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The other day a friend came over with his video camera and video taped my collection then down loaded it onto Youtube.

If you go Youtube then enter Brian Gundy into the search box you will find my videos.

I hope you enjoy the tour.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

you don't mess around with feeding those snakes!

Chris

Chris:

Thanks for the compliment.

Many years ago before I ever thought of breedeing snakes professionally I caught a very large gopher snake in the wild. It was so fat that I thought for sure it was gravid. It didn't have a huge bulge like it had just eaten a large animal so I took it home hoping it would lay a clutch of eggs. The next morning I found a pile of dead rodents in its cage. It was obvious this snake had found a group of rodents and gobbled them all up. Years later when I was breeding colubrids I would watch my king snakes as they would constrict two mice at the same time while killing the third one by pushing it against the wall of its tub.

As a young man in High school I took four years of agriculture (FFA). After I graduated from high school I worked at an animal hopspital for 9 years. This is where I learned most of what I know today about animal husbandry. I learned that baby animals are naturally engineered to grow. The caloric needs of baby animals is much greater than the needs of the adult animal. Look at dogs how roly poly they are as puppies, but soon grow up to be lean adult dogs. The needs of adult animals changes and a maintenance diet is needed to maintain a healthy weight. Even humans show a tendancy to be fat as babies, but soon loose that baby fat as they reach adalesence then into adulthood. My son was a chunkie little baby, but if you saw him now at 19 he's a skinney as a rail.

I know feeding boas is a very contriversal subject. I guess you could say I just went to different school than most boa breeders.

Again thanks for the compliment about my collection.

The best of luck to everyone's season.
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Very interesting read right there Brian. Thanks.

Really nice videos Brian.

John:

I'm glad you enjoyed the read.

Thanks for the compliment

The best to you and your season.
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Very cool Brian. I love your snake room.

Take care,

Kevin

Kevin:

Thanks for your comment about my snake toom.

I have been blessed to have such a wonderful hobby.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Great videos Brian. You have alot of good stuff over there. Good Luck on all the good projects you got going this year.
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Chris Farmer
Explicit Reptiles
www.ExplicitReptiles.com

Chris:

Thanks for the compliments and the best of luck to you and your projects also.
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

WOW Brian too many great Boas to look at.
Should be some season for you
one to remember,LOL

. . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz
Boas By Klevitz

Lar:

Thanks for your well wishes.

I hope you have a fantastic season!!!!

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

I dunno, the vids were alright.

Guess I'm spoiled living close by and getting to see them all in person!!

Like most pics/vids ypour snakes are much better looking in person!!!

Tick Tock, you must be about dead from sleep deprivation waiting on your Motley's!!!
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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

Nice videos you made. What size is that gravid motley. She looks about 5ft. Kinda on the small side. How old is she. Your 08s are getting big. Are those hypo moteys 66% hets?

The female motley is an 05 and she's just at 6 feet long.

Here is a photo I took of her about two weeks ago. The width of her cage is two feet and as you can see she almost covers that width three times. The 08 hypo motleys are 66 % het for albino.

I hope you're having a great season.
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com