The Hobby:
I have a passion for breeding, keeping, and finding snakes that can only be understood by other serious herpers. My wife and kids claim I am obsessed; I cannot argue with them. I love all aspects of keeping and breeding snakes. The silly thing is that I have a facility full of snakes and their many babies, yet I still go hiking or driving at night for hours to find snakes in the wild. There are definitely multiple aspects of the herp hobby, breeding snakes (herpetoculture), finding them in wild places, and teaching anybody that will listen all I know about them. I have a mission that includes fighting the unnatural fear of snakes (ophidiophobia) and the many misconceptions that people have about snakes. There is no way I will ever stop loving snakes. I am and will always be a snake lover.
Here is a list of most of my projects:
Woma Pythons, Aspidites ramsayi
Boa Constrictors, Caulker Cay and Tarahumara Mountain Boas
Kenyan Sand Boas, Gongylophis colubrinus (albino, anerytheristic, high orange, and normal)
Rosy Boas, Lichanura trivirgata (Many localities of Arizona, California, and Mexico)
Western Hognoses, Heterodon nasicus nasicus (Normal and Albino)
Tarahumara Mountain Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis pyromelana knoblocki
Desert Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getulus splendida
California Kingsnakes