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Hey all,

Dave can attest to the frequent storm fronts we've been having in the SF Bay Area lately. I say, "Bring it on!". Not only does CA deperately need the rain, but the storms really bring out the friskiness in the snakes.

Since I gave all the rainbows the last year off, I decided it was time to do something special. This is Sherman, a proven het for hypo male getting comfy with my biggest female, "Tampa". I weighed her a couple of months ago and she tipped the scales at just over 9 pounds! Her background is unknown but when she was bred to my hypo male two years ago, there was a single hypo offspring in her clutch of 11. Although I have another three females that have been cooled and are ready to go, I think this one BRB pairing is all that I'm going to attempt this season.

Oh yeah. And the chondros seem to like the weather as well. Here's Sony's Jewel warming up to Morel for the third straight season. Do they say "Third time's a charm"?

Good luck to everyone on the upcoming breeding season!
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

LOL, have noticed more action in my room as well, virgin Rusty was wrapped up on Clover last night when I was cleaning cages.

Wishing you the best of luck with those two, should be interesting to see what comes out!!!!
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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

Good luck to Mike and Dave. We had a warm december and early january so I have only been cooling them for 25 days now. The weather warmed back up the last couple of days and some of the boys, including some Peruvians have been having wet dreams. My Argentinian Rainbows bred before Christmas and the female is looking very gravid.

>>LOL, have noticed more action in my room as well, virgin Rusty was wrapped up on Clover last night when I was cleaning cages.
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>>Wishing you the best of luck with those two, should be interesting to see what comes out!!!!
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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:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
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>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Fingers crossed that the third time is a charm! I definitely want on that OT list.
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Julie
www.[url ban]/gfx

I wasn't going to post anything on these two until I was more certain because I didn't want to jinx myself. But it's hard not to get excited about them. Two years ago, they were locked up for months and nothing ever happened. Last year, same thing, then the female turned blue and the male lost interest. At one point, I took her to the vet for an x-ray. We counted 14 developing eggs/follicles in there! She never dropped them. She must have resorbed them. This year, they've been breeding since November. The female is now definitely off feed. I don't think she's in shed. Thanks for the crossed fingers!
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

I won't get too excited either, but that sure sounds pretty exciting! Hopefully third time's the charm cause that's bound to be a beautiful clutch with those genetics. I'll be very quiet so as not to jinx progress, but I'll definitely be watching for news. I've got this thing for tricolors...
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Julie
www.[url ban]/gfx

Congrats Mike! I hope you get lots of nice babies from those pairings.
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Aubrey Ross

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