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First of all, the "bka" in bka_mama, comes from the first initial of each of my boy's names - Blaine, Kole, and Alex. Yep, I have all boys. They are 9, 6, and 4 years old.
Scott ("Hercules") and I like to joke around and tell everyone that we live in a zoo. We're only half joking, though. You see, besides having 3 boys, we have a Siberian Huskey named "Bleu", a Golden Retriever named "Buddy", 2 calico cats named "Reba" and "Della", 2 fish tanks, a salamander named "Sal", an African soft-furred rat, 2 bearded dragons, a blue-tongued skink, an iguana, and 59 snakes (plus 5 BP hatchlings). Oh, and did I mention that I run a daycare out of my home?! So, during the week I usually have an additional 7 kids added to the mix!
If it weren't for my "skinny kids" (my snakes), I think I'd go insane some days. At the end of the day, they're my sanity savers.

My desire is to be able to make a decent living breeding snakes someday - or at least to replace my daycare income - and to be able to share my love for these awesome animals through educating the public, as well.

Another favorite quote:
"In the end we conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught"
by Baba Dioum

Snakes are my #1 - primarily Boas - and salamanders are also a favorite.

Photography - I take just a few pics - LOL! - Good thing I have a digital!
Spending time at my family's cabin,
4-Wheelin', fishing,
Riding motorcycle - I just got my endorsement this past Fall.
and of course, snakes, and really, I just love most any animal!

Member of The MN Herp. Society

Starting to get into field herping, too - on the search for a Blue-Spotted Salamander to add to my collection : )

As far as Herps go:
I have 33 snakes, myself. All together, we have 59 "skinny kids", 1 Iguana, 2 Bearded Dragons, 1 Blue-Tongued Skink and a Salamander.
(That number, of course, is ever changing!) : )


Mine consist of:
0.1 Common Red-Tailed Boa - "Copper"
0.1 Common Red-Tailed Boa - "Sahara"
0.1 DH Sunglow/Hypo. Het. Albino Boa - "Phoenix"
0.1 Ivory/Pastel Anery Boa - "Mystic"
1.0 Anery Het. Snow Boa - "Granite"
0.1 Anery Het. Snow Boa - "Raven"
0.1 Albino, poss. Het. Snow Boa - "Liberty"
1.0 Ghost Boa - "Spirit"
0.1 Hypo Hogg Island Boa - "Harley"
1.0 Hypo Hogg Island Boa - "Chopper"
1.0 Possible Super Salmon/Hypo Boa, also poss.
Het Anery - "Chance"
1.0 Cay Caulker Boa - "Sterling"
0.1 Cay Caulker Boa - "Diamond"
1.0 Green Phase Sanzinia - "Jade"
1.0 Mandarin Phase Sanzinia - "Sienna"
0.1 Mandarin Phase Sanzinia - "Autumn"
1.0 Cinnamon Ball Python - "Buster Brown"
0.1 Cinnamon Ball Python - "Lady Jane"
0.1 Pastel Jungle Ball Python - "Aspen"
1.0 Sunglow Corn - "Blaze"
0.1 Lavender Corn - "Iris"
0.1 Motley Anery Corn - "Ashley"
1.0 Argentine Boa - "Storm"
0.1 Hogg Island - "Hugger"
1.1 Sanzinia / Green-Phase - "Jewel" and "Emerald"
1.0 Dumeril's Boa - "Rocky"
3.1 Longicaudas - "Bella" and the boys - "Flint", "Slate" and "Shale"
0.0.2 Northern Red Belly snakes - "Big Red" & "Little Rojo"
1.1 Sunbeams

0.1 Bearded Dragon (Red) - "Daphne"

0.0.1 Eastern Blue-Tongued Skink - "Denim"

0.0.1 Tiger Salamander - "Sal"

Scott's Include:
1.0 Normal Red-Tail Boa - "Boo Boo"
1.0 Normal Red-Tail Boa - "Hercules"
1.0 Albino Het. Snow Boa - "Atlas"
0.1 Snow Boa - "Echo"
1.1 Surinam Red-Tails - "Vulcan" and "Pandora"
0.1 Argentine Boa - "Maya"
0.1 Albino Burm - "Venus"
1.1 Quad. Het. Burms - "Zeus" and "Medusa"
0.0.1 Normal Burm - "Slammer"
1.0 Spider Ball - "Arachne"
0.1 Albino Ball - "Electra"
1.1 Normal Balls - "Zena" and "Nike"
1.0 Sumatran Black Blood Python - "Hades"
0.1 Carpet x Jungle Python - "Nyx"
1.0 Albino Retic - "Thor"
0.1 Albino Tiger Retic - "Athena"
0.1 Super Tiger Retic - "Tigres"
0.0.1 Manokwari GTP - "Chloe"
1.0 Root Beer Corn Snake - "Aries"
1.2 Het Leopard Boas - "Orion", "Aurora", and "Hera"

0.0.1 Green Iguana - "Torii"
1.0 Bearded Dragon - "Apollo"

My Son, Blaine:
1.0 Normal Corn Snake - "Agate"

I would like to get a Brazilian or Peruvian Rainbow someday, maybe an Olive Python, and probably will add more locality dwarf boas, too.

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