iH: You made the big move from South Australia to
Queensland a few years back? passionate about the Moonglow and the Paradox
project.
WL: Yeah, Deb and I had known each other for years,
but we caught up at the reptile expo in Melbourne
roughly five and a half years ago – we also both
attended the mutation conference. Then I came up to
Queensland for one of Deb’s parties, and that was it. I
moved here four years ago and brought with me 300
snakes, nine monitors, two dogs and a bird! iH: So Wayne, give us an idea of what is happening this
season.
‘The
WL: Most clutches have already hatched. We are
working on quality rather than quantity this year and
will only have a total of about 120 hatchlings. I wanted
to cut down the workload, as there are always lots of
is a
to see one in every collection.’
I would love
iH: Deb, were you already working on some breeding
projects of your own?
hold backs. There are Molester Zebras and Moonglows.
I wanted to prove out more hets; at the moment I am
only averaging one Moonglow in every 16 or 32
Deb Larks: I had some basic projects going. I had been hatchlings, depending on the pairing, but I got four out
maintaining a large collection and brought in about 50 of one double-het clutch of 14 eggs, which was
snakes of my own.
amazing. By next year I will be able to produce full
clutches.
iH: Deb, do you have a favourite amongst the morphs
you are producing?
iH: Have you ever parted with a Moonglow?
DL: The Moonglow. It’s famous as a world first. I’m
WL: We’ve sold one, and a couple of Snows. We
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