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A couple had shed, coming up after this. Also while I was feeding I had a few that were ignoring their meals. Thought of this idea and it seems to be working fine. Babys snake along with feeder (pinky rat) in a small deli cup. Deli cup placed on side in tub and held in place by closing tub. This forces snake and food into close proximmity.

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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

Dang this girl is hot hot hot!!!! One of my favs of the Will Bird collection. Check out those crescents and OMG she's just dripping in color!!!!

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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

Crazy crescents and I especially love the bold black lines. Very nice!!

Thank you, she is definitely a unique, very good looking individual!!
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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

Gorgeous!!
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Aubrey Ross

©
www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Thanks Aubrey, my sentiments exactly!!
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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

Now that is one good looking girl. I've noticed something: that I love all of your animals and I am truly jealous of your collection.
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Thank you,

Tim

0.1 wc girlfriend- Melissa (still very feisty even after a year and a half of loving care )
0.1 CRB- Tempest
0.1 JCP- Serenity
1.0 Black Cat- Chester A Arthur

Now that's a real compliment...

"I love all of your animals and I am truly jealous of your collection"

Thanks Tim
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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

No, thank you for posting all those great pics so I can drool over them. It makes my day when I come home from class and see a post from you with tons of pics
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Thank you,

Tim

0.1 wc girlfriend- Melissa (still very feisty even after a year and a half of loving care )
0.1 CRB- Tempest
0.1 JCP- Serenity
1.0 Black Cat- Chester A Arthur

She reminds me of Hook don't you think???

Yeah, somewhat but IMO she's even hotter.

>>She reminds me of Hook don't you think???
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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

Girls I got from Tim Osborne. My first look at her just shed and very very impressive. Awesome crescents and eye popping color!!!

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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

Great looking snake, looks like she doesn't like to sit still though.
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Thank you,

Tim

0.1 wc girlfriend- Melissa (still very feisty even after a year and a half of loving care )
0.1 CRB- Tempest
0.1 JCP- Serenity
1.0 Black Cat- Chester A Arthur

Babies are "usually" easier to photograph but yeah, she was on the move!!
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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

You should change her name to Lexus cuz those crescents are like bubble eyes but very bubbley (sp?) nonetheless
Bob

Crescents like that are fairly common in Wills babies.
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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

Thats a good idea.. I should try that with my picky eaters.
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Aubrey Ross

©
www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Worked for a few but many simply didn't want to eat!
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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

Very cool idea. How is it working?
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Thank you,

Tim

0.1 wc girlfriend- Melissa (still very feisty even after a year and a half of loving care )
0.1 CRB- Tempest
0.1 JCP- Serenity
1.0 Black Cat- Chester A Arthur

Some success but those that didn't want to eat, still didn't eat. No worries, they will get another week to get hungry!!

Any time you reduce the "hunting grounds" and force the predator and prey together, you will have better success for the kinda hungry / notso great hunters. Same concept as paper bagging them, just more secure.
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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

It looks like a great idea to me. But you never know sometimes they just don't want to eat though
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Thank you,

Tim

0.1 wc girlfriend- Melissa (still very feisty even after a year and a half of loving care )
0.1 CRB- Tempest
0.1 JCP- Serenity
1.0 Black Cat- Chester A Arthur

The other good point is with the tubs hanging halfway out of the tubs, I can easily see which ones I still have to deal with. So many mouths to feed at this time of year!!!! Quite the process to get through all of them without missing anyone or feeding twice.
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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

It seems like a great idea to help you keep track of that.
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Thank you,

Tim

0.1 wc girlfriend- Melissa (still very feisty even after a year and a half of loving care )
0.1 CRB- Tempest
0.1 JCP- Serenity
1.0 Black Cat- Chester A Arthur

>>A couple had shed, coming up after this. Also while I was feeding I had a few that were ignoring their meals. Thought of this idea and it seems to be working fine. Babys snake along with feeder (pinky rat) in a small deli cup. Deli cup placed on side in tub and held in place by closing tub. This forces snake and food into close proximmity.
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>>Dave Colling
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>>www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
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>>0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
>>0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
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>>LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
>>24.36 BRB
>>19.19 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
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>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Are those Boaphile Racks by any chance?

I tried similar things with my snakes, I don't like the paper bag trick unless its place back into the snakes cage otherwise it has worked for me.

Personally for very picky eaters a little trick that works for me is removing the animal's hide and placing a proper sized hide "container" in the cage that has a two lids. Cut a hole in one lid and allow the animal to enter. Once the animal is "secure" in its new "hidebox" place the rodent in the hidebox and with the other lid seal and let sit for a few hours if it didn't eat then wait a week and repeat. FYI, I also do this when taking photos.
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Jason A.
"Long time Herper, first year Breeder `07."

Hey Jason,

Yeah they are Boaphile rhino raxx. Love em!!! Have a stack of three 30 slot ones for a total of 90 baby slots.

Sounds similar except I put the snake into the delicup. Bottom line is each of these tricks will work to some degree on a population. Some babies will take prey np every time. Others will always eat in a hide etc. etc. The key is to have several tricks so you can try different things. Most important though is to understand they can easily go weeks, even months without eating and no negative affects. So take your time and don't keep offering food. I always go through the colony at feeding time and any that don't eat, wait for the next time around!!
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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

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For Sale cheap: One (1) 6' 19 yr old male. Does no house work. Has no job and will complain. Constantly.
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 Eastern King-Ozy
1.0 Bearded Dragon - Gomer

I love the Will Bird animals and can not believe how many great babies he produced this year. I am very happy with mine and that was after you picked 10.
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Mike

6.7 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King

It was sooo hard to pare it down to 10, soooo many I liked for various reasons!!!!!

Glad you were able to find some lookers still left!!! I would not be surprised to find out he still has some really nice ones left!!!
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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

If I was not looking for something to pair up with my WB male, I would be getting more from him.
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Mike

6.7 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King