Razzle: Hypolav Stripe, Outside!!

[Nanci]

Rather than working on my CEUs on my vacation, I decided to take advantage of the nice Albert Greenberg bloom out in the water garden! Luckily, I have a snake that matches perfectly!!

 

[Nanci]

Razzle is a 2009 Serpenco hypolav stripe. He's never been outside before!

 

[Nanci]

Sometimes Razzle can be a little bit...bitey! But today he clung to me for dear life! There are spiders big enough to consider him a tasty snack, out there...

 

[Nanci]

Here's Razzle with the Hidden Ginger Lily- a plant I am growing for the first time this year. I love them!

 

[Nanci]

Razzle has had three meals here, so he must be due to shed soon! He's very, very active in his viv. He comes out at dusk each evening and is out exploring and climbing in his vines the entire night. He's a perfect feeder, too!

 

[Nanci]

I tried to get a photo of him laid out on the tortoise pen rail, but he wanted to drop off into the grass...I could just see my prize foundation sire disappearing into the wild, so Razzle will have to be a hand model for now!

Thanks for looking!!

 

[tstephe3]

WOOW! I don't really know what to say.. I've had to look at the pics over and over.. He's freaking awesome. Since he is a blood, do you know what color he will be when he's full grown?

Congrats Nanci!

 

[Nanci]

He's not a blood (Unfortunately!! I don't think there are hypo lavblood stripes, yet!) He's hypo lavender stripe. But I _do_ have plans to pair him up with lavblood Lily, and that puts me two generations away from lavblood stripes and hypo lavblood stripes. Come on, Razzle, grow!!! I guess I expect him to get pinker for a year or so, and then fade off a little. I'm not familiar with the color change in hypolavs like I am with lavs, where they start out that mocha color and then change to a more pale steel blue or lavender color at a few months of age. The female, Orchidee, is virtually identical in color to the male.

 

[tstephe3]

Oh crap! My bad.. I thought it said lavblood in the title. Lol.. See how flustered I was? Lol..

 

[JustmeBC]

Beautiful pictures and beautiful snake!

 

[dwyn127]

Looks to be having an eye popping good time!

I love that flower,by the way. Looks like it has it's own individual sun!

 

[bapkate]

These pictures are fantastic! Lovely snake and very lovely flowers

 

[Nanci]

Thanks you guys! Danny, water lillies are so cool! That one, Albert Greenberg, is two years old. I'm really lucky it made it through the winter. I love that particular one so much, because it's so pretty and blooms so frequently! I have four other varieties.

 

[lesleym]

What a beautiful boy! I think I have "stripe envy"...my hypo lav motley girl is gorgeous, too, but I love those stripes!

 

[Nanci]

I think striped corns are like red wine; an acquired taste. I clearly remember looking at them and thinking "what's the big deal, they look like garter snakes," but now I am obsessed with them. I even want my motleys to be striped! But there are definitely gorgeous motleys, too. Butters, opals, lavs...Oops, Miamis!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rich in KY]

Very pretty, Nanci!!

 

[vetusvates]

Very pretty boy, Nanci. I wonder if everyone knows you have all of those beautiful flowers just steps away from your front door.

Anyhoo, beautiful colors.

 

[ceduke]

Wow, very nice snake, and I always love the photos you take of your flowers.

 

[Nanci]

Thank you! I wish they could all be as cooperative as Razzle!

 

[Maize411]

very very beautiful plants and snake nanci!! you have a great eye in flower photography :0)