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She just shed and growing like a weed, no more striking, for those who have that problem in the beginning, work with them and they WILL get over it.

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1.4 various boas(Flicka,Felony,Nova,Alias,Alibi)
0.1 BRB Abalone; ABBI
1.0 Rott X (OSO)
2.0 cats (Simba, Morris)
fish & feeders
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Hey Tanya, she is growing.....looking good!!!
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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

Thanks for the picture... it's always nice to have a face with the names on here. Abby sure is looking good!
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Tanya,
....It is nice to put names together with faces. You got it right about working with a BRB and it will calm down. The female I got at the local store last week had a serious anxiety problem when I got her. She was hissy and flailed around and sometimes struck when handled. Her behavious has greatly improved in just a week here. In a month or two she should be a totally calm and tame snake like all the rest of them I have. I am sure if I was to talk to the people who had the snake they would say that BRBs are nasty mean biters. As I have said too many times before..... Snakes are great, people suck!
Jeff

>>She just shed and growing like a weed, no more striking, for those who have that problem in the beginning, work with them and they WILL get over it.
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>>1.4 various boas(Flicka,Felony,Nova,Alias,Alibi)
>>0.1 BRB Abalone; ABBI
>>1.0 Rott X (OSO)
>>2.0 cats (Simba, Morris)
>>fish & feeders
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What methods does everyone use to calm down a biter? I just got my first BRB, and she is fiestier than anything else I've ever had. That isn't saying much, but... When I got her, she was still cool from the shipping, so she wasn't fiesty at first. After she warmed up some, she took a wild strike. After being in her new cage for a little while, I stuck my hand in to get it over with, and she took the bait. Since then I've been able to pull her out of the cypress (she likes to bury herself), and play the ever growing tree branch with her (hand after hand after hand....ad nausium). She hasn't struck at me yet since she got me, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't want to. I just fed her today, so it'll be atleast until late tomorrow when I try to handle her again.

i just moved slowly, when i had her in my hand i brought my hand to my stomach then out again and then back in, to get her use to things coming at her. I went outside and the shadows were the culprits and so i moved my hand that had her on it down to the empty hand, and then do it again, she would strike if i came at her with a hand, i found this to be very useful for training, now i take her in and out of her cage several times to get her use to that, but it's all old news now. She won't stay still for a photo shoot like daves, then again i didn't place a bowl over her and will have to try that.
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1.4 various boas(Flicka,Felony,Nova,Alias,Alibi)
0.1 BRB Abalone; ABBI
1.0 Rott X (OSO)
2.0 cats (Simba, Morris)
fish & feeders
~:~~~~~~~ ~:~~~~~~~~

I have found that the best way to tame them is to handle them like you are totally unafraid of them. If they strike do not back off if they bite do not jerk or flinch. If they want to chew on you just let them. They soon learn that striking and biting does not make you go away or leave them alone. This is really easy with a little BRB. The bite of a little BRB is about on a level with the scratch from a kitten. It may produce a little more blood but it is less painful. After they get bigger taking the bites is not quite as easy.
Good luck,
Jeff

>>What methods does everyone use to calm down a biter? I just got my first BRB, and she is fiestier than anything else I've ever had. That isn't saying much, but... When I got her, she was still cool from the shipping, so she wasn't fiesty at first. After she warmed up some, she took a wild strike. After being in her new cage for a little while, I stuck my hand in to get it over with, and she took the bait. Since then I've been able to pull her out of the cypress (she likes to bury herself), and play the ever growing tree branch with her (hand after hand after hand....ad nausium). She hasn't struck at me yet since she got me, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't want to. I just fed her today, so it'll be atleast until late tomorrow when I try to handle her again.