Af rock update

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So I have decided to ignore all your advise and take the plunge into ARP territory.(not really lol, more an insane cackle)

A batch of ARPs is arriving in Cape Town from Jo'burg next Thursday(30/5). The guy who is bringing them in told me that there would be 2 one-year-olds and about 8 hatchlings. He is adamant that I should buy 2 so that I can breed. He has quite an interesting theory:
he reckons that the burm market is saturated in SA (on the local herp site www.snakes.co.za baby burms are selling for about $30!!!) and that people will want something different with regard to big snakes; hence the breeding of the ARP's.
Problem- he isn't quite sure whether they are the sebae(the beeeg, nasty fellows) or the natilensis(the smaller nasty fellows). If they are sebae, I think that one will be fine, thank you.If they turn out to be Satan's smaller spawn, then maybe.
Any thoughts??
By the way Lori, you have some stunning snakes [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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[bensnacks]

Good luck Red, your biting off a lot more
than I could chew, however many you get!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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Thanks. I think I'll the services of the blood transfusion unit more than luck!!
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[Dr.Oviparous]

Good luck with your new babies, keep us updated with pics! -Juggalo
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Congratulations! Sounds like quite a handful! Do you know whether this lot are captive bred or not? If so, by how many generations? Does anyone know whether the natural aggression of snakes like these are tempered one a few generations have been captive bred? If so, surely "Fourth generation captive" would be significantly preferable to "First"?
I've heard that the patterning of the two varieties are quite different - then again, I've heard of 'grey ones', blotchy ones, stripey ones, etc. Does anyone know how to identify the varieties by sight rather than by size?
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The ARP's are sebaes [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] !!!!!!!
Oh well, I've always wanted one so ....
You know that old cliche: be careful what you wish for ....
The one positive is that they are captive bred. I will be going to see them
next saturday, and will keep you posted(or is that threaded)
provided of course that anyone is actually interested
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[eddie]

Of course we are interested!
You can keep us posted here, on this thread, or just start a new thread Here.

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[Joltman]

I just hope you have a good digital cam so we can see all the blood shots lol. No but seriously good luck on them. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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