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I know I've seen posts about people feeding on paper towel substrate and the boas accidently ingesting the paper towel. Any chance anyone knows where I can find those photos, or could they post them?

Thanks!
jb
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Jonathan Brady

Deviant Constrictors picturetrail

I belive Robert Baker, Bakers Boas, has a pic of one. It was a while back but I'm pretty sure that's who it was
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06
0.2 h albino
07
0.1 dh snow
0.2 leticia
1.1 triple het
0.1 albino h snow
08
2.1 hypo hog
0.1 sunset
1.0 ghost
0.1 arabesque dh stripe alb
1.1 h type 2 anery
0.1 pastel motley
0.1 leticia
1.0 hypo ph bloody sharp
0.2 ph bloody sharp
1.0 h blood
0.1 sunglow poss super
1.2 anery h snow
0.2 albino h snow
1.1 50% guyana h albino
0.1 triple het
0.1 ghost h albino
1.0 jungle h anery ph albino
0.1 pastel het albino
09
1.1 dh blizzard
0.1 h albino
0.1 jungle h albino
1.0 motley h albino ph snow
1.0 albino h snow
1.0 anery h snow
1.1 hypo dh stripe albino
and 25 balls

You have got a great memory! I posted those pics back in 06.
Baker's Boas

Hey Jonathan . I had a female eat a paper towel that got stuck to her meal while in the feeding process. She was about 4-6 months old at the time . Luckily, she regurged the towel 24 hours later , and lived through the ordeal . I no longer use paper towels in tubs . I didn't take any pics of it though , sorry . But it looked like a wet paper towel all rolled up like a cigar.
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Snake room janitor

Note to self....no more paper towels....

My Mexican Black King Snake did that around 2 years ago (sorry no pictures), and she's still defecating pieces of it to this day.

I had one do it but didn't see her doing it...but it came out when she defecated the next time....crazy
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Luke Martin
Bronze Serpent Reptiles

http://forums.kingsnake.com/viewarch.php?id=1143838,1143838&key=2006
Link

I've been discouraging a friend of mine from feeding on paper towels and I wanted to share this with him for obvious reasons.

I appreciate your reply...
jb
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Jonathan Brady

Deviant Constrictors picturetrail

Here are a few links th some photos.
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i48/JPCONS/pt001.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i48/JPCONS/pt005.jpg
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www.jpcboas.com

The pen points to about how far it swalowed the paper towel. I gently extracted it rat fuzzy and all.

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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 (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

WOW!!! That's scary!

I had it happen twice this year. Both Boas lived.

The first one I saw do it so I pulled the paper towel out.

I then switched to newspaper and had one eat the news paper then regurgitate it. When I found the regurgitated news paper it looked like a cigar all rolled up.

I haven't had the problem ever before.

If I could find/get sani-chips locally I'd use them instead.
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Greg Bennett