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And the humidity is a real bear too.................


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Posted by Fred Albury(Aztec Reptiles U.S.A.) on July 02, 2002 at 11:58:38:

In Reply to: It REALLY sucks living in FL..... posted by Tom Murphy on June 30, 2002 at 19:56:56:

: After seeing the easern indigo at the Jax Zoo today (had never seen one before)......I REALLY WANT ONE! The zoo had two and WOW, are they incredible. One looked to be @8 ft and the other one a little smaller, @6 to 7ft. Their black bodies are SO SHINY......and muscular....you could see every muscle moving when they were crawling around. TRULY SPECTACULAR.
: Tom
: P.S. Please don't recommend getting a black king or black pine.....that would be like recommending to someone in getting a green rough snake instead of a gtp.....they look a like, but there's no comparison.......you can not substitute for something that your heart really desires.............LOL
: Later

Tom,

Eastern Indigos are spectacular snakes, to be sure.
But you cant have one.
I suggest you move,
leave the darn humidity
and heat and come to Calif.
Land of dry heat.
and no gators,
but an equal amount of drug/crime syndicates
(Oh well cant win em' all)

If your going to stay put in Florida
tgen I would SERIOUSLY think about
getting some:

CAPTIVE BRED YELLOWTAILS
Frankly, these snakes are just plain awesome,
I am NOT a big fan of the scruffy, parasitzed and
stressed imported adults that come in, although I
have seen a few cleaned up to a degree that I thought they would do well. So, Captive Bred babies it is.These rival easterns, frankly.

OR

Captive Bred Uniciolors
Severakl of the guys on this forum allready are
prodeucing these. Again....a GREAT choice!

Do not be dismayed,trust me, Yellowtails and Unicolors are every bit as popular as Easterns these days. Frankly ,I myself would JUMP at the chance to get a pair of Yellowtails or Unicolors. Yeah I have Easterns, but it isnt that bad of a trade off and you will ALWAYS be able to sel the babies.

I'll send you the plane tickets.


Fred




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