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Went home for lunch today and was looking at Candy (bred by Reeses) Reeses has been ignoring her for over a week and Candy looks like she swallowed more than a football, more like a buick

So I decided it was about time I pulled Reeses because he's still been acting like he wanted nothing more than to leave her. Snakes being the dawgs they are, love em and leave em.

Then I had a thought, my other coral albino has been acting a bit wierd. She did get an axtra month of feeding and had just pooped and was looking nice a girthy. She's a 2005 but pretty good sized for a 2005, I bought her earlier this year. Produced by big Mike, she has awesome coloring. Any ways, she's been messing her cage up a lot, passing urates, knocking over her water bowl etc. So, just for kicks, I put her in with Reeses and DANG stuff started happening right away. She was moving about the cage fairly rapidly, spreading urates within one minute of being introduced. Then she continued to move all over the cage with her tail up, cloaca open and female organs out on display, rubbing them all over the floor. I can only imagine she was marking and leaving some sort of scent trail. LOL, the cage "was" clean when they were moved into it, not any more!!!

Reeses was quite excited about the whole chain of events. Went from a snake trying to get out and away - to one all over a female, flicking her with his tongue. Once he started flicking her, she settled down a lot. I'm thinking she's quite ready for him!!!!

Had to come back to work...will be checking in when I get home for sure!!!!!
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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

need to label the pic Rated R (definately Dave) cuz you post lots of them. I hope Reeses is fully charged and willing cuz she is NOT holding back showing what she is showinglol best of luck and did you get a weight on Ruby or didn't have time?? Got plenty of babies coming next year Dave are you getting excited???????
Bob

Did not get a weight on her but she is the same size as others that are around 15 lbs, on the small end for a BCI breeder female but she was ready and willing so..... In the wild she would have left a scent trail and....

Oh yeah, I'm excited and a bit scared. Looking like I may break into boa breeding with more babies than any prior BRB year and DUH the BRB's will also be many more than any prior year. I'm gonna hava babies everywhere!! Time to get to work on the Garage room!!!!!!
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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

just need to score and sell and reinvest...with the right support system...(your woman who is behind you 100% as per our conversation)...you can and will do great things...best of luck...keep the Mrs. Happy lol...they can also be 99% of our misery if treated improperly...you know what it says about a scorned woman...lol...
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

Thanks Frank, a small facility is in the plan but not until the hobby turns into a self supporting thing that can also afford to pay for the facility and all those expenses.

There is a LOT of truth to the saying...
"behind every successful man is a good woman"
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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

Congrats Dave!!!! It couldn't get any more obvious than that that she is ready, lol!!
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Yeah, like come and get it big boy!!!
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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

Do me a favor and keep this in the boa forum. I don't need you influencing me towards BCI.

Incredible snakes Dave, good luck with them.

Did you get me e-mail?
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

nahhhh, must lure you into BCI........

Yeah, got it but hadn't answered yet, was a lil busy at work and then had the BCI event!! You've got mail (coming soon)
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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

Oh the life of a studly male.......

First I hook him up with some Candy and mmmmm, she was tasty.

Now OMG, she's huge. Simply amazing how they can "inflate" like that, she's pretty much doubled her girth without eating a thing. Much more stretched out than she ever got with any feeding. I'd call that overfeeding if it came from food...

Then when he was done all the sweets Candy had to offer, I hooked him up with another easy girl, Coral. Coral had her skirt up showing her goods before she had been in the cage for 5 minutes. She didn't let him have his way with her right away, they cruised the cage for hours, him chasing, her slithering away. Then this evening after 12 hours of chasing, she's giving in and now he get's his reward for a proper chase!!

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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

opened the door to the 421 but don't forget to lock 'em all this time Dave

I seem to be extra careful with the latches lately....hmmmmmm, wonder why??
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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

Get disseminating' dern-nabit....not inseminating'...hehe...

Is that an ovulation swell ? or gravidity ?

I am under the impression she had already ovulated and this is the result of breeding thereafter or perhaps before ?

Please elaborate...

for example :

Pre-ovulation in Python reticulatus...August 2007

Ovulation (swell) of retic95_FR_CJ_female...Python reticulatus...Sept 15 'ish 2007...yeah that's her stimulating name...Translation...Captive Bred By Frank Roberts & Charles Juiliano in 1995 and as obvious as it may appear...it's a female ( well I'm pretty sure anyhows )

slightly after swell...

This female bred immediately before and immediately after this swell...4 possible sires...after that she would swat them until I removed them from her enclosure...women...

1. a tiger retic...( 17 foot male )

2. a second generation by product of our 1995 breeding...out bred to a Ambon Yellowhead reticulatus...resulting in my typically boring labeling system of retic98_male_FR_CJ_DS. Daniel Stokas produced this one with one of our males from 1995...in you guessed it 1998...

3. an albino Burmese python...( The only photo of her involved in any type of copulatory activity...I actually witnessed intromission in 3 of the 4 sires...guess which one I never saw bred her...the only one I managed to take a pic of... )

4. a Coastal carpet...I saw snake breed with her for several hours...she ovulated during the actual copulation...swell dissipated in less then 24 hours...as in slightly after...well
later on (as time passed)...hummm...she should drop this month..my guess of the 10th is obviously off..based on someone's data of pre-lay shed's in this specie of Python...I never kept track of that stuff with Pythons...not convinced it is like what one finds in most colubrid specie...but I will try to keep better records in the future...I do not disturb them while mating...interfered on more than one occasion with more than a few snakes...I guess they don't like Reptilian Voyeurs...hehe...looking very gravid...who knows...hope she lays a fertile clutch...I haven't bred retic's since 2001...I was hibernating so to speak...

had to toss a BRB into the mixture...lol

may as well toss this one in as well...I have seen both my Dumeril and my BRB's breed on more then 15 occasions already (respectively). My breeding data usually has more noted copulations then most peep's I speak too...I use introductions similar to how I bred Colubrid's...Richard Ross inspired me to experiment with the hypothesis of Captive Stagnation in regards to their reproductive biology and possible artifacts of the captive environment that most obviously differs from wild type breeding in the animals actual niche...the better we duplicate...the better the results...we can't beat Mother Nature at her own game...but it loads of fun trying...I still get excited about breeding the 'ole American rat snakes...cant be just me...it doesn't get old...for me anyway's...

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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

I believe it is gravidity as she and Reeses were totally ignoring each other for a week already. BTW, she still looks the same!!!
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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 she still looks the same...I would be on the same page as you =)

>>I believe it is gravidity as she and Reeses were totally ignoring each other for a week already. BTW, she still looks the same!!!
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>>Thanks,
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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

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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

Grins ear to ear!!!!!
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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