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I have been saving the best sheddings from my oldest boa for 16 plus years. Only the best ones are kept, those that are not torn, not messed in and found still fresh.

I painstakingly turn them rightside out. Carefully straighten them, blow air inside and see that they settle out flat and straight. Then place magazines on top to press them flat. They are allowed to dry with the magazines on top.

Finally they come to my office at work. The longest is 12 feet long, the boa is between 10 and 11 feet.

Makes for a lot of conversations, many start with "Where'd you kill all those snakes?" which get quickly and politely corrected.

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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I keep the good ones to but never thought to put them on the wall I think the wife would kill me.
Great idea
Jeremy

I like how you show the same pattern with the yellow yarn as the snake progressed.
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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow RTB's -Coming Soon-
0.1 Albino RTB -Coming Soon-
1.1 Hypomelenistic RTB's
0.2 Pastel Hypo RTB's -Coming Soon-
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino RTB's
0.1 Suriname RTB
0.1 Anerthrystic RTB
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
1.0 Pomeriaian
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse

Thanks, Good eye for noticing the yellow string. I use it to show people these are sheddings and that they are from the same snake.

The whole thing pretty much covers one whole wall of my office at work. So far no complaints. But I used to know a lady that refused to come in my office, she'd stand outside the door and call for me to come out. She was deathly afraid of snakes, something about her brothers taesing her with one when she was little.

It was hard to photograph, I need a wider angle lens.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Dave,
...You need a bigger office.
Jeff

>>I have been saving the best sheddings from my oldest boa for 16 plus years. Only the best ones are kept, those that are not torn, not messed in and found still fresh.
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>>I painstakingly turn them rightside out. Carefully straighten them, blow air inside and see that they settle out flat and straight. Then place magazines on top to press them flat. They are allowed to dry with the magazines on top.
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>>Finally they come to my office at work. The longest is 12 feet long, the boa is between 10 and 11 feet.
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>>Makes for a lot of conversations, many start with "Where'd you kill all those snakes?" which get quickly and politely corrected.
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>>Thanks,
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>>Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"
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>>0.1 Wife (WC)
>>0.2 kids (CBB)
>>4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
>>2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
>>0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
>>0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
>>1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
>>0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
>>0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
>>0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
>>1.0 BCI albino het stripe
>>1.0 BCI salmon hypo
>>0.1 BCI ghost
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>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

EVER SEEN...I just thought they where all sheds of different snakes...untill I looked harder...and they are all of the same snake...Thats AMAZING... I don't think I have ever kept a snake that long...Thanks for sharing the pics...Thats fantastic...
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Amanda Kingsbury & David Kendrick
www.executivereptiles.com

I dont like wall paper but I like that.

akewa

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HMMMMMMMM My wife thanks you, Spirit is about 18" and he has gone blue, I think I know what I am going to do with his shed BWWAAAHHAAA
My Research and Collection

I'm sure that does make a good conversation piece,very nice.

mike bell