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lube for probing

goregrind May 01, 2006 06:09 PM

i ordered probes today and then while i was out i figured i would pick up some lube. i got the generic brand (pretty much the same thing as ky) cuz it is five bucks cheaper and what do snakes care. that ok to use in snakes right? or did i spend the money just to look cheap infront of a hot girl?
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jake

my addiction:
0.0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1.0 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

Replies (9)

rainbowsrus May 01, 2006 06:59 PM

did ya tell her the lube was lube for probing your snake?
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
2.7 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (adult breeders)
2.5 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2004)
4.8 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2005)
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

goregrind May 01, 2006 07:32 PM

she didnt ask and i didnt want to seem embarased, if she asked i would have told her it is for probing snakes and stretching piercings. but she works there and the dont ask questions
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jake

my addiction:
0.0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1.0 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

LarryF May 02, 2006 12:46 AM

>>but she works there and the dont ask questions

That just means you have to work harder. Wait about getting the lube until you need an interesting selection of other things.

I once bought in one trip, something like:

A big tube of lube (for probing and medicating)
Gatorade
Tape
Chips
Paper towels
Band-aids

The guy at the register definitely wondered what kind of party we were planning (I had my girlfriend with me).

LarryF May 02, 2006 12:49 AM

I use the publix brand lube, and it works fine...in general...

viborero May 01, 2006 09:39 PM

As long as it's a water-based lube, it should be worth the embarrasement.
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Diego & Tiffany's Zoo
SNAKES
4.4 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
1.1.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
0.0.2 Rosy Boas (Mid Baja & Baja)
0.1.0 Pueblan Milksnake
1.2.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
1.0.0 Western Hognose
0.1.0 Solomon Island Boa
1.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.0.1 Chinese Red-Bellied Water Snake
0.0.1 Desert Phase Kingsnake
LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.0.0 Turquoise Sunburst Veiled Chameleon
0.0.3 Leopard Geckos
1.1.0 Yellow Niger Uromastyx

goregrind May 02, 2006 05:28 AM

water soluble the same thing?
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jake

my addiction:
0.0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1.0 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

viborero May 02, 2006 12:07 PM

You know, I really don't know...
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Diego & Tiffany's Zoo
SNAKES
4.4 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
1.1.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
0.0.2 Rosy Boas (Mid Baja & Baja)
0.1.0 Pueblan Milksnake
1.2.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
1.0.0 Western Hognose
0.1.0 Solomon Island Boa
1.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.0.1 Chinese Red-Bellied Water Snake
0.0.1 Desert Phase Kingsnake
LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.0.0 Turquoise Sunburst Veiled Chameleon
0.0.3 Leopard Geckos
1.1.0 Yellow Niger Uromastyx

LarryF May 02, 2006 01:23 PM

>>water soluble the same thing?

If they are used correctly, not really, but in most contexts (including this one) when someone says either one they are implying both.

chrish May 01, 2006 10:40 PM

>>i ordered probes today and then while i was out i figured i would pick up some lube. i got the generic brand (pretty much the same thing as ky) cuz it is five bucks cheaper and what do snakes care. that ok to use in snakes right? or did i spend the money just to look cheap infront of a hot girl?
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>>jake
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>>my addiction:
>>0.0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
>>1.0 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
>>0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
>>hybrid breeders association
>>hybrid haven
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

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