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Inspiration Exotics

Inspiration Exotics is a small reptile breeder producing ball pythons & New Caledonian geckos.
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12/09/2024

I finally got a lightbox so I can take photos in the winter when I can’t take the animals outside. Blossom posed beautifully for some test shots. She’s ready to breed next season.

12/07/2024

Half-sister to the girl I posted yesterday, this girl is a 1500g lace granite produced by the same super lace (white lace). She’ll be going up on auction in the new few days - it’s a GREAT chance to get into lace.

12/05/2024

Lace yellowbelly female looking gorgeous and growing really well. Her sister is available on my MM.

12/03/2024

Couple of house snakes posted on MM. Considering putting one up for auction as well - should I?

12/02/2024

Marshmallow, my B.c. longicauda.

11/29/2024

Another update on my banana black pewter crypton double het DG/pied girl. She went from hatching with hard belly and me hoping for her to survive, to slamming f/t mice and thriving. I’ve decided to name her Diana for her strength.

11/28/2024

Today I’m very thankful for all of the awesome animals I get to work with. This hobby isn’t always easy, especially for a young woman, but it brings me a lot of joy and I’ve made many amazing friends here.

11/28/2024

This beautiful boy from Geckeysiss sat very nicely for some pictures in the warmer weather yesterday. He is exactly what I was looking for in a tricolor and I’m so excited going forward to pair him to my holdback tri girl. If he was yours, what would you name him?

11/26/2024

One of my absolute favorites. He’s grown so well and fits in great here, with such beautiful colors. Tyrion is a variable king snake.

11/25/2024

1.0 black pewter desert ghost het amur (cryptic) X 0.1 fire desert ghost.

11/23/2024

This little cutie posed very nicely while I was cleaning bins today.

11/21/2024

Huge thanks to for this gorgeous male tricolor! He’s a perfect addition to my tricolor project here and arrived safe and sound even after a delay. I haven’t gotten tired yet of looking at him!

11/19/2024

Finally decided on a name for this boy! Everyone, meet Soldier Boy!

11/18/2024

I love getting to know new species. My Vietnamese Blue Beauty, Opal, is growing really well and is so different to interact with compared to my pythons.

11/17/2024

Another great ! First time in Joliet and it was a pretty darn good show.

11/16/2024

Got some new pictures of Ketterdam! She was produced at out of Venus and Boomerang, and has made some gorgeous kids for me.

11/15/2024

Good signs that she’s building.

11/14/2024

One of the 2024 babies from ’s boy Nyx and my female Ketterdam. These are turning out really nice so far and I’m excited to see how the pattern spreads from here. Ketterdam, now that she’s done laying for the season, is also up on MM.

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Sometimes they just need a little help! This girl started off with hard belly, which I was able to extract. Then the concern became whether she could heal, pass vowel movements herself, and eat on her own. It’s been three months and her belly is completely healed, she has normal bowel movements, and after 2 months of assist feeding she took her first meal all on her own! It’s such a good feeling to know that she’s capable of not only surviving, but thriving. 0.1 banana black pewter crypton double het desert ghost and pied. #ballpython #ballpythons #ballpythonsofinstagram #snakesofinstagram #ballpythonbreeding #bananaballpython #crypton #animals #nature #beautiful #desertghost #hardbelly

Came home from Tinley and herping to a new clutch! Very excited about these. Black pewter desert ghost het amur X leopard chocolate vanilla het desert ghost. Mom did a great job and this is her second year in a row laying for me, so as is my policy, she gets next year completely off from pairing! #ballpython #ballpythons #ballpythonsofinstagram #snakesofinstagram #ballpythonbreeder #snakebreeding #reptilesofinstagram #nature #animals #eggs

I found this awesome Stålorm (slow worm, or legless lizard) while hiking at Dalsnuten in Norway! This was a freaking awesome find. He was a little chilly but so awesome, and went on his way after a couple of minutes. This species (Anguis fragilis) is one of Norway’s few native reptiles! #slowworm #leglesslizard #lizardsofinstagram #anguisfragilis #reptilesofinstagram #herping #herpetology #europe #travel #nature #animals

I’m SO thrilled to say that my first African House Snake (Boaedon capensis) eggs are on the ground! 9 good eggs from this first time girl makes for my first AHS clutch ever, and the wait for these babies is going to kill me. This is a couple years in the making and I’m very excited to start getting ready for baby house snakes! #africanhousesnake #housesnake #housesnakesofinstagram #capehousesnake #brownhousesnake #housesnakemorphs #snakebreeder #boaedoncapensis #colubrid #elapid #babysnake #nature #animals #albino

1.0 GHI het pied ph lav albino X 0.1 mojave yellowbelly. Let’s talk about why I did such a “simple” pairing! GHI mojave combos were one of the first morph combos that I wanted to produce, and those combos helped me shape my collection. I’m working toward high-contrast gene combinations, and one of my long-term projects is making stunning black-and-gold snakes by expanding on the traditional GHI mojave combos and adding other genes to enhance them even more. I’m also very interested in GHI pieds. Is this a high dollar project? No, absolutely not. Is it something brand new? Again, no. But it’s something that made me love breeding in the first place and one of my own personal goals, and something I’m really excited to enhance by selective breeding for contrast & color.A large part of the hobby treats these animals like commodities and products, objects to be collected and traded and sold. In my experience, the more money-focused you are, the less you actually get out of keeping these amazing animals. I don’t breed based on what’s “marketable” or “hot”- I breed what I love so that first and foremost my passion stays, and I have ample space to keep hatchlings for as long as I need to. This pairing will hopefully get the ball rolling on some GHI mojave het pied combos and this is a project I plan to be working for MANY years to come. This first time mom did a fantastic job. Vegas (the mojave yellowbelly female) was the first girl I ever bought for breeding purposes as a baby, and now the first one who has successfully grown up to produce for me. And at the end of the day, the eggs are just a bonus - I’m most thrilled that she’s healthy and well!#ballpython #ballpythonbreeding #ballpythonbreeder #ballpythonmorphs #royalpython #reptilekeeper #snakesofinstagram #nature #animals #beautiful