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Adam was hanging out on the branch last night so I took some pics with different flash settings. The first made me laugh, looked like he had a sh@t-eating grin going. The second was taken with a lower flash that removed some of the washout.


Paul

Great pics Paul. I never get tired of seeing that cage. It's set up so that you really see a range of behaviors from the animals. Let me ask you, In my cages I often see my animals sitting with thier heads at the opening of their hide spots or their heads just barely extended from the hides. Have you seen this in your cage?

My theory is that wild BRBs search out high rodent traffic areas, find a nice spot to curl up and hide and just wait for something tasty to come by.

Normally, if a snake is in the position described above, they will eat. If they are curled up with their heads deeper inside of the hide spots, they are more likely to refuse their meals.

Sorry to try and highjack the thread. Your picture just got me thinking about behaviors
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

Mike,
These BRB's behave exactly as you describe when hungry; soon after dusk I'll find them in that position when hungry. Not always but often they'll then start to move around later in the evening (midnight and later) if not fed. What also fascinates me is the seasonal behaviors; at this time none of mine are eating (though by the looks of Kali in the above photos I might have to offer her something), in summer hunkered down and not that mobile (just too warm?), then in fall they are all over the place, winter they are most visible during the day because they really utilize the vertical heat gradient and spring either gravid females and active, frustrated males or ungravid females and active, frustrated males.
I think that neonate BRB's in the wild are highly arboreal. After the two litters I've experienced here the babies disperse upwards. Because of the hardware cloth screen separating the incandescent lights and an opening in the back from the enclosure I've had escapees both times. The babies have been found high up. I wish I had the presence of mind to photograph one wrapped around the trunk of a corn plant 6 ft high; straight out of the jungle!
Thanks for the comments,
Paul

Great pics Paul. I never get tired of seeing that cage. It's set up so that you really see a range of behaviors from the animals. Let me ask you, In my cages I often see my animals sitting with thier heads at the opening of their hide spots or their heads just barely extended from the hides. Have you seen this in your cage?

My theory is that wild BRBs search out high rodent traffic areas, find a nice spot to curl up and hide and just wait for something tasty to come by.

Normally, if a snake is in the position described above, they will eat. If they are curled up with their heads deeper inside of the hide spots, they are more likely to refuse their meals.

Sorry to try and highjack the thread. Your picture just got me thinking about behaviors

There is that cage again!! Love the second pic Paul and keep 'em coming.
Bob

I like showing off the cage and its inhabitants (Kali above). If my wife was more understanding I'd have a huge arboreal setup but this is proving to be a hard sell!
Paul

What if you show her some of these http://jworlds.com/

We're planning on buying a large display tank as soon as we purchase a house and have a good place to put it (hopefully in the next year or two). We were originally thinking of putting perhaps our SuperSalmon BCI in one, but I think our rainbows would enjoy it more, and they'd be a wonderful animal to show off!
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1.1 96, 04 Het Albino - "Suzie" & "Lumpy"
0.1 03 Poss. Het Albino - "Ami"
0.1 05 Super Salmon - "CreamSicle"
0.1 04 Anery Het Snow- "Squelchy"
1.0 04 DH-Sunglow - "Dwayne"
1.0 06 TH-Moonglow - "Gargamel"
1.2 01 BRBs- "Gobball", "Larva" & "Tofu"

and thanks for that one. That place has it going on and I'm a trim carpenter and that looks like real nice quality wise compared to CBD but put them rainbows in there and even though your Super Salmon is drop dead gorgeous. How is your bci litter coming along?
Bob

I've always loved those cages, I just need a good place to put one (and of course the money to throw down on one).

My brb's seem to like to climb a lot more than my bci's. I'm sure they'd make more use of all that space then them. If i put my super girl in there she'd probably just be lazy on the ground the whole time.

She hasn't dropped any more babies, its now 113 days POS, so i'm not getting my hopes up. Shes looking good though, she didn't lose much weight because 5 premies isn't much for a girl her size. She should recover quickly.
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1.1 96, 04 Het Albino - "Suzie" & "Lumpy"
0.1 03 Poss. Het Albino - "Ami"
0.1 05 Super Salmon - "CreamSicle"
0.1 04 Anery Het Snow- "Squelchy"
1.0 04 DH-Sunglow - "Dwayne"
1.0 06 TH-Moonglow - "Gargamel"
1.2 01 BRBs- "Gobball", "Larva" & "Tofu"

SenorSnake,
Yep, that's what I'm talking about! My wife is a bit overwhelmed by the one I've got now. Because of its width it can only fit in our family room (now the 'jungle room').
Your right about BRB's being great display snakes. I think the key is ambient temperatures and a large temperature gradient both horizontally and vertically.
Thanks for the link Senor (someday we'll get a name),
Paul

they look great and I love your naturalistic setup. Very nice!
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Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

Should also post a pic of Abel, Kali's brother. They like to coil in the 'stump'.
Paul

Love that pic as well post away, that snake looks awesome and VERY well cared for.
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Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

Thats a great photo. Really does look like he is smiling. The cage looks great too!
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for giving me an opportunity to post another picture!

Paul

>>Adam was hanging out on the branch last night so I took some pics with different flash settings. The first made me laugh, looked like he had a sh@t-eating grin going. The second was taken with a lower flash that removed some of the washout.
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