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Status: Living the dream 		Male
50 years old
Lebanon, Ohio
United States

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MEMBER SINCE: 06/19/2008
LAST LOGIN: 11/19/2011 23:22:53

ABOUT ME
My name is Craig. I teach science in a school district just north of Cincinnati. I enjoy meeting people with the same interests as myself. This site has been very cool for that. I also feel you can learn something new from everyone you meet. I am easy going and hard to offend. Anything else, just ask. Thanks for visiting my page.

MY REPTILE INTERESTS

My main focus is Variable Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri). They are also known as Nuevo Leon Kingsnakes, Thayer's Kingsnakes, or just thayeri for short.

I have carefully assembled a very nice group from trusted and pure bloodlines. I also have endeavored to keep the gene pool of my collection as diverse as possible. I really like aberrant thayeri, but any nice Variable King tends to turn my head.

I am also a big fan of Japanese Rats (Elaphe climacaphora). I find them to be inquisitive, beautiful, and to have very docile and accepting personalities. I think they are under-appreciated in our hobby.

Being a science teacher, I am fascinated by genetics. Snakes have afforded me the opportunity to explore the intricacies of heredity. I truly care about each one of my animals. They all have names, and are treated as members of our family.

GENERAL INTERESTS
Genetics and Evolutionary Biology
Spirituality
Quantum Physics
String Theory
Nature
Fractal Geometry
Music
Reading
Travel
Aviation
Hockey
Snorkeling
MMA (UFC and WEC)
Calvin and Hobbes
Riding Dirt Bikes/ATVs
Lacrosse
Xavier Basketball
Cincinnati Bengals Football

MY ANIMALS

My Collection Currently Stands At:

14.20 Nuevo Leon Kingsnakes
0.1 Japanese Ratsnake

MY CURRENT BREEDING PROJECTS


Aberrant thayeri
Yellow thayeri
White thayeri

MY WANT LIST


Any nice thayeri that catches my eye and is from good lineage.

MY BLOGS
11/26/2010 12:18:48
12/24/2009 15:52:36

MY GROUPS

Bite Club, Thayeri & Mexicana Enthusiasts, Biology Geeks, Oh Rats!, All hail the King!

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Displaying 12 out of 223 comments
From: MaLuna
02/08/2012 20:19:26

Happy Birthday!!! 

From: MaLuna
11/20/2011 12:35:08

Thank-you for accepting my FR. 

From: taco123
03/29/2011 18:30:56

sup

From: ken1
02/09/2011 06:52:59

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

From: Angelrose
01/21/2011 10:57:59

    Thank You very kindly, Sir  =)

From: rosone
12/23/2010 15:49:50

Golden_King wrote:

Cool lookin GTB in you av.


Thanks,I don't have him any more. I just gave him to a friend, someone who can handle him and spend more time with him. He also prefers a male handler, go fingure.


From: koogie
11/20/2010 10:25:52
Very beautiful collection. Do you bring any to your classroom to show the kids?


From: Laura
11/03/2010 08:40:46
We are very lucky in our professions, I would agree! :) I give you credit though...middle schoolers would drive me nutty! In third grade they're learning to be independent, but they still love you too. And you can still put fear in them! haha :) So you teach just north of cincinnati?? They have the best marathon there...The Flying Pig! It's my favorite! I've ran it several times!!! It's a beautiful course and really well organized. And only a 4 hour drive or so from where I live.

Anyway, hope you have a great day with the kiddos :)


Golden_King wrote:

I think I have the best job in the world...Im an 8th grade science teacher. I also have a male kitty named Simon who looks alot like yours.



From: Carina_Noelle
10/22/2010 16:53:22

Pretty decent I suppose, and yourself!? :)

From: MidnightX
09/27/2010 11:15:23

Thanks for the add too! Which parts of Genetics are you interested in? I think its such an interesting subject and am still learning about snake genetics.

From: southern_boa_gurl
09/26/2010 23:42:24

Golden_King wrote:
Im attached to my two balls also.


Lmao! I was waiting for a comeback from that one!!! How was your weekend??


From: southern_boa_gurl
09/25/2010 12:18:19

Golden_King wrote:
Stuck at work and typing away on RG...lol. I have gotten some new thayeri recently. I am waiting on 3 to come in at the moment. I finally got my melanistic pair from really good bloodlines that I have been waiting 3 years on. I already have a male from a few years back, and will eventually be getting a female from Lemke lineage. So that will make 2.2 melanistics, all from really nice lineage. So Im excited about that.

As for breeding plans, I have built a hibernaculum in my basement to aid in brumation. I think I will be trying for 6 pairings next spring. I should get some really nice stuff if all goes well. I have also decided to get out of all other species except thayeri. I have one pair or western green ratsnakes left to sell. After that it will be just my thayeri and my female Japanese Ratsnake that is my classroom snake. The kids love her so I wont sell her. Well, you asked, so now Ive rambled for 2 paragraphs. Hope things are doing well on your end. Enjoy work...lol.


Craig

Haha, ramble all you want!! Yes, I'm stuck at work but actually multi-tasking and on RG at the same time though don't worry about that!!

I haven't seen any thayeri in person unfortunately, but maybe sometime. I can't believe you're getting out of everything else but if you're wanting to focus more on them, that's understandable! I understand about the classroom snake also, I'm not sure that I could ever sell my two balls because I've become so attached to them but not sure if I want to keep more of them mainly because they're sooo picky!!

My day is going good actually, getting a lot done online and offline lol!!


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