House Of Lampros

06/28/2024

The look my wife gives me when she finds out how much my new Ecuadorian milk snake cost.

06/27/2024

Desert king VS central plains milk snake eggs. The milk snake eggs are some of the smallest I've seen.

06/25/2024

Most of the cold blooded critters I have seen for 2024.

06/25/2024

Lyons plains milks hatched, Big Horn pale milks hatching, Russell plains milk laying and Marathon desert king laying. Still have 3 clutches of Florida kings, 1 clutch of Ellsworth plains milks, 1 clutch of Jefferson Parish Louisiana milks, 1 clutch of Lake Elsinore California kings and 3 clutches of Leonis kings to be laid.

03/11/2024

Sometimes, hard decisions need to be made. Probably my best male celaenops heading to a new home.

01/15/2024

Weekly check on the snakes brumating. Funny that they chill in water bowls in the upper 30s-low 40s rather than the 54° back of the tub. Will be warming them up in a month.

12/29/2023

A few hold backs and 2023s I'm evicting.

11/26/2023

Wishing for spring

11/22/2023

Putting a few down for the winter.

11/01/2023

2 extra adult female New Mex milks I am parting with. (East Sanderson locale) SOLD

10/18/2023

These 2 took ft on the first offering.

10/05/2023

2021 1.2 Perry KS, red milk snakes.

All 3 are super looking, but 2 are definitely top shelf, and the male is as radiant as his father. They are F1's from a WC pair I collected. All 3 eat well on FT pinkies. I hate to see these go, but I need room. These are priced to move.

SOLD

10/05/2023

2023 1.1 Big Horn Montana pale milk snakes available. The female is large for a hatchling of this subspecies, so she makes the male (which is of typical size) look small.

Both feeding on FT pinkies. (Notice the meals in the bellies)
$350 shipped

10/03/2023

Some 2022 models ready to go.

10/03/2023

Another stunner variable kingsnake hatched today.

10/01/2023

2 clutches of leonis are hatching. First MSP I've ever hatched.

09/30/2023

Here is a little Metallica for your Saturday morning.

09/19/2023

One of the local pet stores I work with. I need to work on my photography skills. My gecko looks 🔥.

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Two perfect examples of why we love our local breeders!

08/21/2023

A few kings ready to ✈.

PM for details.

08/18/2023

Lake Elsinore, California kingsnakes hatching

07/23/2023

Twenty two minutes of California kingsnakes hatching condensed into 44 seconds.

07/10/2023

A super nice gargoyle gecko along with 1 pair of mole kingsnakes and 2 female plains milk snakes heading out. Thank you Richard Shreve for providing a home for the Lamps and Emily Faith Green for getting one of our baby rhaco.

07/08/2023

Super excited to see what these 2 produce. Both are St Francois syspila. The male is a traditional color. The female might have something going on. She's an F1 from 2 WC normal syspila.

07/07/2023

Rattlesnakes need safe places too.... especially those in TX.

Scared of rattlesnakes? They're afraid of you, too. And it turns out that, like humans, the slithery reptiles may rely on others of their kind to stay calm in times of stress.

07/06/2023

Prairie king laid eggs last night... poor choice in the egg placement though.

06/27/2023

Clutch #2, 3 Big Horn, MT milk snakes pipping on day 63.

06/25/2023

Yesterday was day 64 for these Lyons plains milk snakes. Woke up on day 65 with 2 of the 3 outside the egg. The 3rd one had not pipped. Often in snake forums I see questions regarding this situation. How I handle it is as follows.

For small clutches, I cut after 24hrs. For large clutches, I cut after 48hs but as long as 72hrs.

1. If I can, I gently remove any eggs adhering to the egg that hasn't pipped.
2. I gently use an Exacto knife and slice a couple spots of the egg. It's is extremely important to only cut the shell. Go too deep you risk injuring the snake or cutting veins causing the snake to bleed out.
3. Squeeze a little bit of yolk out. This creates a pocket of air. I then pinch the egg where my slice was. I use the Exacto to remove some of the shell while I'm pinching the egg. This creates a small window.
4. I poke the snake with anything blunt that can fit through the opening I created. If the snake is alive, it'll move slightly. Do not disturb once you do this. Further manipulation may cause the snake to leave the egg prematurely or even with the yolk sac still attached.