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Took a boatload of freshly shed pics over the last week or so and here are some highlights......

Half of the 2007 pearls shed...
Biwa,

Pearl,

Akoya,

Baroque,

and Aubergine

Dawn, 2006 hypo produced by EBN

Melanie, 2007 from my Betty x Fred litter.

Amber, 2005, from my Savannah x Porky litter. Patience has paid off with this one. She's always been a small prey eater, never would eat "proper" sized prey item until recently. That held her growth back so was not at breeding size this year. She's just now approaching 1 KG. BUT, lately she has been pounding good sized rats and looks like she's hitting a growth spurt. WOOHOO!!!!

Gertrude, 2007 from my Bullseye x Tommy litter,

Abby, a 2007 produced by Will Bird

Zoe, a 2007 produced by our own Jess Lose

Bam Bam, 2007 from my Wilma X Fred litter, he's my number one 2007 holdback!

Moon, 2007 from my Savannah x Nathan litter,

And some OT BCI's
A couple of fresh shed Monsters....
Venus, a 2007 Monster Tail Hypo Jungle produced by Jeff Ronne

Dee, also produced by Jeff is a Monster Tail Jungle

Norman, a 2007 Striped Salmon Aby produced by Mike Weitzman,

And a 2008 Pastel Salmon after his second shed from my Candy x Reeses litter,

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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Very cool snakes. I love the pearls, of course... and those last two BCIs have some neat pink on the tail.

Who can leave out Melanie and Bam Bam?? I want those!!!
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Got more bedrock babies in the ovens..... And eventually more pearls as well...
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

ok well the eyes on Biwa are absolutely insane, wonder if eye colour is genetic? cos if it is i will buy everyone of Biwas babies!!!

acutally looking at those pics mine certainly do look a lot alike, even more so than earlier pics of your pearls. The 07s, what month were they produced? just wondering when the sort of colour changed has happened.

mine look like they settled in now, and when got home from work, 3am my time, could see nearly all off them crusing around their tubs. One of the only plusses of working night shifts, i get to see the snakes out when i get home
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
4.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo

In the mail from the states
1.1 het hypo BRB
1.1 something special BRB

aims to work out what all my 66% hets really are, and then go from there. Sky the limit, well maybe

I hardly ever get to see my BRB out and about. Usually I see him crusing only if I wander down to the living room (where his tank is) in the middle of the night. I feel guilty having to wake him up practically every time I want to take him out (typically early evening---which apparently feels like 4 am to him)!

>> One of the only plusses of working night shifts, i get to see the snakes out when i get home
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>>Dave
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Renee

2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
1.0 BRB (Loki)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)

as i said its the only positive though!!! trust me there are plenty of negatives. Yeah tonight was a good night, nearly all of the collection was out.
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
4.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo

In the mail from the states
1.1 het hypo BRB
1.1 something special BRB

aims to work out what all my 66% hets really are, and then go from there. Sky the limit, well maybe

Yeah, I like the light grey eyes also. Not sure how old they are, I bought them in October of 2007 and they were babies when they arrived. Probably typical August/September time frame 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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Wowzers, Dave! I never cease to be amazed at the gorgeous collection you've amassed. It's always fun to see your technicolor snakes!

>>Took a boatload of freshly shed pics over the last week or so and here are some highlights......
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>>Dave Colling
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Renee

2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
1.0 BRB (Loki)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)

It's been a fun journey building the collection. Now to breed them and make more!!!
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

its seems your pearls have changed colour a lot, especially the side circles, from your photos compared to you website it seems Akoya has changed the most, with the circles going from a cream pink, to now where it seems that the scales are just slowly filling in with colour. Has this slowly been happening over sheds? or just a colour change at once? What do you anticipate the circles and the overall colour to change into?

cheers
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
4.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo

In the mail from the states
1.1 het hypo BRB
1.1 something special BRB

aims to work out what all my 66% hets really are, and then go from there. Sky the limit, well maybe

It has been a slow progression. Not exactly what I would have prefered but it is what it is!! I don't really know how they will end up. My plans are to cross with brighter colored lines and see what happens.
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

yeah for sure, an adult the same colours as there were when they were young, would be just insane. I guess its a challenge, but one that will take many years. Im realising now, that projects just for colour etc, can be quite short, but the recessive, and pattern/colour crosses, can take many many years!!!
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
4.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo

In the mail from the states
1.1 het hypo BRB
1.1 something special BRB

aims to work out what all my 66% hets really are, and then go from there. Sky the limit, well maybe

The light comes on.....

Now you're stsarting to understand the higher value placed on recessive and combo morph animals, it's the time and effort required to concentrate so many morph genes into one animal.
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

juat wondering dave, what was the sez ratio of your pearls? and did you manage to buy the whole clutch?
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
4.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo

In the mail from the states
1.1 het hypo BRB
1.1 something special BRB

aims to work out what all my 66% hets really are, and then go from there. Sky the limit, well maybe

I did buy em all and the ratio was advertized as 2.6 Recent rechecking with palpation method turned up another male so actually is 3.5
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

The pearl sure have changed. Still pretty tho. Those will be cool as hypos and yellows so you can really see the pattern.

Amber sure is pretty. I've shown Naughty the picture and told her to get busy growing so she can look pretty like that. BTW, she wrapped a coil around an assist fed live pink last week. Good baby.

Those OT snakes are really something. Dee is so pretty, I think I like her even better than your hypos from Jeff. Neat tail on Norman and that's got to be the #6 Candy boy that I like. He's really coming on. You'll have to post new shed pix of #7 when she goes, she's my fave of that litter. Very pretty boas.
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Julie

Surrounded by a bunch of BRB, some Ridleyi, a few Grey Banded Kings, Australian Cattle Dogs, a Belgian Malinois, assorted Mustelids and an incredibly tolerant male human.

Hey Julie, very happy to hear Naughty is doing well!!!

The pearls are coming along nicely. Whe outcrossed to some of my high color lines..mmmmmmm

There is a LOT to be said for a nice clean jungle!!

Yeah, that is #6, here is # 7...

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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Sweet! That girl's a beauty, I look forward to watching her grow into someone spectacular.
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Julie

Surrounded by a bunch of BRB, some Ridleyi, a few Grey Banded Kings, Australian Cattle Dogs, a Belgian Malinois, assorted Mustelids and an incredibly tolerant male human.

Bam Bam and the 2008 Pastel Salmon from your Candy x Reeses litter are the nicest in my opinion, the ones from Jeff are the runners up IMHO.

Bam Bam I need to get me a male like that.

>>Took a boatload of freshly shed pics over the last week or so and here are some highlights......
>>
>>Half of the 2007 pearls shed...
>>Biwa,
>>
>>Pearl,
>>
>>Akoya,
>>
>>Baroque,
>>
>>and Aubergine
>>
>>Dawn, 2006 hypo produced by EBN
>>
>>Melanie, 2007 from my Betty x Fred litter.
>>
>>Amber, 2005, from my Savannah x Porky litter. Patience has paid off with this one. She's always been a small prey eater, never would eat "proper" sized prey item until recently. That held her growth back so was not at breeding size this year. She's just now approaching 1 KG. BUT, lately she has been pounding good sized rats and looks like she's hitting a growth spurt. WOOHOO!!!!
>>
>>Gertrude, 2007 from my Bullseye x Tommy litter,
>>
>>Abby, a 2007 produced by Will Bird
>>
>>Zoe, a 2007 produced by our own Jess Lose
>>
>>Bam Bam, 2007 from my Wilma X Fred litter, he's my number one 2007 holdback!
>>
>>Moon, 2007 from my Savannah x Nathan litter,
>>
>>
>>And some OT BCI's
>>A couple of fresh shed Monsters....
>>Venus, a 2007 Monster Tail Hypo Jungle produced by Jeff Ronne
>>
>>Dee, also produced by Jeff is a Monster Tail Jungle
>>
>>Norman, a 2007 Striped Salmon Aby produced by Mike Weitzman,
>>
>>And a 2008 Pastel Salmon after his second shed from my Candy x Reeses litter,
>>
>>-----
>>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:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
>>
>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

Thanks Frank, IMO Bam Bam is the most stunning BRB I've ever produced!!! And those Pastel Salmons are stunning as well.

Here are a couple of my holdbacks from that litter....

CA_RE_04

CA_RE_07

I have one more I'm holding back but she's in shed right now...
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

They are worthy of more then generic names no ?????????

Thanks Frank, IMO Bam Bam is the most stunning BRB I've ever produced!!! And those Pastel Salmons are stunning as well.
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>>Here are a couple of my holdbacks from that litter....
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>>CA_RE_04
>>
>>
>>CA_RE_07
>>
>>
>>I have one more I'm holding back but she's in shed right now...
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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:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
>>
>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
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=========================================================
Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
=========================================================
Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

Only when I decide they are keepers, not just holdbacks!
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Bam Bam is a keeper ! LOL

>>Only when I decide they are keepers, not just holdbacks!
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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:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
>>
>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
-----
=========================================================
Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
=========================================================
Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

>>Bam Bam is a keeper ! LOL
>>
>>
-----
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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Just bustin ya cause I want him LOL

>>>>Bam Bam is a keeper ! LOL
>>>>
>>>>
>>-----
>>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:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
>>
>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
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=========================================================
Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
=========================================================
Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

You and just about everyone else on this forum - wanting Bam Bam!!

Like I always say, THE best perk of being a breeder, getting to keep the amazing ones, the ones that are NEVER up for sale!!!
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

>>You and just about everyone else on this forum - wanting Bam Bam!!
>>
>>Like I always say, THE best perk of being a breeder, getting to keep the amazing ones, the ones that are NEVER up for sale!!!
>>-----
>>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:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
>>
>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
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=========================================================
Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
=========================================================
Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

cmon push him more FRoberts, everything has a price..... or a trade
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
4.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo

In the mail from the states
1.1 het hypo BRB
1.1 something special BRB

aims to work out what all my 66% hets really are, and then go from there. Sky the limit, well maybe

Maybe so but it'd have to be an obscene amount of money!!!
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats