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I went out this morning and when I was checking the cages for poo I moved Noah's tail out of the way and noticed he wasnt moving. ITs very upsetting because he was my first male BRB as well as the father of Zeek, Isis, Zoe and Ziggy. So there is no way now for me to prove if Zoe and Ziggy's dorsal stripes were genetic.

Crap.

I'm going back to bed.

This has just been an all around [bleep]ty week. The BEST thing about it is that I finally got to see my new chameleon eat this morning. But then I found Noah dead not 5 minutes later.

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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear about his death. Do you know what might have happened? I was hoping to get a dorsal stripe baby from you this summer.
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

As far as I can tell, natural causes. Noah wasnt hurt from what I could tell feeling up and down his body. He didn't eat last week but then he was a day away from shedding. I got him from a guy off of craigslist two years ago and I dont recall how old the man had said he was.
I guess if I get stripes this year its only from incubation temps, unless their mother produces it without it showing on her. I dont know how that would work. I was hoping for more stripeys as well. Not to mention he produced very bright and pretty young. I still have Dude my other male, but I dont want to breed him to his sister, who was going to be paired up with noah. Now I have to replan my breeding season. And I was going to start putting them together at the end of the month.
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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

Wow that's terrible . It's bad enough losing any, but to lose one as nice as him, that really sucks!

If it was natural causes, then there wouldn't be much you could have done. It is a shame to lose such a nice boy. I hope you can find another nice male for your girl.
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Aubrey Ross

©
www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Yeah I am hoping I can find something soon, it just sucks because I am pretty broke and christmas is coming up, plus I am going to Disneyworld, which I know I will want to spend money there. My new laptop is going to have to wait as well.
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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

I'm really sorry to hear about that Jess.

>>I went out this morning and when I was checking the cages for poo I moved Noah's tail out of the way and noticed he wasnt moving. ITs very upsetting because he was my first male BRB as well as the father of Zeek, Isis, Zoe and Ziggy. So there is no way now for me to prove if Zoe and Ziggy's dorsal stripes were genetic.
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>>Crap.
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>>I'm going back to bed.
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>>This has just been an all around [bleep]ty week. The BEST thing about it is that I finally got to see my new chameleon eat this morning. But then I found Noah dead not 5 minutes later.
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>>Jess
>>2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
>>1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
>>0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
>>1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
>>1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
>>1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
>>1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
>>1.0 Veiled Chameleon
>>1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
>>0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
>>1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute
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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

he was a good snake
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As soon as your born you start dying...
So you might as well have a good time!!!

... And if you die in an elevator remember to push the up button

...And death is lifes way of telling you your fired

...And theres a good reason why the road less traveled is less traveled

...Dreams are like rainbows, only idiots chase them(unless its a boa)

0.1 Tangerine albino leopard gecko typhon
0.0.1 Green tree python
0.1 Brazilian rainbow boa
0.1 evil sibling

wow sorry to hear the bad news i thought i was havin a bad week with my net down yet again and my comp in the shop for repairs. how old was he? and has he showed any signs whatso ever or illness or anythign out of the norm?

I bought him from a man in Berkeley off of Craigslist, he had been kept as a pet but I dont remember how old he had said noah was. I dont think he was more than 10 though. I had him for two years. Both years he produced great litters.
I was handling him yesterday and everything seemed fine, he was active and a bit hostile, but he has always been a bit tempermental. Nothing out of the ordinary. I am keeping a close eye on everyone else today just in case anything shows. Hopefully nothing will.
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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

I'm sooo sorry to hear that, you're welcome to bring whoever over when Ziggy is old enough and he can breed her along with Zoe. I breed in trio's any ways
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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 wouldnt rather just give him back to me? Lol Im just kidding. I finished burying Noah, someday someone is going to call me up that lives in one of my old houses and say, " I dug up something while I was [planting a rose bush, resodding my yard, putting in an addition] and I found a [snake, rat, bird, turtle, lizard] is it yours?"
Ah well. They can have fun and wonder about all the cigar boxes with random cretures in them.
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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

I had that thought too, what would the new people say when they dig up the body of a 14 foot burm... I can only imagine theyll think im the son of satan
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As soon as your born you start dying...
So you might as well have a good time!!!

... And if you die in an elevator remember to push the up button

...And death is lifes way of telling you your fired

...And theres a good reason why the road less traveled is less traveled

...Dreams are like rainbows, only idiots chase them(unless its a boa)

0.1 Tangerine albino leopard gecko typhon
0.0.1 Green tree python
0.1 Brazilian rainbow boa
0.1 evil sibling

I'm nice but not that nice!! You can use him but not keep him!!

LOL, we have a few of those scattered around, no snakes yet though, knock on wood!!!
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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

Its a new game!
I would have to say burying a 14 foot burmese would be pretty daunting of a task. Fortunately I am keeping things small. This is definately the biggest grave I have had to dig. Although once I thought of burying all three of my sisters. That would have been hard to keep them quietly gagged the whole time.
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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

14 foot burm would be easier than the one for the three sisters
Bob

Humor can always lighten up a bad situation. Thankfuly i havent had to bury anything yet other than a few five line skink i found in my yard with injuries. I saved a few but 3 died
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As soon as your born you start dying...
So you might as well have a good time!!!

... And if you die in an elevator remember to push the up button

...And death is lifes way of telling you your fired

...And theres a good reason why the road less traveled is less traveled

...Dreams are like rainbows, only idiots chase them(unless its a boa)

0.1 Tangerine albino leopard gecko typhon
0.0.1 Green tree python
0.1 Brazilian rainbow boa
0.1 evil sibling

Jess,

Your question brought back some bad memories. About 10 years ago, I had a 6 foot Boa Constrictor escape, and to make an epic story short, I had to kill and bury him. Well, I tried to bury him, but the neighbors dog dug up his rotting corpse a week later. Needless to say, the neighbors were not happy about the horrific stench that engulfed the cul-de-sac. I raised that guy from a baby, so it was not a fun experience.

Anyway, sorry to hear of your loss.

Thanks,
Ed

>>Its a new game!
>>I would have to say burying a 14 foot burmese would be pretty daunting of a task. Fortunately I am keeping things small. This is definately the biggest grave I have had to dig. Although once I thought of burying all three of my sisters. That would have been hard to keep them quietly gagged the whole time.
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what kind of dog was it??? My guess is a boxer-hell I don't know but I like them

It was a Golden Retriever. I never liked that dog after the incident.

>>what kind of dog was it??? My guess is a boxer-hell I don't know but I like them

Ed, that is very tragic, I'm sorry that would be about as horrific for me as you could get.
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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

Thanks Jess. Yeah, it was one of the worst days of my life. If I have enough time and energy one day, I'll post the whole story. It was tragic, but it did make for quite a story.

Did you mention you were getting an Argentinian RB? If so, please post pics if you can.

Thanks,
Ed

>>Ed, that is very tragic, I'm sorry that would be about as horrific for me as you could get.
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>>Jess

Regarding the Argentinian RB. Sorry!

Although I would love to have one, I just recently picked up a Brazilian from Dave, Sable, shes going to be Zeeks girlfriend eventually. I do like the Argentinians though, just focusing on the BRBs right now.
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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

Sorry, I get confused with the Je** names in this forum. I'm getting old Good luck with the BRB pairing, hopefully those two will get along nicely!

>>Although I would love to have one, I just recently picked up a Brazilian from Dave, Sable, shes going to be Zeeks girlfriend eventually. I do like the Argentinians though, just focusing on the BRBs right now.

you got mail

offered to stud ziggy out to me. Now EVERYONES going to want a piece of that fine rainbow A**
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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

and can I get on that list and yes Ziggy has enough Hemi for all of them
Bob

No one at the moment. I did get a little female from dave a couple weeks ago but she is in shed right now. I havent posted her yet because of that and quarantine.
Zeek will hopefully be ready to breed in two years. He's not even a year and a half yet!

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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

Who is that in the picture? Is it Zeek? Where did you get him frrom? That is a neat looking BRB

Rob
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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

Zeek is the son of two of my boas, Noah, the father, is the one who passed away today and Copper. who will hopefully be up to breeding this year. Dave's Zoe and Ziggy are half-siblings to Zeek, they were also fathered by Noah, but were mothered by Cleo. And hes my favorite, he's not going anywhere.

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Jess
2.4 adult BRBs (Noah, Dude, Copper, Cleo, Cherry, Dudette)
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Zeek, Isis)
0.1 baby BRB produced by Dave Colling (Sable)
1.1 Pacific/celestial Parrotlets (Dewey and Delilah)
1.0 normal corn (Pop the Cornsnake)
1.1 african brown house snake (Nellie, Lacie)
1.1 crested geckos (Chips, Dijon)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.1 western hognoses (Google, Yahoo)
0.1 paranoid mother "too many snakes!"
1.0 significant other that gives me a funny look when I say a baby snake is cute

I am so sorry for your loss.

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Danielle

Herps:
2.1 BRBs
1.0 Black Milksnake
1.0 Amel Motley Corn
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Other critters:
1.0 Great Dane
1.0 Siamese
1 Senegal Parrot
1 Blue Fronted Amazon

I'm sorry to hear that. It's always hard to lose an animal you've had for a long time. Again, sorry to hear about your loss.
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Thank you,

Tim

0.1 wc girlfriend- Melissa (still nippy 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