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I got a new female ATB at the Northern Virginia Reptile Expo on Saturday. Its really skinny, but absolutly gorgeous! the breeder said that he just got it, so he dosn't know what its eating, so I think that its wild caught. I bought it anyway, took it home, set up a cage for it, and put it in. A couple minutes later, I offered a young mouse, just to see if she'd eat, and she did! Then she ate a second one. Then she went around the cage with her nose to the substrate like she was looking for more. Poor thing must have been starving! Atleast i know that she woun't be a problem feeder. Anyway, I'm planning to breed her to my garden phase male, but not until she's fat and healthy. She looks like the Amazon in the picture below, but maybe a little brighter. I got the picture from corallus.com. My garden phase male dosn't have alot of patterning, any guesses as to what offspring might loook like? would i be more likely to get a mix of colors, or all garden phase?

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"Let us step out into the night and pursue that mighty temptress, adventure." (Albus Dumbledore)

My menagerie
2.1 Ball Pythons 1.0 Amazon Tree Boa 1.0 Corn Snake 1.0 Dumeril's Boa 1.2.10 Bearded Dragons 2.1 Crested Geckos (and 2 eggs!) 1.1.4 Eastern Box Turtles 1.0 Northern Mockingbird 0.3 Chickens 2.0 Cats 1.1 Ferrets plus lots of mice, goldfish, and feeder insects

Congrats on the new snake! They are very hardy, she'll fatten up in no time.

You'll get a mixed pallet as far as babies go. Good luck!
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Mike Heinrich,
708-428-5616
Mike@amazontreeboa.org
http://www.amazontreeboa.org

Thanks! Do you think that it would be safe to breed her this year?
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"Let us step out into the night and pursue that mighty temptress, adventure." (Albus Dumbledore)

My menagerie
2.1 Ball Pythons 1.1 Amazon Tree Boa 1.0 Corn Snake 1.0 Dumeril's Boa 1.2.10 Bearded Dragons 2.1 Crested Geckos (and 2 eggs!) 1.1.4 Eastern Box Turtles 1.0 Northern Mockingbird 0.3 Chickens 2.0 Cats 1.1 Ferrets plus lots of mice, goldfish, and feeder insects

Feed her good, put some weight on her, then breed her around Dec/Jan/

>>Thanks! Do you think that it would be safe to breed her this year?
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>>"Let us step out into the night and pursue that mighty temptress, adventure." (Albus Dumbledore)
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>>My menagerie
>>2.1 Ball Pythons 1.1 Amazon Tree Boa 1.0 Corn Snake 1.0 Dumeril's Boa 1.2.10 Bearded Dragons 2.1 Crested Geckos (and 2 eggs!) 1.1.4 Eastern Box Turtles 1.0 Northern Mockingbird 0.3 Chickens 2.0 Cats 1.1 Ferrets plus lots of mice, goldfish, and feeder insects
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Mike Heinrich,
708-428-5616
Mike@amazontreeboa.org
http://www.amazontreeboa.org

If your new ATB orange? I was at the reptile show and I remember Outback Reptiles (coolest table at the show) had a tank full of ATBs but only 1 orange one. I was asking the young lady who was buying the orange ATB a bunch of questions about what size enclosure to put it in and all sorts.

If you are that lady, I'm the tall asian guy who was going to buy that orange ATB if you didn't buy it =) You talked me into trying out ATBs and I'll be looking for a colored ATB at the next VA show this July. See you there!
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1.0 Werner's Three-Horned Chameleon (Chamaeleo Trioceros werneri)
1.1 Eastern Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)
0.0.3 Mexican Red-Knee Tarantulas (Brachypelma smithi)

Hi! Yes, I do remember you. I hope you find a another nice amazon tree boa, sorry, I got there first, But there are tons of other gorgeous Amazon tree boas in the world. You should stick on this forum! It's always nice to talk to other reptile people.
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"Let us step out into the night and pursue that mighty temptress, adventure." (Albus Dumbledore)

My menagerie
2.1 Ball Pythons 1.1 Amazon Tree Boa 1.0 Corn Snake 1.0 Dumeril's Boa 1.2.10 Bearded Dragons 2.1 Crested Geckos (and 2 eggs!) 1.1.4 Eastern Box Turtles 1.0 Northern Mockingbird 0.3 Chickens 2.0 Cats 1.1 Ferrets plus lots of mice, goldfish, and feeder insects