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Posted by terryp on February 12, 2003 at 16:16:09:

In Reply to: I talked to Todd this week about the origins of my albino.. posted by gofer on February 12, 2003 at 12:41:10:

behind and have confidence in him, than they are 100% pure Bairdi. That's all you can do. You like their color and you've done the checking to a point your happy, then congratulations Gregg. You have a very nice albino Bairdi. By the way, the albino Bairdi originated in a wild caught normal Bairdi collected in Texas and then taken to Germany where an albino popped out of a clutch. If the albino originated in Germany, then it is not 100% Bairdi unless there are native Bairdi in Germany. I've talked with Glenn and he also stands 100% behind these as beingf 100% albino bairdi. There was talk of a cross being a black rat snake. I'm not convinced a cross ever happened in any way. I mentioned I had heard it as a yellow rat snake. Crossing with a yellow would make more sense as the yellow rat changes its blotches to stripes as a Bairdi does. If you cross the Bairdi with a black rat snake, I would think the blotches may be less likely to turn to stripes and an adult Bairdi with blotches would be hard to convince me that it's pure. Good luck with you Bairdi Gregg.

:bairdi. He is 100% sure about them, and told me they started in Germany. I know of a few others working with them, so i have no doubt they are true bairdi. And as far as looks go, i love the way they look. I like normal phases also, which is why i wanted to buy hets. THis way i get both phases! Works out great. As the albino gets older he gets more and more yellow in color. I will take some new pics this spring. Hope this helped a little. Have a good one,
:Gregg F.

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::Is it possible to convince this "Todd" to post somethng about them online? I don't know the guy, and I dont want to really even question his veracity, but wouldn't it be great to figure out the actual locality of these guy's ancestors.
::Wow! To pin down where these came from could really stir some interest.
::I know I am excited about it.
::Amels aren't at all what I am after, and in fact, neither is the "hypo," but new bairdi morphs are almost unheard of thus far.
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Thanks Terry for the great detials on the origin of.. gofer 02/13/03 (2)
- Glad I could throw out some helpful info . . .> terryp 02/13/03 (1)
  - I agree with you Terry, once that albino bairdi popped out.. gofer 02/17/03 (0)