What is a clear shed?

What is a Clear Shed?

I keep seeing in the forums, references to clear sheds when people are asking about morphs.

"It is more than likely a morph if it sheds clear"

or 

"It's a Hypo (Ghost) if it sheds clear"

or 

"Something something Clear Shed!"

for those that are trying to sound knowledgeable and really have no idea what they are talking about.

Well, let me put it to you straight, my compadres. 

Below you see two sheds. One is more dark, and one is white.

The dark one is from the poss het Pied from yesterday. She is a "normal".

The other is from an Albino. She is a morph.

Now, let us distinguish and complete the picture for you between the two.

Yes, some morphs shed clear. 

Clear in this definition as to mean that there is a lack of color in the shed itself.

What other morphs shed clear?

Hypos, Albinos, combinations of said morphs and a few others, but most of the morphs that do have very light to no pattern. 

NOT ALL MORPHS SHED CLEAR. 

BUT SOME DO.

Again, one of those points that is pretty interesting, but puts a cog in the intellectual expansion of some people in terms of what defines a morph. People get stuck on this point, and don't get over it, and only believe that all morphs shed clear. 

NOT THE CASE.

So I hope that has educated some in terms of this issue, and also to show you the difference between a clear shed and one that is not with visual imagery. 

I try to incorporate that as much as I can. I'm a visual learner for the most part, so this would help me if I were a noob. 

So hopefully it did for some of you.

Have a fantastic clear day, my friends. Or maybe a dark day. Whatever floats your boat.

Stuff I caught recently

I've been watching and waiting for something to happen in the snake room, without actually doing much of what I have been planning to do.

So I caught a few interesting things and I am gunna share them with you.

Above is a glowing, building Spider female. She was bred to my Lemonblast male. I love Spinners, and I love Spinner Blasts, so I am really excited to see what comes out of this pairing.  She is an awesome Spider too, so I am really curious what kind of Spinners she produces.

And then I caught this Het Pied female shedding, and I thought it was really cute. She was pissed as all get out,  but I managed to get a few photos of her hood.

Yeah, did I mention she was pissed? Look at that aggressive posturing. Less than an hour later, she was fully shed and clean.

Gotta love it!

And this beauty is the next female in line to lay for me, more than likely in the next week or so. This is my TSK Axanthic female possible het Albino. I'm hoping she proves for me, cause the Albino het TSK Axanthic is not going this year.

I NEED MY SNOW!!

It will be six eggs from this gal, and I can't wait to see what she makes. COME ON, BABAY!!!

The worst I can get out of this clutch is a crap ton of Axanthics.

I'll take it.

So with that, I bid you adieu.

Have a fantastic day, my friends.

Musings and Colors and Flowers!

It was a relaxing weekend, and although I still feel like I haven't much to say in terms of snake stuff, I am glad to have had the break I did.

I was hoping for Mother's Day eggs, but to no avail.

I am actually in the process of moving animals around for the up and coming onslaught of babies (I hope), so that I can make things work without pulling my hair out.

I didn't get as far as I wanted.

But, hopefully today or tomorrow I can get up off my duff and do it.

Now, I realize I didn't say anything about these rose pictures.

They are my FAVORITE roses of all time, and I bought them for all of my mother snakes for mothers day... (not really, but I had to have some excuse to buy them).

They are a Bicolor Rose called Circus, and they are the epitome of awesomeness in rose coloration in my opinion.

They will be my centerpiece flower for my wedding, which is yet to happen.

A gal can dream, right?

Now I really want to see if I can make a Ball Python this color without dying it.

(You know those glass fish you can buy at the store that have those obviously fake plastic neon colored lines thru it? Yeah, not like that.)

THAT is the challenge of my lifes work.

Pastel Yellowbelly with.... something red. Caramel would make it pink.... I don't know, but I will figure it out.

Or die trying.

Which gives you the idea I'm in it for a while, right?

Yeah baby.

I am.

So enjoy my roses for my snakes, and enjoy your day, my friends.

I know I will!

Weekend Appreciation

This week has been a week of trials and tribulations, my friends.

I missed a blog, I got sick, and even though I got eggs, I do not have much more to share over this past five working days.

I apologize for the lack of interesting topics and conversations this week.

My heart has just not been into it.

But this weekend should give me some time to relax and get back in gear.

I also hope to be able to report more eggs, although I don't anticipate any for the next few weeks.

As a good friend has said to me "It's hard to come up with something every day"

This is abundantly true.

This is also why I ask for topics to touch on, photos of animals you want to see, and so forth.

I do this for all of you, my loyal readers.

I hope you enjoy it!

So over the weekend, or even today, stew. Brew with ideas, come up with topics you want me to touch on, and help me get my writers block over with.


Have a fantastic weekend, my friends.

Food Poisoning Sucks

Break time to recover...

Clutch Number TWO!

Well, clutch number two has been laid last night, and I am thrilled. It was the Poss Het Pied female, Ayo to her Pied boyfriend. She should prove out or not this year (she missed last year with her sisters). I'm hoping she does, but some Het Pieds are just as good!

I got home from work and caught her with one egg....

Then Two...

Then Three...

She was getting pissed at me at this point.

And Four

And finally FIVE!

She was a smaller girl, so Five sounds good to me!!

Yes, I was watching often.

So now she is clean and skinny. Clutch two down, many more to come hopefully soon!

Have a fantastic day, my friends!!!

The importance of good photography

I was going thru some old old old photos I took of the original females I had, and the ideas I had in terms of making some really cool interesting photos of the snakes.

I took a look at them, and realized a few things that are very important in this business.

Let me share it with you.

TAKE GOOD PICTURES.

Internet photos are the world in terms of selling animals, and the better the photos are of the animals, the more likely you will be able to find a buyer.

You have to have a good camera, or at least one you know how to use. One that has auto focus, and a quick shutter speed.

It doesn't have to be an expensive camera by any means, it just has to do the basics.

When I started out, the digital cameras were still in the process of getting good at the price range I could afford.

So, I tried and failed with what I had.

Yes, it took pictures, and yes, you can see them now, but my skills with the camera now versus then are humungously different.

The colors are off, the flash was not ideal, the focus was not sharp.

I have to say, if I used my current camera (I shoot with a Panasonic DMC-FZ7), these photos would be much better.

And I would be more proud to use these photos in terms of displays for the website, which was what the intent of these photos were.

But... it took many different attempts, lights, flashes, colors to figure it out.

Now what do I use to take some of my best pics?

I use a white erase board as the background (which is usually clean and reflects a decent amount of light), my flash, and auto focus. 

Simple, right?

Well, it took me a few years to figure it out.

So my suggestion to all of you out there is to play with your camera (It's fun anyway!) and see if you can find your own way to get good detailed photographs of your animals. 

You won't be dissapointed. 

Have a fantastic day, my friends