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[Snakes] Three cages for sale ad some incubators

SW — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:55:22 -0700

I have a three tier rack of 4 foot cages for sale. The rack is on wheels and in very good shape. I kept blood pythons and adult boa`s in them. I can e-mail pics if needed. For $550.00 here is what you get. Three cages 2 x 4 foot with sliding glass doors. A stacking rack on wheels. Flex watt heat system with controller. Now I do get to Des Moines, Waterloo, and Mason City area`s.

[Snakes] 2007 well started animals, and some 2008 feeding babies

SW — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:47:11 -0700

Well with 500+ baby balls coming. I would like to sell the last of the 07`s.
Here is what I have left. All feeding on rats except the normal spider male. He
likes his mice. Below is a list of 2008 that are rock and rolling.

2007

3.0 Cinnamon's 437-347-305 grams $300
1.0 Black pastel 381 grams $300
0.1 Black pastel 490 grams $450
1.0 Yellow belly 444 grams $100
1.0 spider 273 grams $250 Mouse feeder
1.0 het caramel 519 grams $1500
1.0 het albino 410 grams $50
0.1 normal female $50 744 grams
0.1 normal female $75 900 grams
1.0 Spider het VPI Axanthic $2500 500+ grams

We accept Visa/ MC/ Paypal/ Money order/ Check

This time of the year it is best to call (563) 503-0592

OR

Please email swreptile@aol.com

Serious inquiry`s only. all reasonable offer considered

2008

Norms males $15 <>females $25
spiders males $250 <>females $350
womas males $350<> males pos het ghost $400 <>females $450
Pied female $2500 70% white
het pieds males $75<> females $700 free male
ghost female $650
het ghost males $40<> Females $200 free male
het ghost males 50% ph caramel $50
pos double het snows males $75<> 2.1 group $500
cinnamon males $200 <> females $400
yellow belly males 50% het ghost or just yb males $100
lesser/butter males $600 <>females $750
VPI axanthics Male $700
VPI hets males $75<> females $300
Mojaves males $300 females $400
pastel males 50%-66% het ghost $75-150 females $250
bumblebees $1000-1200
honeybee male very nice $2500
pinstripe female 66% het ghost $800
50%-66% het ghost females $75

Clowns from the CIRCUS ball <>males or females $3500
hets males $200 females $600 pairs $700

We have been doing this 20 years. We offer quality animals at the best prices
around. We will also produce well over 500 ball pythons this year. I think you
will find our selection to be the best around this area. We want your business!
and we want to keep it! Feel free to give me a call. (608) 568-3792 or my cell
is (563) 503-0592

Payment plans, next day shipping, or we will be doing lots of shows. A 25% non
refundable deposit will hold your dream animal. Area`s where you can pick up
your purchase are. In Wisconsin Madison, Milwaukee, or La Crosse. Also these
other area`s Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City, Peoria and Chicago IL. As well as
the Daytona show. Give me a call! Thanks much Jim

[Iowa Laws] So will I need to get a different permit????

Mike Thalman — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:29:24 -0700

This new bill: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=82&hbill=SF564

Which up until now I was allowed to possess venomous native snakes, mainly timbers for presentations, under my educational permit.....Does this bill make that now void?

[Snakes] Enclosure builders in iowa

moomoo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:40:33 -0700

I'm looking for a large snake enclosure and am trying to find someone local to build one. Anyone have any recommendations? Looking for something about 6 feet long, 2 feet high, and 3 feet deep

[Lizards] Cresties

littleleeper23 — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:43:35 -0700

Hey yall,

Flood sale on several cresteds
1.0 HOT MALE!!!
0.0.3 produced by Andrew NICE!!
0.0.1 Petco harley.

God Bless, Lee Van Hyfte
(319)721-6892
littleleeper23@hotmail.com

[Turtles/Tortoises] Tort Flood sale

littleleeper23 — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:41:38 -0700

[Snakes] Flood Sale BPs Galore!!!!!!!

littleleeper23 — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:39:14 -0700

Hi Yall,

Hey I might need to sell off parts of my collection to help my parents. Essentially they are up a creek without a paddle!! (it floated away).
As you have probably seen in the news. The city of Cedar rapids and more revelant Palo was flooded. Palo was 100% flooded and is declared a Federal disaster area. My parents live in Palo and may have very well lost EVERYTHING!!!! We cannot even approach the town as the National guard has seized the entire town! No one in or out at this point! The idiot mayor decided this!!!!!!! The feds do what they are told.

At any rate my parents are living out of a suit case!! That is all they had time to really take.

I did not list pricing but if there is something you are interested in let me know. I can easily get pics and weights. To ease your mind There are only a couple of stubborn feeders!!

I would really prefer to hold on to the all but I think the whole BP reptile dream just floated down the river!!

God Bless, Lee Van Hyfte Dry Marion, IA
littleleeper23@hotmail.com
(319)721-6892

The list:
1.1 06 albino
0.1 07 albino
1.0 07 pied
1.1 07 het pied WEIRD black back
1.1 poss 06 het pied with markers
1.1 100% 05 het pied with markers
0.1 "het pied" likely normal NO MARKERS from scam artist
0.2 07 het pieds SW reptiles. Jim Stepflug
1.1 06 mojave
0.1 bumble bee
1.0 07 yellow belly
1.0 05 yellow belly
0.3 07 Nerd lemon pastel
1.0 07 blonde pastel
1.0 06 graziani pastel
0.0.2 08 Mojave have not sexed yet
0.0.6 08 pastel have not sexed yet
0.3 100% het albino all unrelated MB R&R giant line One or 2 may be codom trait??????
0.2 100% het albino MW reptile line
0.1 06 50%poss het albino 25%poss het Joliff axanthic
1.0 07 spider NICE
0.2 08 spider NICE
1.1 07 pinstripe
0.0.6 het yellow ghost (nerd compatible)
0.0.4 poss het pied
1.0 Bell Butterscotch x Nerd orange ghost
0.1 New line Orange ghost (mother nerd line orange) brilliant orange!!
1.1 big 07 het orange ghost
0.1 Granite weird
0.1 05 high yellow
0.1 04 fire like female
0.5 BIG MAMAS
1.0 proven Yellow Ghost male
Many other normal females near or above breeding size

1.1 adult Childrens pythons VPI 100%

Childrens Possibly up for sale
1.1 adult borderline axanthic childrens
1.1 adult hypo codom? childrens
0.2 08 hypo childrens.

0.1 Limburg Albino Rosy Boa
1.1 06 Costa Rican black milks Unrelated pure san antonio zoo stock
1.1 butter corns
0.1 albino het butter
1.1 blood red
0.1 okeetee Lee Abbot line
0.1 charcoal het albino

1.4 russian torts adults WC
0.4 eastern Hermans torts
0.1 Ibera greek tort
0.1 libyan greek tort
1.1 3 toed box turtle
0.0.1 Red foot torts
1.0.4 Crested Gex (1.0.3 from Andrew Gilpin, VERY NICE!!!)

2 exoterra cages 18x18x24 and 12x12x18
24 tub plywood juvie rack
12 tub melamine rack
12 med ball rack
POSSIBLY a 72 tub vision rack!

[General Discussion] Snapper laying eggs, no pics

Barry — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:59:51 -0700

Ok, now I hate people that eat turtles for sure.

Tonight coming back to my in-laws we drove by some guys looking at a snapper laying eggs. All well and good.

Not really!

I told them I wanted to collect the eggs because she was about a foot from the road digging her nest. I told them I was a rehabber and have done this many times before. They said that sounds interesting.

One catch, the old guy there who said he was going to take her and eat her!! The other guy was getting phone calls from his friends that had told him to call them if he seen turtles on the road because they wanted them. He told them that an old guy was taking her and that another guy (me) was taking the eggs.

About after 5 minutes of standing there the old guy picked her up and walked to his truck, stomped her head, and tossed her in the bed of the truck!! I guess he was tired of waiting. He wouldn't even let her lay her eggs.

Just one more reason to hate turtle eaters! I thought he was joking and if I knew he was serious I would have picked her up and ran. I guess too bad for me believing this guy was just joking around but hey, I live in Iowa, what else can I expect from these people! You devote a majority of your adult life to reptiles and most people around you don't give one thought to killing these animals. By the way, he also mentioned he loves to find timber rattlesnakes and eat them too!! These are protected in this county in Iowa.

[Amphibians] Albino pacman frogs in Des Moines?

moomoo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:02:02 -0700

Anyone know the best store to look at for healthy baby albino pacman frogs?

[Native Herps] Not too shabby day in Linn County

psyon — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:59:55 -0700

Milk Snake ([i]Lampropeltis triangulum[/i])
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/17/yvaa-pbhagl-2008-05-17-13-07-38-00.jpg[/img]

Yellow Belly Racer ([i]Coluber constrictor flaviventris[/i])
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/17/yvaa-pbhagl-2008-05-17-13-27-44-00.jpg[/img]

Western Fox Snake ([i]Pantherophis vulpinus[/i])
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/17/yvaa-pbhagl-2008-05-17-13-34-19-00.jpg[/img]

Yellow Belly Racer ([i]Coluber constrictor flaviventris[/i])
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/17/yvaa-pbhagl-2008-05-17-13-45-41-00.jpg[/img]

Western Fox Snake ([i]Pantherophis vulpinus[/i])
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/17/yvaa-pbhagl-2008-05-17-13-56-44-00.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/17/yvaa-pbhagl-2008-05-17-14-05-45-00.jpg[/img]

Bullsnake ([i]Pituophis catenifer sayi[/i])
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/17/yvaa-pbhagl-2008-05-17-14-43-45-00.jpg[/img]

Milk Snake ([i]Lampropeltis triangulum[/i])
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/17/unttrezna-ebnq-2008-05-17-15-08-24-00.jpg[/img]

[Native Herps] Pretty little milk snake.

psyon — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:48:07 -0700

Milk Snake ([i]Lampropeltis triangulum[/i])
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/15/zbetna-perrx-2008-05-15-18-34-58-00.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/15/zbetna-perrx-2008-05-15-18-32-24-00.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/15/zbetna-perrx-2008-05-15-18-36-57-00.jpg[/img]

[Native Herps] Re: First milk of the year

psyon — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:45:09 -0700

It's an intergrade area, but I've been going by the white bar behind the head to tell me what subspecies it is. Bar = red. V = eastern. That one I posted last looks more like just a bar, so we will call it a red :P

[Native Herps] 1st Timbers of the season

Mike Thalman — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:33:16 -0700

Went out today and finally saw some timbers (35) a record for me, this is the first day I had noticed them out. They where all dirty. One month late! A few pics at Naherp.com

[Native Herps] Re: First milk of the year

Mike Thalman — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:43:06 -0700

So that would be considered an Eastern and not a Red? Or kinda an intergrade?

[Native Herps] Re: First milk of the year

psyon — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:07:05 -0700

No, they don't all look like that. Here is one from last year. Still a baby one.
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2007/06/05/untrezna-ebnq-bggre-ebnq-2007-06-05-20-11-40-00.jpg[/img]

[Native Herps] Re: First milk of the year

Andrew Gilpin — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:06:18 -0700

I think he's commenting on the lighter coloration of the snake not being bright white like other specimens from other counties in Iowa.
psyon Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> All I have found in Linn County were young snakes,
> and they have all been very red like that. This
> one was only 8-10 inches long.

[Native Herps] Re: First milk of the year

psyon — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:44:59 -0700

All I have found in Linn County were young snakes, and they have all been very red like that. This one was only 8-10 inches long.

[Native Herps] Re: Herping the past few weeks (pic heavy)

Mike Thalman — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:21:41 -0700

Cool pics, do you mind me asking what county you found the Bull in?

[Native Herps] Re: Herping the past few weeks (pic heavy)

Andrew Gilpin — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:32:17 -0700

great finds! thanks for sharing.

[Native Herps] Herping the past few weeks (pic heavy)

Josh — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:56:59 -0700

So I have made a few trips to Clarke, Decatur, Lucas and Boone county over the past two weeks. The frogs have been calling like crazy, tons of American Toads, Chorus Frogs, N. Leopards, E. Gray Treefrog, and Cricket Frogs. Also seen loads of painted turtles and a few large snappers.
[img]http://www.iaherp.org/forums/file.php?2,file=28[/img]
As far as snakes go, the usual fare with garters, a few fox, browns and one racer. Also found about a half dozen smallmouth salamanders.
[img]http://www.iaherp.org/forums/file.php?2,file=35[/img]
And got pics of a bunch of sweet snakes.
This guy was at least 5 feet.
[img]http://www.iaherp.org/forums/file.php?2,file=29[/img]
[img]http://www.iaherp.org/forums/file.php?2,file=30[/img]
Two of these,
[img]http://www.iaherp.org/forums/file.php?2,file=31[/img]
A couple of these
[img]http://www.iaherp.org/forums/file.php?2,file=33[/img]
[img]http://www.iaherp.org/forums/file.php?2,file=34[/img]
[img]http://www.iaherp.org/forums/file.php?2,file=32[/img]

[Native Herps] Re: First milk of the year

Mike Thalman — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:04:09 -0700

Don is that the common coloration of most milks in E IA? Doesn't look like a Madison County typical Red Milk.

[Native Herps] First milk of the year

psyon — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:11:55 -0700

[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/05/02/vaqvna-perrx-angher-pragre-2008-05-02-19-04-09-00.jpg[/img]

[Native Herps] First fox snake of the year

psyon — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:51:50 -0700

Found this guy or gal under the board he is pictured on.
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/04/30/jvpxvhc-uvyy-2008-04-30-16-52-59-00.jpg[/img]

[Snakes] Re: New World Ratsnakes Pantherophis vs. Pituophis

psyon — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:44:21 -0700

No, they just mean the species spelling is the same. When Black Rats were moved from Elaphe to Pantherophis, the spelling of the specific name changed from obsoleta to obsoletus. In this recent change, the name stays the same.

[Snakes] Re: New World Ratsnakes Pantherophis vs. Pituophis

Mike Thalman — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:50:09 -0700

So for example the Western Ratsnake or Black Ratsnake will still be called Pantherophis obsoletus^2 and won't be called Pituophis obsoletus^2?

[Snakes] Re: New World Ratsnakes Pantherophis vs. Pituophis

psyon — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:57:11 -0700

CNAH has accepted it, not sure about SSAR or ICZN.

"Burbrink & Lawson (2007 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 173-189), using DNA, placed the genus Pantherophis in the synonymy of Pituophis. Spelling of the specific names remains the same as that for the genus Pantherophis."

[Snakes] New World Ratsnakes Pantherophis vs. Pituophis

Mike Thalman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:11:32 -0700

Does anyone out there know if Pantherophis has officially been lumped into Pituophis. I know that it's been proposed. But has it been determined to be final by the ICZN? Has it been accepted by the scientific community? If it has been officially regrouped, can I see some data stating that. All I have is the Burbrink/Lawson proposal.

[Snakes] moving, must sell Ball python adults, males and females

Shawn — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:44:49 -0700

I'm moving to Atlanta and have a number of adult ball pythons to sell. All of these are snakes I had planned to keep and breed before my move but I can only take 5-6 snakes with me.

I have 3 normal females between 300 and 600 grams for $50 each and a 2300 gram proven female for $150.
female 50% possible het pied, 900 grams, $100
female 100% het albino from Joe Dembinski, 900 grams, $250
female 50% possible het albino, 900 grams, $100
male 100% het pied from SW Reptile, prove breeder $150
male 100% het albino from Ralph Davis, prove breeder and proven het, $150
male 100% het ghost from Brian Barzyk, unproven, $50

Weights down to the gram can be provided.
All prices are negotiable.
I am located in Iowa City and have been in the reptile business in Iowa for 15 years.

Thanks,
Shawn Lockhart
Hawkeye Herps
hawkeyeherps@aol.com

[Native Herps] Re: Numerous Garters out today 4/15/08

Josh — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:09:14 -0700

Searched a bunch of places in Lucas county today and yesterday and had no garters. Found 1 brown snake, about a dozen painted turtles, and then cricket and chorus frogs everywhere. Also found a smallmouth salamander. Got a pic of it and will try and upload later.

[Native Herps] Re: Numerous Garters out today 4/15/08

psyon — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:58:59 -0700

Finally!
[img]http://www.donaldbecker.com/gallery/albums/2008/04/16/jvpxvhc-uvyy-2008-04-16-17-33-07-00.jpg[/img]