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Hey Meret:

After seeing that beauty of a short tail of yours, I was keen on the short tail series (the trio of Blood, Borneo short-tail, and the Sumatran short-tail). I saw lots of baby hatchling bloods. Let me tell you: the thought did cross my mind . . . "Gee, I wonder if I shouldn't just buy one and start to love it." This was especially true after you said that husbandry is not really that hard as long as I have temp and constant humidity in the right range. Also, there is a great article on bloods/short-tails by pro-exotics. I read that article.

But hey. Lots of thoughts cross my mind when I am @ one of these great hot shows. For example: Hmmmm that $45 baby gaboon looks nice and manageable. Hey, that $100 Cerastes cerastes sure has cute horns!. Wow, that Crotalus cerastes sidewinder is not that expensive!

So, as you can see: lots of thoughts come and it is all I can do to discipline myself and filter out those thoughts and jsut enjoy the company of these great snakes.

Shows are sure fun. And so far, I have always planned out what I was going to buy and have stuck to it. For example, this time, before I went, I knew I was getting few pigmies and lots of BP's. I came home with no more and no less than exactly what I had planned. Pretty Good, no? I Just think impulse buying hots is a big No. No.!

cheers! No point to the post. Just thought I'd share my thoughts, since you were kind enough to share your pic of your short tail.

In case you are wondering to which pic I refer, here is the pic:
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Longtang. I like snakes and rats.

Well, restraint at shows is a very good thing to develop. Although I must admit I bought mine sort of on impulse. We'd been looking for one, just not that hard. I'd say he was a good deal ($85), but he managed to run up a vet bill. I sorta blame the vet for it being so much, though, you'd think they'd try soaking first and x-raying second... He just had a bit of a backup in the plumbing. So, well, what are ya gonna do? At least he's healthy now.