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My first BRB, he's just a baby. Third meal in since I got him, hasn't shed yet. He's doing great, isn't nippy a bit. Isn't he pretty? Thanks for all the help guys!

Great looking BRB!!!!

Some questions though, How often and what are you feeding?
I'm guessing it just ate before the pic but even so, looks like it ate too much. What I notice is the food lump seems to be overly long?

Of course it could just be the pics.
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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

He had just eaten that day...I'm feeding once a week right now.
So far he's been taking big fuzzies/small hoppers, I misjudged at the pet store on the size of that meal, though...it was a bit too big, my fault.
I know not to handle them after eating as well, but I wanted to take pics, so, of course he re-gurged...that was pretty!

Two lapses in judgement...two lessons learned lol.

It's the lessons learned that are good ones, we've all made mistakes. It's the lessons never learned or forgotten that are bad!!

Here's some advice on where to go from here....

Now that he has regurged, WAIT to feed again, SKIP one weekly feeding, AND go small on size of food. The last thing you want is a repeat performance. Regurging can be quite bad on their systems.

Think of it this way, like you getting the flu, you puke your guts out then what do you do? Eat a big meal right away ? nope, you lay there and go ughhhh for a while, maybe skipping a few meals in the process before you try to take in some small quantity of light food. Working your way back to normal eating patterns.

He needs you to do the same for him.
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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

As always, I appreciate the info...thanks Dave!

~Michael

Lots of orange on that one!
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Aubrey Ross

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