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Nothing like coming home to find all the rats you were dethawing on the counter scattered around the kitchen, their heads eaten off.

The most likely culprit...

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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"

The "likely culprit" looks like one of those rats was cryogenically frozen and came back to life!!
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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:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Jess
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Jess
2.4 adult brazilian rainbows
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18
1.0 normal corn
1.1 african brown house snake
1.4 crested geckos
1.1 western hognoses
0.1 Kitten-Mayhem
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"

There you go, should never leave thawing rats and a fox left unattended

I know the type of fox you have there but the name just eludes me right now....Frenwick? Finnic? greee...I hate it when its jsut on the tip of your tongue,...but won't come out.
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PHLdyPayne

fennec, or desert fox. but i've just been calling her 'no!' lately.
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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"

what the hell is that thing?!?!?
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Russ
1.0 Basset Hound (Goofy)
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Apollo)
1.0 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Odin)
1.0 Guyana Red-Tail Boa (Ares)
0.1 Pastel Salmon Boa (Minerva)
0.1 Rosy Boa (Athena)
1.1 Western Hognoses (???)

Melbourne, Fl

its a cross between a chiwawa(sp?) and a bat. we call them chats.
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-Jasmine

1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
(Mercutio and Kajika)

Thats my garbage disposal! A little zombie-like, since she only likes to eat the heads/brains of animals she comes across.

And i know it was her, because our male is more discriminating in his tastes, and is terrified of rodents of all types.

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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"

WOW my girlfriend would LOVE one of those, what exactly is it and where did you get it?

very cute
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Russ
1.0 Basset Hound (Goofy)
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Apollo)
1.0 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Odin)
1.0 Guyana Red-Tail Boa (Ares)
0.1 Pastel Salmon Boa (Minerva)
0.1 Rosy Boa (Athena)
1.1 Western Hognoses (???)

Melbourne, Fl

Fennec foxes. You'll have to check your local county laws. I know in Florida as a whole you need a Class III license http://floridaconservation.org/permits/, but I believe they are easy to get.

If you feel like taking all those steps, make sure to find a GOOD breeder (most will ship anywhere thats legal in the US), as there are a lot of crappy ones out there, and a lot of scammers. Only buy them as young kits that have been bottlefed. We got one of ours from a crappy breeder, one from a good one.. the difference right off was obvious. And youll have to keep them away from your rodents and snakes.
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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"

Fennec foxes..that is what they are called

Very cute and odd foxes...but like any wild animal sold as a pet...they are still wild, but learned to live with people. So they can bite and can bite hard, but with proper training and socialization, I am sure they make great pets..as long as you don't leave them alone with thawing rats
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PHLdyPayne

Ha, they are a handful. They're quite on their way to domestication though, and some states even consider them as such in laws. Ours have never shown agression towards people, and I figure the risk you take with them is the same as any dog. Most don't bite, but theres always that risk with anything that has teeth. They're mischevious.. like a puppy that never grows up. Like dogs, they wag their tails when they're excited to see you. They also bark.

Fox domestication is interesting, especially if you look at the russian domestication experiment. Pretty much domesticated a group of foxes in 50 years time.. to the point their ears flopped, they wagged their tail, their coat colors changed, and barked like dogs. I suppose the same process wolves took to dogs. I wonder how many animals considered wild will be common pets in the next few hundred years.
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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"

Oh no!! But how can you stay mad with such a cute face like that?
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

i wonder why he only ate the heads... oh well maybe he's just sick and weird like that
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Tim

0.1 Colombian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Albino Motley Corn
1.0 Black cat

actually, ripped open the heads, ate the brain, left the rest. We used to give her pinkie mice, but stopped because we thought her only eating the brain was wasteful.
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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"

yeah i'd say you just have a very twisted dog on your hands
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Tim

0.1 Colombian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Albino Motley Corn
1.0 Black cat