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Every time I turn around, this little 2007 male is getting bigger!

I really like this guy's robustness and beautiful coloration. I just weighed him again after a poop, and he weighed 1140 grams.

Not bad for a young two year old!

enjoy, ~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Wow. That guy is big. Not missing any meals I see!! He is a pretty boy too.

Thanks Joe!,...yeah, I am really impressed with this guy too!.

Yeah, he is super healthy, but he doesn't have skin showing in between each scale either from being over-fed, he is just BIG!

He's sort of similar to Andre the Giant,....not real fat, just HUGE!..LOL!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Doug, you failed to mention you were stuffing mice with "Extenz" pills!! Those have to be some of the funniest commercials ever by the way.

LOL!!,..yeah!,...they are funny. Could you just imagine some of the commercials and shows that are aired now being seen by our grandmother's and great grandmother's?....they would flip their lids at just the thought of such stuff..LOL!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

and 5 bucks goes to whoever can name the guy to the right......one of my favorites from back in the day. Thanks for the mammaries...errr....memories!!!!!

How's this for a blast from the past......and Doug you never changed your look. Any more Hollywood roles since then? LOL.

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Jerry Kruse

And God said, "Let there be zonata subspecies for all to ponder..."

>>and 5 bucks goes to whoever can name the guy to the right......one of my favorites from back in the day. Thanks for the mammaries...errr....memories!!!!!

Is that Jimmy "Super-Fly" Snuka?

>>How's this for a blast from the past......and Doug you never changed your look. Any more Hollywood roles since then? LOL.

Welcome Back....welcome back...welcome back - Sweathog
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

>> " and 5 bucks goes to whoever can name the guy to the right"

Give up the $5 J-Dawg, it's tough to stump the "Mongster" on sit-com trivia. That is Freddy "boom-boom" Washington!..LOL!

Look at him now..hahaha!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Doug, who is that with you in the pic?

Just some little 250 pound man I was about to clobber!..LOL!

.....yeah, RIGHT!...hahaha!!, I would hate to be that big, and it's too bad he died a while back. I saw a biography about him on TV, and he was a VERY nice guy who had lots of friends.

He was called a "gentle giant" by many people.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

i forgot to say this earlier: could we make it a forum rule to never, ever use the subject line, "just keeps getting bigger"?

I Should have said...my "BROOKS" just keeps getting bigger..HAHAHA!

Well, maybe not THAT either,.....you know how people apply silly pet names sometimes..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

What a beautiful animal! Still, by far, among the best I have seen!
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Genesis 1:1

Thanks bro!,...I hate to sound biased, but I tend to agree..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

>>Every time I turn around, this little 2007 male is getting bigger!
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>> I really like this guy's robustness and beautiful coloration. I just weighed him again after a poop, and he weighed 1140 grams.
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>> Not bad for a young two year old!
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>> enjoy, ~Doug

Now! that's a nice looking snake. How offen, and how much does he eat?
Thanks for sharing. Bob

Thanks a bunch Bob!,.....

When he was real young, I fed him very often, two or three pink/fuzzies every two to three days, depending on the prey size. then as he got a bit larger, I fed him two appropriately sized mice about every 4 to five days. Now he is fed two giant retired breeder mice about every 5 to 7 days on average, and that seems to be doing real well.

Since he is a male and doesn't need lots of extra weight for egg production like the females do, I don't want him to start getting stretched skin between each scale like some, I just like him big and robust without the overweight look. All my animals get fed on an individual basis depending on their individual needs as I see fit, and this works out very well.

Thanks again for the compliment!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Doug,
That is one of the nicest looking Florida Kings I have seen...
What female are you going to pair him with next Spring?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Thanks John!,......

I'll pair him up with the same nice female he knocked boots with this year. They produced some KILLER high-red hatchlings that were absolutely phenomenal!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Oh yeah....
I forgot they were the ones that produced those cool looking babies.....good luck with them next year....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

thanks buddy!,..
yes, I look forward to another good year with them next spring too.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Oh, come on, Doug... don't tease us like that! Post pics of the babies!!

I'm sure you already did, but dangit, I've been gone a while and missed it...
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Holly

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