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I got a call from the woman who's two snakes were delayed and cold. One of them passed.

I refunded her money, but then talking to her later the way she behaved before dying didn't sound right for a frozen snake- I asked her her temps, i'm pretty sure she cooked her to death at 85 night ime, 90 daytime. Luckily I figured this out, so she can lower the temps and keep the survivor alive hopefully. Wish I had made sure to ask before issuing a refund, oh well- live and learn.
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0.1 96 Het Albino- "Suzie"
1.1 01 BRBs- "Gobball" & "Tofu"

Yeah, temps like that are way to high and even more so for a baby weakened by the shipping ordeal.

Sadly I also get occaisional reports of my bebies escaping or otherwise not still alive. IMO allways keeper fault. I know I've been doing this for years and "have it down" but I just don't get it...

I've raised up dozens of baby BRB's in my own collection.
Held onto many dozens more through the winter.
Produced and held onto hundreds until at least two or three months old.

Other than a few more seriously deformed that I've had to put down, I've not "lost" a single one. No escapes, no deaths.....

I know they're listed and widely agreed on as a "moderate difficulty level" snake but IMO it's quite easy. Proper temps, proper cage, feed and clean - PERIOD!! (the proper cage automatically holds in humidity) Heck, I do NOT own one single humidity gauge, unless you count the snakes themselves - they shed OK, the humidity is OK

Sorry for the rant, I just hate hearing of another baby passing.

On a lighter note, I'm back to 100% of my collection named - including holdbacks!! Dang it's hard to come up with that many names....
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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

Hey Dave,

Well if you've finally named them all, do you know how many BRBs in total you currently have in your collection? Just curious as I know it must be a very impressive number!!
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Ike Lightner

1.3 BRB (Dugo, Roxy, Brazita, & Lucille)

Yeah.....but shhhhh, don't tell the wifey....

Current number is 90 BRB and 61 BCI

But 4 BRB yearlings are in the "got to sell em" pile along with a few BCI to be cut 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

thats taking the piss dave, thats a whole lot of crap to clean up every week Are you going to update your website collection page soon then? i see there is still no pics of BamBam on there, and some of your older adults, have switched owners

Also have wondered this for a while, having that many snakes, when you go on holiday, whats the longest you happy to leave them for? and do you get someone to check on things or?
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Dave

2.2 Normal BRBs
2.1 Anery BRB
2.4 66% poss het anery BRB
2.5 66% poss het new european line hypo
2.2 het hypo BRB

In the mail from the states
- the entire contents of my credit card

Tell me about it, I spend time every day cleaning crap. I also drag bags of contaminated paper with me to drop in public waste cans pretty much daily. (small wastebasket size)

Yeah I know the website needs a major collection page overhaul....on the long list of stuff to do...after cage cleaning etc.

1 or a hundred is the same for vacation, The last feeding before I leave is two weeks prior and I can easily be gone a week. If I were to be away much longer I'd have to get someone to stop by. This year my first three litters were born while I was away. Two were several days old with no ill affects.

We do have a cat and dog so my in-laws stop by daily.
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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, I don't understand it either. My heart sank when she told me how it was acting, it was definitely neurological symptoms, and she put it on more heat to try to save it. They had been on that kind of heat since Weds.

I felt really bad for her because she thought she was doing the right thing. Hopefully the second one will be okay. I had to tell her that if the other one passed I would not be covering it, incase it has been compromised from the temperatures. It sucks all around.

Good about the names, though! We named all ours too, but only had 9.. so I think it was easier. lol.
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0.1 96 Het Albino- "Suzie"
1.1 01 BRBs- "Gobball" & "Tofu"