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Was doing the nightly cleaning thang and snapped some pix of a few recent shed and just plain stunning snakes.

First up is Dotty a hypo BRB from Mike Lockwood


This is Dusty, not the best looking BRB but he is het anery from Brian Sharp


Pepper is a aby line BCI male from Basically boas



Honey is also a BCI from basically boas and has a nice pattern and caramel coloring to her


Honey and Pepper together, Honey is toward the back still coiled up while Pepper is toward the front and draped accross her. That's why you only see bits of him.

Phoenix, one of my top holdback BRB males from 2005, he just shed and wow that boy is HOT HOT HOT


W/flash

w/out flash

And last but by no means least is Reeses. He's a pastel salmon BCI from summit reptiles 2005 litter. He's one of my favorite boas. The color on this lad is off the charts, I can only seem to catch glimpses of it.

Oh yeah, just for kicks, pix of Reeses older half brother Tahoe. Tahoe is no slouch, a very nice Summit Salmon but dulls when compared to Reeses.

Hope you enjoyed the pix!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Lots of lookers there Dave! Thanks for posting. You are right about that Salmon's coloring - gorgeous!
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Liann
1.0 Colombian Boa (Austin)
1.0 Suriname Boa (Aloysius)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Carmen)
1.0 Anery Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Pueblan Milk (Marishka)
1.1 Sinaloan Milk
1.1 Hypo Honduran Milk (Damien & Lucy)
1.1 Pastel BP
1.0 Spider BP
1.2 Het Pied BP
1.1 Het Albino BP
1.8 Ball Pythons
0.1 Crested Gecko (Chloe)
1.2 SHTC Leos (Rico, Sabine, & Yazmine)
0.1 Albino Leo (Mandy)
0.1 Leo (Lola)
2.0 Bearded Dragons (Sydney & Dundee)
1.0 Uro (Kegan)
2.1 Wiener Dogs (Dakota, Montana, & Cheyenne)
Too many corn snakes to list!

Thanks Liann, like I said, he's one of my favorites!!

Just don't tell the others.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Those are some wicked looking snakes!!

This might sound strange, but can you post a picture of the setup you use to take pictures of your snakes? I'd like to see it.

Thanks
ROb
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"I reject your reality and substitute my own" Adam Savage
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa-Ziggy
1.0 Creamscicle motley corn--Cozmo
0.1 Creamscicle corn--Wanda
0.0.1 Normal corn
0.1 Black Pine - Spazz
1.0 Bearded Dragon - Gomer

Thanks Rob.

Not strange at all, and by no means a studio type setup. It's simply the top of a melamine cage, in my snakeroom. I have a tracklight overhead with floods and GE reveal flood bulbs. I'll see if I can get a pic tonight. Actually quite crowded in the room.

BTW, My boy "Ziggy"

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

dave what do i gotta do to make you come out of Reeses that is one very nice boa right there.

cafeine, I'm not understanding your response.

Wake up Tim!!

>>dave what do i gotta do to make you come out of Reeses that is one very nice boa right there.

I do get that you like him, thanks!!

Some earlier pix of him

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

both to much very early and then coming down lol i want that snakes what do i gotta do to make you give her this way

Hmmmmm, let me think.........

One of the crown Jewels of the BCI half of the collection.......

Duh, not for sale, ever!!!

When I bought him he was a nice salmon, had a deeper overall color I liked. I had no idea he'd color up so much!

Shortly after I got him

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

wow the color in that pic kinda reminds me of my poss super hypo harlequin. i cant wait to see the adult colors of my harlequin and my hypo arabesque i think that one is gonna be very nice when he gets older i cant wait. its funny i am a python guy this is my second year with boas and seems to be increasing lil by lil well besides my brb they dont count those are just colorfull pythons that lay live young lol

Very cool pictures, as always. Next year I demand that Pheonix and Daisy pair up and I get all the lil orangies!
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Pretty tough language for a lil wisp of a girl.

Whatcha gonna do, fly on over and kick my arse?

Actually Daisey is not in next years breeding plans, she's not a strong eater and will take another year to get to decent size.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

popped right as I hit "post message", Daisey, not Amber. Sooo many hot chicks it's hard to keep track of them.

Daisey is of course in the breeding plans for next year but at this time I'm leaning towards pimping her out to her father for a double dose of orange. OOuuuu gross!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

LOL!! Little wisp of a girl am I? I'll show you!!

Which one is her dad again? Fred?
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Aubrey Ross

©
www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Don't go telling me you're a black belt or something. I still feel quite safe hiding behind my keyboard at the far end of the country!!

Yeah, Fred's her dad, not sure which of the two females was her mom, Howard didn't keep records.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

lol looks like were goin on maury lol but we do know one thing howard is not the father

So he says.......
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Honestly for anyone looking in, I don't plan on doing a lot of line breeding. I have worked very hard to amass a very diverse collection of BRB's for just that purpose. I DO however plan on some line breeding for specific traits and colors. As I understand it, you can go several generations of line breeding before problems start to occur and I plan on outcrossing long before I ever get there.

Some specific line breedings I have planned (most are single year ones)

Daisey back to her father
Pheonix back to his mother
The entire genesis project
Lon to sibling Lily
maybe some bullseye female back to Lefty
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

dave you sick sick man how dare you breed your mother to your sisters lovers uncles cousins brother geesh and i thought you had some class. i think there is WAY moreline breeding going on in every other species *cough boas and balls cough* that the lil bit of line breeding goin on here and there onen generation isnt anything to worry about lol heck i plan on line breeding 2 generations at most but still i dont plan on anything more than that but i have to with hets and the dbl rescessive/ co-dom crosses ya know. and if ppl dont like it tell them never to buy a morph again since they are beyond line bred or even a pure bred dog or cat cause pure bred dogs/cats are the biggest inbred/line bred animals there are ok just felt like typing alot lol have fun reading all

I was hoping you would have pictures of them so I could see how their colors are coming in.
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Jess
2.4 adult brazilian rainbows
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18
1.0 normal corn
1.0 african brown house snake
0.1 hypo Boa constrictor
0.1 normal ball python
2.3.1 crested geckos
1.1 western hognoses
0.2 kitties Marina (aka Mayhem)and Chaos
1.0 boyfriend to keep me spoiled
1.1 paranoid parents "too many snakes!"

Z&Z are chillin in their tubs. Will post new pix once they shed again.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

mispelled Dottie lol Phoenix doesn't even look that good anymore so just let me look at him real closely like in a fed-ex box perhaps Let Hook come with him for companionship and I think Hershey wants to come over too Ain't happening I know I know so I guess I'll take a '07 baby instead
Bob

make some pieces ?

Nice animals as usual, maybe some new shots of the genesis project, especially Thing!!!

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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

He blew his chances for this season, guess he was just not ready. He should be good to go for next year!!

Here's a couple I took of thing, just didn't come out good so wasn't gonna post them, He looks WAY better than these pix:

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

well many first time males do not get the job done their first time out. Thing looks good in those "bad" picks. So he must look realy good in a good pic lol
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

crescents nooooooooooot they look real good. You used a flash on the first one and no flash on the second? or before and after a shed???
Bob

I believe your right on the flash thing, I do switch my camera settings around trying to capture a better image. Then proceed to forget which pic was with what setting.....argh!!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats