Sparky's Scales

Sparky's Scales Sparky's Scales is a small, hobby breeder for corn snakes.

Stolen from a group I'm in haha:
12/16/2023

Stolen from a group I'm in haha:

12/10/2023

Gave the reptiles some clean water today, and caught Houdini drinking...

Honestly thinking about turning off his grow light. Everything in his viv has died, so no point in subjecting him or me to this light... OR I could plant more plants, and see what happens, hmmm....

Trying to reorganize the room, and get everyone fed today... May even move Dru to her bioactive enclosure in the living room, not sure yet....

BUT enjoy this video of Houdini, Liam, and Maxine...

Okay! I *think* I have ironed out all my pairings for next year! These could change, depending on what my females look l...
12/10/2023

Okay! I *think* I have ironed out all my pairings for next year! These could change, depending on what my females look like come spring.

Because of health problems, I fell behind this fall, SO I am not hibernating this winter. This will be my first time NOT hibernating, so we'll see what happens haha. I've been told it should just elongate my breeding season, and mean I have clutches more spread out haha...

I am ALSO repeating a fair amount of pairings, simply because they didn't produce as many offspring as I was expecting -- I think due to my incubator malfunction -- SO I'm hoping this year I'll have better luck!

BUT here are my proposed pairings for next spring!! And it looks like I'm gonna be Tessara heavy, SO those that were looking for tessaras this year, I should have them next year haha!

CALYPSO OFF
VERUCA OFF

DOYLE X APHRODITE

charcoal het amel ph anery X amel het anery

SPIKE X WILLOW

Opal ph anery X Ultramel Bloodred

MALCOLM X APRIL

Bloodred het charcoal PH Sunkissed X charcoal het bloodred sunkissed

D'HOFFRYN X FAITH

Hypo her anery ph amel charcoal X anery charcoal ph amel hypo

D'HOFFRYN X DAWN

Hypo het anery ph amel charcoal X ghost ph charcoal bloodred motley

WESLEY X MS. SCHNER

Hypo motley Tessara het amel Sunkissed ph anery charcoal bloodred cinder X caramel miami het sunkissed ph amel cinder

WESLEY X NATALIE

Hypo motley Tessara het amel Sunkissed ph anery charcoal bloodred cinder X ? Tessara het amel cinder motley ph caramel hypo bloodred

WESLEY X SHEVA

Hypo motley Tessara het amel Sunkissed ph anery charcoal bloodred cinder X classic het motley sunkissed

PRIMORDIUM X TAMMY

Blue motley ph amel X blue motley het hypo

-- back up OZ

-- Hypo het diffused ph anery motley X blue motley het hypo

CLEM X TINA

Butter (possibly ultramel caramel) X Butter Tessara het motley anery ph Sunkissed

-- back up WESLEY

-- Hypo motley Tessara het amel Sunkissed ph anery charcoal bloodred cinder X butter Tessara het motley anery ph sunkissed

OZ X WINIFRED

Hypo het diffused ph anery motley X stripe het amel anery hypo

I have to say, while it took awhile to write everything out -- including what years my females were paired -- having a physical visual copy was SOOOO helpful in figuring this out.

I do have 13 males that won't be used, so I am honestly thinking about taking a look at what my 2025 pairings may be, and then *gulp* possibly letting go a male or two 😭😭

That moment when:1.) You have two charcoal males of the same age2.) They're next to each other on the shelf3.) BOTH thei...
12/09/2023

That moment when:

1.) You have two charcoal males of the same age

2.) They're next to each other on the shelf

3.) BOTH their tags have disappeared....

BUT you think you know who is who based on their patterning and attitude... Warren is DEFINITELY his father's son 😂

This guy, sheesh!After spending several hours in the reptile room cleaning and feeding snakes, and then feeding the Leo'...
11/25/2023

This guy, sheesh!

After spending several hours in the reptile room cleaning and feeding snakes, and then feeding the Leo's and beardies, I turned off the lights and left the room.

Thanks to my ADHD, a few minutes later, I went back in, because I had forgotten something.

AND find Liam like this...

Almost as if he's thinking, "I escaped once, maybe I can do it again...."

*Sigh*

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving, no matter who you're with or how you choose to celebrate!Before heading of...
11/23/2023

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving, no matter who you're with or how you choose to celebrate!

Before heading off to my family's this afternoon, I am FINALLY getting Houdini back into his bigger enclosure. The door is mostly fixed (it cracked during our move, but that's not how he managed to escape).

The grass seed I put in didn't do as well as I'd hoped, SO gonna have to do a second seeding, BUT wanted to get him back into some bigger digs. He's been in "jail" long enough haha.

The purpleish light is a grow light, to help the grass and any other plants I put in here grow. He also has a UVB lamp and a CHE for his heat needs, in case this room drops in temp for some reason. I highly doubt it, as even near the window, the temp gun is reading at 79.8 degrees haha... No wonder my plants love it in here! AND just for sh*ts and giggles, as I had to close the curtain to get a decent pic of my plants, I took a temp of the closed curtains. A balmy 118°! While I'm glad it's not that hot outside, it's certainly better than the mid-40's haha!

I am a HUGE podcast fan, and I tend to hyperfocus on one for a bit while I do just about everything, and then switch.Lat...
11/15/2023

I am a HUGE podcast fan, and I tend to hyperfocus on one for a bit while I do just about everything, and then switch.

Lately, I've been listening to the "Holdback Rack" podcast, and yes, it's mostly about ball pythons, which I know very little about, BUT there's still some good info for general breeding. For example, I have learned a TON about Nido and other reptile viruses, and testing for them.

Except the episode I'm listening to today is making me realize I could NEVER do this as a business haha.

They're talking about how you need to upgrade your breeders, and sell off the ones you no longer need. Don't get attached.

Um, excuse me??

JUST because I now have Warren, who is charcoal het bloodred Sunkissed, and is Malcolm's son, who is technically still Bloodred het charcoal PH Sunkissed because even though we are 95% certain he IS het Sunkissed, I haven't been able to *prove* it, Malcolm is NEVER going ANYWHERE.

Malcolm was Love at First Bite. I looked at 65+ babies that day, and I kept going back to Malcolm, because he was spicy. He taught me so much. AND he is the last of my first three snakes.

Honestly, when he passes, I will probably seriously consider selling everyone else and NEVER owning another reptile for the rest of my life.

I won't, because I'm attached to every single one of my snakes (and the reptiles too) haha, BUT there will probably be two days where I convince myself I am done.

I get attached quickly. I love all my snakes. And yes, I use the clutch number system so I *don't* get attached, or else I would have 500 animals and never be able to sell a single one haha. As soon as they have a name, I'm attached haha.

So, if you're wondering when I'm going to quit my day job and do this full time? I guess the answer is sadly never 😂🤣. As much as I may dream of that, I will probably need that day job to provide for all the snakes I can't bear to part with.

I bought bugs at the expo, and I was *trying* to be nice and feeding the beardies and Leo's.BUT Beatrice decided to try ...
11/06/2023

I bought bugs at the expo, and I was *trying* to be nice and feeding the beardies and Leo's.

BUT Beatrice decided to try and escape....

Why I'm surprised I don't know. She is going to be Houdini's mate once she's big enough (and named after Houdini the magician's girlfriend.)

I opened her little feeding bin (sometimes I feed her in it so I can count how many of an item she has eaten) and she climbed out, jumped OFF the shelves onto a lower level, tried to climb up my leg -- my trying to grab her the entire time -- and then why I grabbed her and got her to my chest area, she then tried to run up my chest to my shoulder before I caught her again and got a good grip...

And look at that face. No F's given...

Here's some excitement from the Expo 🤣😂20230729-01 shed! AND I caught almost all of it on camera!!I would probably keep ...
11/05/2023

Here's some excitement from the Expo 🤣😂

20230729-01 shed! AND I caught almost all of it on camera!!

I would probably keep it muted, OR turn your sound off... It is *loud* in here.

Gonna post some fresh skin pics first, so the sound doesn't startle you haha...

Oh, I guess I can't post photos and videos at the same time? SO I'll post the video (which doesn't seem to be the entire time???) In the comments!

So glad I bought a new receipt book! This was a PERFECTLY logical place to put my old one after the last Expo haha....
11/05/2023

So glad I bought a new receipt book! This was a PERFECTLY logical place to put my old one after the last Expo haha....

All set up at the Reptile Expo in Manchester!!!If you're going to be at the Expo, come say HI!Psst: we have a secret gue...
11/05/2023

All set up at the Reptile Expo in Manchester!!!

If you're going to be at the Expo, come say HI!

Psst: we have a secret guest at the Expo, hanging out behind my booth! It's her first expo, so she's a bit overwhelmed, BUT I'm hoping soon she'll be an old hat and help with MY expo anxiety/overstimulation.

You're welcome to say hi to her from a distance, but she's not accepting sniffs or pets unless we're outside and her vest is off.

Okay, so this is frustrating haha....If you remember, I took photos of everyone that was ready to go. Then I edited them...
11/04/2023

Okay, so this is frustrating haha....

If you remember, I took photos of everyone that was ready to go. Then I edited them. And put them in an album.

Then ADHD happened haha. And I had surgery. And I decided while I was hanging out in bed, I could AT LEAST get everyone on Morph Market.

BUT some had gotten sold, so I made a list of everyone.

And the list didn't match the photos I had....

The four on the top right are the 2023 babies on Morph Market. ONE of the 2022 babies are on MM, not all 3 that are remaining.

I have nine animals listed on MM...

AND yet 8 of the babies that have gone to expos before ARE NOT on Morph Market (the two left bottom stacks) AND there are 5 babies that have FINALLLLY switched from parboiled and had enough meals etc to be ready to go to new homes.

SO I have 20 babies ready to find new homes; I only have 9 listed on MM, BUT of the ones going to the expo, it appears only 5 of them are listed on MM....

OMmFG....

If I have less hair the next time you see me, you know why 😂🤣😅

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