WELCOME TO THE 4th EDITION OF THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Welcome to another WEEK IN REVIEW! LOTS OF PICS so here is a little light reading while waiting for the pics load.



I skipped last weeks WIR b/c I had company visiting. This was a great weekend since I had a chance to hit the Hamburg (northwestern berks) herp show. It’s been a few years since I’ve been to a show. It’s just as easy to obtain quality reptiles online. Some say there is uncertainty with buying online since you don’t have the animal in front of you to examine. However, buy from a trusted source and you’ll have no worries. Besides, waiting for a package to arrive is like being a kid again on xmas morning.lol



As far as herp shows go, this one had to be one of the most crowded I’ve been to in awhile. I had to park a mile away (which I didn’t mind until I had a huge box of frozen rodents to carry back to my car.lol). I had so many people rub up against me that I felt violated a few times.LOL Definitely a lot of unique people there so in the future, if anyone wants to meet-up with me and say hi, I’m the normal-looking guy without piercings/nose rings/tattoos/pink hair/chains or other interesting things I also think I got a contact buzz while loading my car from some dudes parked next to me clam baking in the parking lot. LOL (where were the police? writing parking tickets of course.lol) Anyway, lots of cool stuff there. I would have taken pics BUT I always feel funny about asking vendors.



There was no shortage of quality herps present. In fact, I meet-up with Joe Rollo (bcijoe) who had some of the most amazing boas at the show. They were undeniably the best that I could see through the crowds. If only I had money, I’d make Joe a rich man! LOL. The only thing I came home with was FROZEN RODENTS and lots of em. If you were there, then you would’ve seen struggling to carry a giant box out to my car. I saved a small fortune on shipping though! I only have about 100 snakes so I can’t imagine how people with larger collections do it. Even if you bred mice/rats yourself, it still takes manpower/hours plus food/caging/water and cleaning supplies. Anyway, I also enjoyed seeing Paul Mitchell’s table. I have one of his female hogs from 02 or 03? and he always has beautiful boas. Plus, he had some very nice caging at the show. Overall, it was a good show. A little too crowded for my tastes but a lot of animals for this time of year. My wife was just relieved/happy that I didn’t come home with more animals.



THINGS TO CONSIDER:

2 Boas together?

How many females do you breed your males to per season?

does anyone breed for docility?

Transporting to the vet in the cold

proposed a ban on all exotics in Vancouver , British Columbia

about T Albinism

about arabesques

about arabesques part 2

het albino evidence



QUOTE and TIP OF THE WEEK (all in one):

hey dont laugh at my friend below, we've all had one of those nites.lol - john yocum ,ZOO-OTICS



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Stop looking at me I’m doing the best I can woman! You go boy! - texhiss



Runner-up

its like the old saying: If my aunt had testicles she'd be my uncle.

Maizeysdad’s reply to: What if boas were warm blooded?



LONGEST THREAD OF THE WEEK:

Lil white ones born last night -mdc CONGRATS MATT!



more pics in the thread, including pics of the parents!



PHOTOS OF THE WEEK:

A Nicaraguan boa posted by John Yocum/Zoo-otics (cbreps)



Aby X Pc from Rich Ihle by boas_etc





Chucks new salmon boa



Colombians are not the only pink boas... -Phil Goss



Not too many BCOs posted these days. makes me wish I had not gotten rid of mine.



Paradox Salmontine??? - salmonboa.com



sort of a "paradox" salmontine - dave



and his het Sharp from ClassReptilia



Bolivian pic from cbreps



also some info on bca¡¦s in this thread

Longicauda Pics... - PGoss



Possible super salmon double dose harlequin freshly shed! -skyslinger (ty at www.ratracesolutions.com)



Questions for the breeders out there...??.....Dial up warning....but well worth any wait. - ajfreptiles

Just a Motley - RyanHomsey



Brian Gundy / For Goodness Snakes



A little something different from Salmonboa.com - salmonboa.com



TWO VERY DIFFERENT SUNGLOWS! (more) - salmonboa.com (snakes owned by Phil Calvert)



which sparked this thread on contrasting boas

Meet the "magma stripe" ! - zenzinia



more pics here

Anyone here like freckles?? - iaherper



Guyana Girl - kitchi



We now know who really runs things over at Exotics by Nature!



Aberrant boa -Brian Ott (www.squamations.com)



Just a normal male... - PGoss



Something a little different -drimes (leopard hets)





OUTDOOR PHOTOS

Pics of lexxxx300’s anything BUT normal!



more pics here

AWESOME holdback Hog Island boa! - extreme_bci (Josh)



01 Suri Girl - Mark Damico



A nice photo of a juvenile Trinidad BCC redtail.. - Riobravoreptiles



Suri Pics from James



2003 Tudehope Female Suri Pics - JohnLokken



Nice 6 ft female striped Surinam redtail - koky6869





THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD:

Well, this category seems to go along with the breedings category these days.

BREEDINGS:

CONGRATS First Litter chriskimble 46 babies!



Great Valentine's Day present! - Tracy Barker



I hope to see some Colombian T Positives in a few months, creptilia



Feb and March expected babies....I hope....I hope.....I hope JohnLokken

gravid females and those breeding and some not yet breeding junglehabitats

madisonrecords





Coral albino female about to pop, had waxy stool yesterday...Scale seperation pic - Locolizard



Ghosts in the making? - bsaffron



Holding a ghost???? - iaherper



MOTLEY X POSS SUPER HYPO - rbonsell



CONGRATS! Davey Giltner

15 babies, 2 slugs. 4 of the kids are hypos – Can’t wait for the post shed pics!



THINGS THAT SUCK:

Spinal kinks and having to decide if and when to euthanize a snake.

Broken jaw - sun_king

Taking your eyes off the road to look for herps.lol. (j/k) -cbreps



THEFT: Someone stole almost ALL the spots off of these two and they want them back! Sorry cbreps!



FORTUNATELY, they caught the thief:





UNANSWERED POSTS

Another Midwest Rep. show in Arlington?

Pastel Hogs

05 Hog Island boa holdback. Check her out

Other uses for leftover DRY ICE

BCC or BCI

Do you have an Adult

gravid hogs

Opinions on the use of Flagyl

2nd Year coupling Questions



WELCOME NEWCOMERS and LURKERS:

Welcome mavericksdad

Which do you prefer? Morphs or naturals



FINAL THOUGHTS:

I have done away with some categories. If there are any categories you'd like to see, just reply and I'll read your recommendations. I made a separate section for the outdoor pics and will probably stick with it. No one submitted any rumors or hearsay so I deleted that section as well. I am thinking of seperating expected litters/gravid females from new litters recently born. Any thoughts?
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Sincerely, Jason

www.NortheastSnakes.com

NortheastSnakes@aol.com

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