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We had some pretty warm weather on Saturday, so we thought we would give the cages a good thorough cleaning and an opportunity for our bigger girls to stretch out a bit.

It's a good thing we did this when we did... we woke up to snow on the ground on Sunday. Gotta love Colorado weather. LOL!!!

" I tell ya, its right there.... don't you see it??? "

What??? Did you think this was going to be another thread on actual cleaning????

Take care.
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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com

What do your neighbors think of your large snakes? Mine would probably pee their pants if I had that many Burms in my front yard at one time! LOL! And snow?! It's 90-92 degrees here today. Heck, I might take my snake for a swim!

Some of the neighbors are curious enough to come look at them, others watch from a distance and some will even come hold them. Of course, anyone that does come over has a bunch of questions, which is cool, it helps get our message out. We have had snakes for a long time and most of the neighbors are used to them.

What is really "funny" is how many don't even notice the snakes as they are driving by (how do you miss 15 feet of a snake that is albino??). The great times are when they do notice and either point and look or stop and get out to see them.
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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com

so pretty What were they sniffing at?
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~Sara~
4 Leopard Geckos
3 ball pythons
1.0 Black-lined plated lizard (Lizzy Butt)
0.1 Burmese Python (Pixil)
7 Rats
1.1 Gerbils
1.1 Dogs (Ozzie and Mandy)
0.1 Cat (Isis)
0.0.1 Synodontis Catfish (Big Spotty Fish)
0.1 Convict Cichlid
0.0.1 blood parrot cichlid
0.0.1 African Featherfin Catfish

We have no idea, but they thought it was interesting for a few seconds.
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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com

I have to admit, I'm afraid of too many people knowing about ours. Maybe it's a Florida thing. Hobby herps have a terrible reputation because so many are being released or escaping. When I take my Burm to a public event or if someone knows I have him, the number one question I get is, "Are these the ones that are loose in the Everglades?" I do let mine go around in the backyard for a stretch, and in the front yard on occasion. I'm still not entirely sure my city code would allow me to have the amount of herps that I have. Someone here said that state law trumps city code, but I'm not sure about that. I have a pesky neighbor that would probably call if he thought I was violating...grrr! There was talk in the paper that a lobby group wanted exotic owners to have to disclose to their neighbors exactly what they were keeping.

> > > Someone here said that state law trumps city code

I'm pretty sure that it's the other way around, but I'm not 100% sure. Tom should know the answer to that so maybe he'll read this and let us know.

To put it in a different perspective, the state of NC allows the sale of alcoholic beverages, however, the city of Murphy, NC does not allow beer & wine to be sold within the city limits. You can get all the hard liquor you want from ABC but no beer or wine. Go figure.

Keep you neighbor happy and clueless.

Later!
HH

BTW, Laura, did you get your cages yet?
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

In Fl. the state is the final answer. If your permitted I don't think the city can do anything. Myself, I don't want any neighbors knowing what I have just to be on the safe side...TC

You da man!

Thanks for clearing that up! (Without Lysol, nonetheless.)

Later!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

HA! No more Lysol jokes, please!! I am permitted with the state, but I still don't want the neighbors to know what I have! I have paranoid family on one side, and an 80 something widow on the other. They know we have critters, and they already think we're bizarre because we homeschool. But to homeschool *and* have reptiles...well, that's just pushing the envelope of society just a little too far! Tee hee

I'm on the pathway of the elementary school and one little girl knew we had a boa and other assorted critters. She brought by a bunch of kids one day to come in and see our big snake. I had to rather abruptly explain to them they were not a petting zoo to avoid having after school zoo parties on a regular basis.

Good pictures, Randy. Thanks for sharing 'em with us.

There's nothing like watching big snakes crawl freely through a large field or yard, is there?

I'm a humble, modest, person but I can't help but enjoy the pride I feel when watching mine crawl through the pasture. And mine aren't quite as big as yours. I know you had to be beamin'.

It's not an "I'm somebody" type of pride, but proud to be able to own one of these magnificient creatures and watch them as close to back-to-nature that we can. Blessed.

Is that normal burmese het for albino?

Good lookin' creatures you've got there.

Catch ya later!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

Yea, it's pretty cool to watch them crawl around. The albino granite doesn't venture very far, but the leopard and the albino green cruise. You really have to watch them or they will be down the street.

I bought the "normal" looking one as a green labyrinth aka leopard burm. I have posted pics of her and a male that looks just like her. A few people said she was het green labyrinth, so this year I will breed the male to the albino green to prove the green side and our male albino labyrinth to the female. If I'm right I will have greens het albino labyrinth and labyrinths het albino green. If not I still have a gorgeous snake. If you take a good look at her, the splotches on her back are a lot like the green pattern, the horizontal lines on her sides are like the laby and to top it all off she is very green.

I guess we will know for sure next spring.

Later,
Randy
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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com

Yeah, now that I took the time to "look" at it instead of just scanning it, I see that it's not a "normal." My bad. Ha! It's hard to tell in most of the pics of it but it's obvious in the "don't you see it?" photo.

I also seem to remember now that you posted a pic of it a few months or so ago. I'll be alright, one of these days. Ha!

Many moons ago, back in my earlier days, they used to say not to let 'em crawl around outdoors like that because the snakes would revert back to their wild, natural instincts and could turn aggressive. LOL!

I made the mistake not too long ago of carrying my 10ft & 9ft burmese pythons, together, wrapped around me, from the house to one of my pastures, about a 200-yard trek, and let them roam. Like not've ever got the rascals back to the house. Man, were they hyper! That ain't happenin' again. I'll put 'em in their transport tubs & drive 'em out to the pasture next time. But it was still worth it all.

Catch ya later!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American