be highly appreciated.

[stevenrudge]

Originally Posted by exwizard

I plan on breeding her to Merlin, my '09 male next season. That is a fact. If you have any info on this variant. That would be highly appreciated.

the only info l've got to be honest is my experience with mine and what l've seen in England,l bought 2 pairs from first breedings from W/C adults some years back,l grew them all from hatchings to adults and they were all different colours,from green'ish to yellow to gold,really nice snakes,although l next to never handled them they were tame,fed like pigs, completely stopped feeding from October to March,very active liked a big viv with lots branches where they spent most of their time,l've read that the males will combat real bad,mine grew quite big,the females were bigger than the males even though they were fed the same, l think theres lots of colour morphing naturally with this snake,if l was you l'd contact on of the Burm or Retic morph breeders to get their take on it because l think that you've got some sort of hypo going on with your snake

[exwizard]

You're not the first to mention a "hypo thing". Brian Barczyk says the same thing when he saw the pics I sent him. I even did a Google search on yellow Macklot's and found nothing. You know, with each shed, she only gets brighter and more yellow? I'm still trying to figure it all out.

[stevenrudge]

Originally Posted by exwizard

You're not the first to mention a "hypo thing". Brian Barczyk says the same thing when he saw the pics I sent him. I even did a Google search on yellow Macklot's and found nothing. You know, with each shed, she only gets brighter and more yellow? I'm still trying to figure it all out.

getting lighter with age do's make sense with a hypo gene,all the dark colours look much lighter then they should,a bit like a hypo wash we see with some hypo corns,theirs not much work been done with Macklots anyway so you would not find much info

[Toronto1977]

That is an amazing looking snake!

[emmabee]

she is lovely! i really hope this does prove out to be a hypo trend, ive never seen anything like this one.

she is one of the nicest snakes ive seen (any species!) but i am a bit of a liasis lover!

im not sure what the export rules on these are but if it did prove out there would be a good few keepers over here interested!

well worth the money and a once in a lifetime pic up, you must be well chuffed!

[exwizard]

Originally Posted by emmabee

she is lovely! i really hope this does prove out to be a hypo trend, ive never seen anything like this one.

she is one of the nicest snakes ive seen (any species!) but i am a bit of a liasis lover!

im not sure what the export rules on these are but if it did prove out there would be a good few keepers over here interested!

well worth the money and a once in a lifetime pic up, you must be well chuffed!

I am, very much so, thank you.

[exwizard]

Its time for an update. It seems as if Jane has done some growing so I took it upon myself to take measurements again. She is now 8' long and 8 lbs. She is still young, an '08 so I can see her do quite a bit more growing. Time will only tell just how big she will actually get.