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    Escapee, recaught with baggage

    Around Halloween of last year my very tame cb albino checkered got away from my cousins daughter and decided she was going to explore the world. While mowing the back field in early June I saw a yellow wiggly tail go up under a log. I lifted the log and to my surprise it was my long lost friend. I gave her a couple minutes to relax as we stared at each other and when I put my hand out I was even more surprised when she came right to my hand. She reminded me of an excited dog and after a few minutes of vigorous rubbing, she likes it rough for some reason, she settled right into her overlapped figure eight holding position around my fingers and went to sleep, It was as if she had never been gone.
    If you think that part of the story is sweet, I was even more surprised on August 3rd when I looked over into her viv and saw her giving birth. She is now the proud mother of ten babies. No deaths, no beans!
    Being born in Kentucky Im assuming they are checkered/eastern mixed. They mostly look like normal checkered except with brighter yellow, slightly different cheek/lip-scale pattern and they have those bluish green reflective stretch mark stripes between the checkers that are common on easterns. They are already as tame as their mother, love attention and are very curious about my movements around the room. They are eating well and about half have had their second shed.
    Now comes the questions. I don't really want that many so what do I do with them? If I keep them and breed them should I breed them with checkered or eastern? Albino or regular? Will their offspring be normal or albino? If I sell them how much should I expect for them from a local pet shop?
    I would appreciate any advice or answers from anyone with experience and constructive intentions. Thanks
    Last edited by Tim C.; 09-29-2012 at 08:48 PM.

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