lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Oct 19, 2023 9:43:32 GMT -5
Photo #328 There is a coin in the center for scale, but, the snake is on top of it.  BP: 100% Het Gravel or YB (they are indistinguishable from each other).
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Oct 27, 2023 8:02:01 GMT -5
Photo #329 Some local stones, mottled polish. BP is a 66% Possible Het For Clown.
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Nov 6, 2023 13:20:10 GMT -5
Photo #330 BP: HGW (Hidden Gene Woma) + YB or Gravel Stone from Franconia Notch, NH, USA.
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Nov 12, 2023 9:38:26 GMT -5
Photo #331 Some larger chunks of Amazonite with a HGW/Lesser + Gravel or YB-Ball Python
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Nov 13, 2023 9:48:32 GMT -5
Photo #332 Brazilian Agate + Het Clown
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Nov 16, 2023 14:44:34 GMT -5
Photo #333 Yes, more exciting New England rocks (Whooooo!). Try to contain your enthusiasm over these wicked stones... Ball python is a Het Clown.
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Nov 19, 2023 21:33:41 GMT -5
Photo #334 Brazilian Agate + (another) Het Clown ball python
|
|
|
|
Post by Son Of Beach on Nov 19, 2023 22:26:20 GMT -5
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Nov 20, 2023 9:09:16 GMT -5
Thanks! Sometimes they match up, sometimes they don't...  Photo #335 BP: Hypo Mojave/Het VPI Axanthic |
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Nov 21, 2023 20:41:26 GMT -5
Photo #336 Blue Chalcedony Ball Python: Pastel + Het Hypo + Het Gravel or YB
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Nov 24, 2023 21:20:08 GMT -5
Photo #337 BP: Mojave + Het Hypo + Het VPI Axanthic
|
|
|
|
Post by Pat on Nov 24, 2023 21:53:31 GMT -5
I like them all, especially photo 337, your snake is resting his chin on a benevolent head.
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Dec 9, 2023 9:39:57 GMT -5
Photo #338 BP: Hypomelanisitc (Ghost) + Het Axanthic This piece is about as large as I will put in my UV-18 (cat head for scale below). 
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Jan 24, 2024 21:53:13 GMT -5
Photo #339 Beryl from NH (Tripp Mine) with a Pastel Ball Python (+Het for Gravel or YB). Due to the lattice formation of the stone: trying to create perfectly round specimens results in the stone cleaving again and again into successively smaller pieces. I have created a few perfect tumbled specimens (not shown yet), but, they are created largely by chance. The rough material I started with (from Roughstone Rock) is also so highly inclused with micah that it makes it more challenging than Brazilian Emeralds in a Smokey Quartz matrix.  The structure of some pieces of this Beryl also lends itself to linear grooved imperfections in the texture which reduce the sheen of the polish, but, when viewed at a precise angle will create an awesome sparkle (unable to capture with camera).
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Jan 25, 2024 13:43:24 GMT -5
Photo #340 Clown Ball Python, +Pos. Het Lavender Albino
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on Jan 29, 2024 7:50:07 GMT -5
Photo #341 Ball python is an Orange Dream + Het for Clown.
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on May 7, 2024 12:12:56 GMT -5
Been side tracked lately with a lot of different projects. Gotta finish my 2023 photos before my 2024 eggs start to hatch. Photo #342 A chunk of Montana agate with a Pastel Mojave/Het Hypo/Het VPI Axanthic Ball python. I think this piece of agate took about 8 months to finish.  As we are moving into the 2024 season I am changing up the coin I use for scale in my photos. By chance, I found this in the gravel under the breakwater at Hampton Beach, NH. (before and after cleaning photo)  It is about the same size as the snake coin (a bit larger than a quarter). I am going to use it for reference in 2024.  First clutch 2024: (it begins again)  |
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on May 14, 2024 9:32:30 GMT -5
Photo #343 Tumbled ThunderEgg, and a Low Expression Orange Dream/Het Clown ball python.
|
|
realrockhound
Cave Dweller 
Chucking leaverite at tweekers
Member since June 2020
Posts: 4,511
Member is Online
|
Post by realrockhound on May 15, 2024 14:13:26 GMT -5
What are all the types of snakes you own? I think I told you at one point I own a banana ball python
Also.. this thread doesn’t get the exposure it deserves. I get a lot of people don’t like snakes, but they are beautiful creatures
|
|
lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
Posts: 938
|
Post by lordsorril on May 19, 2024 22:06:07 GMT -5
What are all the types of snakes you own? I think I told you at one point I own a banana ball python Also.. this thread doesn’t get the exposure it deserves. I get a lot of people don’t like snakes, but they are beautiful creatures Thanks! I don't mind the exposure here. I also post my photos on a ball python forum where I also add updates on my collection. In that forum I should hit 3 million views in a few months. I've kept ball pythons as an exclusive breed of snake for many years now. In the past I had: Corn Snakes, African House Snakes, Milksnakes (Honduran, Pueblan, and True Black), however, I decided it was best to specialize and become a noteable breeder of one species as opposed to an obscure breeder of varied. Of course that is just one factor: Another is that Ball Pythons don't 'smell' as bad as other snakes I've kept. IMHO: 100 ball pythons smell as bad as 5 adult Honduran Milksnakes. Excluding ball pythons: Black Milksnakes (Not to be confused with Black Mexican Kingsnakes) are my favorite breed. If the question is what morphs do I currently have in my collection/breeding program: I wouldn't bother counting the dominant/co-dominant morphs (too many)... Recessives are: Albino, Lavender Albino, VPI Axanthic, Clown, Hypomelanism (ghost + orange ghost), Piebald, and Tri-Stripe. |
|
