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We are private reptile breeders who have worked with and bred dozens of different reptile species (see my reptile story below) over the past 30 plus years. We support captive propagation*. We currently maintain and breed ball python and dwarf boa constrictor mutations, morphs and hybrids.

* We are totally against wildlife exploitation and thus do not deal or work with wild caught reptiles at all. We strongly encourage people to only ever purchase reptiles from a reputable private breeder or specialist reptile pet store.

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My reptile story (John)  I’ve had an active interest in wildlife and reptiles since childhood. Growing up in South Africa gave me the opportunity to catch, keep and breed numerous Southern African reptile species, both venomous and non-venomous (I had very understanding parents!).

As a teenager I spent most of my free time working and improving my herpetoculture skills at the Transvaal Snake Park (TSP). At the time TSP housed one of the largest and finest collections of captive reptiles in the world. I eventually joined TSP as a professional herpetologist. I spent several years "milking" venomous snakes (Puff Adders, cobras, mambas and boomslang), educating the public at large and caring for and helping breed numerous reptiles from all over the globe. This was a fun job !

During my time at TSP we had several notable captive breeding successes, including the first ever captive breeding of Angolan pythons (Python anchietae), Lesser African Rock pythons (Python sebae natalensis) & Madagascan Ground boas (Acrantophis madagascariensis) among others.

My travels then took me to the Nordhardzer Schlange Farm in Schladen, Germany, a private reptile park that provided snake venom to medical research facilities (more cobra & viper venom extraction !!)

After 18mths in Germany and wanting to travel to the Amazon, I needed to raise additional funds. So I attempted to beat the then 64 day world record “snake sit-in”. This consisted of living in a room with 24 venomous snakes. My good friend, Austin Stevens (of Animal Planet and Discovery TV fame) held the world record at that time. I spent 69 days at Dudley Zoo, UK in my “snake room” to claim the crazy title, sharing my space with 12 Asian Cobras (Naja naja), 4 Egyptian Cobras (Naja annulifera) and 8 large Puff Adders (Bitis arietans). At the time it seemed like a good idea, looking back I wouldn’t recommend trying it! (If you work with venomous snake, I strongly urge you to consider where you will spend eternity .. accidents can and do happen !! )

After several more years of travelling to wild places, I switched gears and started working in the computer software industry.  I've spent nearly 20 yrs as an IT exec working for several different global software companies in addition to involvement in a number of technology start ups. Lots of fun but too much business travel! (airports and hotels all look the same no matter where they are in the world)

Over the years I've maintain my interest and involvement in reptiles and wildlife in general. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel the globe extensively and to study, take photos of and capture reptiles on several continents during my all business travels.

Now our focus is more on writing, some reptile breeding and other business interests.

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