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You know life is good when you go home for lunch and while checking the snake room your jaw drops at your own snakes.

This is a Salmon boa from Summit reptiles. He is absolutely fabulous, clean and the colors are out of this world. He was out of his hide cruising around his cage and WOW he was looking good. Had to stop and take a couple of pics. These do fairly well represent his color. Of course the nuances of seeing him in person.....

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB, selectively bred from good stock)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
12.24 BRB
11.13 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

...and that is NOT a rainbow! I would like to see more OT discussions and pics from the folks I have come to know on this particular forum. Salmons are my favorite obtainable morph BCI.
That fella is gorgeous. I will admit that I am being more and more drawn away from the Rainbows and more towards dwarf BCI and lately Ambilobe Chams. (note to self) I need to email Mike about those Nosy's. Truth is I value the opinions I get from this particular forum because of a sort of trust I get from a handfull of the folks here and wish it could cross the species line a little more publicly.

If I didn't have so many warm-fuzzy creatures that I have committed to for their entire lifespan, I would have reptiles from floor to ceiling in all the rooms.....insects and rats in the garage.

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So, thinking about a panther chameleon? They really do make great pets. male panthers are some of the most personable reptiles I'e ever kept. Sometimes when i would open the cage, they would come right out onto my hands.

I think I might be done keeping them though. At least for now. Two years ago , my Nosy Be females layed a ton of eggs and I had nothing but problems. No babies hatched. Four years ago I did really well so this was discouraging. The egg laying taxed my females so much that they died and I lost my super blue male as well. Breeding chameleons is difficult and keeping females as pets is hard too. You really have to watch their diets when they reach sexual maturity. A single male for a pet is really the way to go
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

Mike,
I must have read your Cham caresheet 5 or 6 times. I suppose the reason I want a panther is primarily because of the beauty of the creatures. I bought a book and some used Vivarium Mags that have articles about various types of chameleons and am reading everything I can find. My major concern with giving it a go is the number of cats and dogs I keep. Although none seem to even be interested in any of snakes, I don't think that would be the case with a large vertical enclosure with insects and dripping water. The stress factors would be too great IMO from the limited knowledge I have at this point. I am sorry to hear about the difficulties you had with yours. If you had such things happen (with far more experience) then I better put those books back on the shelf for a while. It took 12 years to get a BRB from the time I first saw one and think they are easy to keep. Everyone discouraged me and told me to get a cornsnake....which I did. Better listen to you now instead of wondering what happened 1500 bucks later.
Thanks.

I don't mean to be discouraging. They're wonderful pets and I'm sure you would do fine with one. Like Jeff suggested, maybe you could start with a less expensive male veiled chamelon and see how you like them. I have all of may cages still and I DO go to reptile shows. I'm going to have to show incredible restraint if I see a nice looking Nosy Be male.
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

....like Jeff mentioned, I would want to breed and don't think a big gorgeous male pet would do much more than start my obsession to have more. I have always felt that if you have one already....very easy to do two. Waiting and learning more can't hurt anything.

Now a question. Being that I have lots of access to veterinary consultation (my clinic doesn't do exotics, but I can access most anyone) services, literature, equiptment, and medications at a fraction of what it would cost another person to spend if any at all, is it likely that any/all of those resources would improve the odds of turning a nightmare experience into a successful venture? The goal would be to not harm the adults while producing viable hatchlings. What do you think?

Gosh....I figured this topic would have caused all the posts to be yanked already. Thank you PHKingsnakes!

Linda Misch

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