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i was wondering if anyone had a prefered site to go to for hooks, and feeding tweezers. my eyelash is eatting whole pinks and so the breeder is letting her come home to me now. the only time ive dealt with vens i was working at a shop that is now out of biz, and i used the stuff there. just wondering about quality for price, im not going to skimp on anything, just dont want to overpay if i dont need to. ive got one large python hook wich is silly for a yearling eyelash, and well, im stupid and dangle the rats for the boas in my hands, but thats how i started 11 years ago, and i never do it home alone, and will NEVER DO THAT with my eyelash!
thanks!
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hanging out under heat lights burns up my brain cells!!

One answer is Midwest Tongs at www.tongs.com. Prepare yourself for the other answers.

well yoyoing i guess we agree on one thing lol. midwest all the way! you cant beat their quality and the prices arent too bad either. i would recommend their "mini hook" i think its called, for your baby eyelash.
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Dylan Lutz

1.1 BCI, 1.0 Bearded Dragon

I recommend these people. Especially since they make carbon shaft hooks for neonates which are nice and light. They can also be sterilized without rusting. They also have hemostats and tweezers.
http://ace-cap.pinnaclecart.com/index.php?p=home
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Tim Cole
www.Designeratrox.com/
www.AustinReptileService.net
www.AustinReptileExpo.com/
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Conservation through Education

I agree with Tim. I use animal capture equipment as well and love their hooks!

I also use and like their Polycarbonate hooks. They are feather light and perfect for temperature sensitive herps since they have vertually have no thermal signature of their own. Also, they won't break and of glass cages in a confined space since they are ultra-low mass.

It's all I used inside now.

Al
WWW.deadlybeautiful.com

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"I'm a lone rhinoceros there ain't one hell of a lots of us
left in this world." Adrian Belew, 1982

I'll have to agree with Tim and the rest here. ACE hooks are great for small arboreals. I'll admit that if you've used metal shafted hooks in teh past, they take some getting used to but I find that you can feel the animals so much more when using ACE's hooks.

-Jason

If you don't have good habits with non venomous snakes, that could carry over into the way you approach venomous. Always use tongs to feed constrictors; period. Preaching done. I would recommend the following:
1) Midwest tongs (tongs.com)
2) Animal Capture Equipment: I got some hooks from Tim and I am really liking them more and more for some of my easily spooked venomous (like mambas, fast moving cobras, smaller hots, etc.). They have many advantages being a plastic style hook.

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center

>>i was wondering if anyone had a prefered site to go to for hooks, and feeding tweezers. my eyelash is eatting whole pinks and so the breeder is letting her come home to me now. the only time ive dealt with vens i was working at a shop that is now out of biz, and i used the stuff there. just wondering about quality for price, im not going to skimp on anything, just dont want to overpay if i dont need to. ive got one large python hook wich is silly for a yearling eyelash, and well, im stupid and dangle the rats for the boas in my hands, but thats how i started 11 years ago, and i never do it home alone, and will NEVER DO THAT with my eyelash!
>>thanks!
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>>hanging out under heat lights burns up my brain cells!!
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL