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Once upon a time in a land far far away....

OK, not so long ago - 2004 and not so far away - Petaluma California

I was attending a small reptile show as a vendor. Was a fun time talking to people and moving out some of my baby BRB's. During the show another vendor aproached me and asked if I'd be interested in a adult female BRB. I told her maybe, can I see it? She sent her friend off to retreive the female BRB. Hen that BRB did show up it was in not so great shape. No URI thank god but was dehydrated with custy skin and what looked like several retained eye-caps Also had some scaring from whatn looked like rat bites. But in a cinderella kind of way she was a beautiful animal, just looked bad from neglect. I bought her and nursed her back to health - was oh so hard, fed her and provided a proper humid cage. After she shed that old crusty skin away (I remember it took a couple of sheds) she was gorgeous. You all know her as Savannah, this is my screensaver of her from December of 2005....

And in may of 2006 showing off her big fat white-walls....

So what do you do with a stunning girl like that, you breed her. In 2005 she was with one of my stud males Porky and produced a litter with some very nice babies including a few I kept....

Wendy...

Amber...

And Phoenix...

In 2006 she took a year off,then in 2007 she produced a litter with Nathan, I kept only one of those babies, Moon...

In 2008 she was paired with Fluffy for the Calico project and I kept four of those babies (sorry but these pics are from Jan 2009, they are looking so much nicer now)...

Belle...

Marcie...

Snoopy...

And Spike...

Then in 2009 I got the bright idea to try breeding Phoenix back to Savannah. I know, inbreeding but at least only one generation and WOW, I'm sooo glad I did. That litter was stunning and I kept the three best for myself....

Female SA-PH-0905 "Erin"...

Male SA-PH-0902 "Presley"...

And Male SA-PH-0903 "Elvis" (catching the theme yet?). This is one of the finest BRB's I've ever seen, maybe even the very finest. In person he just glows!!

Elvis with his brother Presley

Elvis, Erin and Presley all together...

I love a good story and this one has a long ways to go!!!!!
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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!!! It is a very good story and those are the very...very nice offsprings.
KEN.

Thanks Ken, how are my babies doing??
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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

lol thats a great story Dave but the best part about it is that its a PICTURE BOOK!!!!! lol i love picture books

and WOW Elvis and Presly WOW hey ya know what they say... incest is best.... well i think they where right
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-Stephen-

0.1 Fiance (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)

Thanks but eeewwwwww.

"incest is best.... well i think they where right"

Does your wifey know what you're saying???
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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

elvis erin presely hmmm theme maybe old dead guys with big sideburns whom every1 thinks is still alive and weighs about 300 lbs now living in a trailor park drinking boose and eating squirrel????

on serious note they look AMAZING!!! I think each year you should hold a raffel and just give away one smokin baby

I dream of the day I can see your animals in person, tho be warned I may try to build a shed in the back yard and move in

Yeah, I thought of calling my boy Elvis and the other two came from that with a little poetic license on Aaron to make it female.

You're preaching to the choir, I knew they were amazing the second I laid eyes on them. The entire litter was awesome and YEAH, I's gonna cook up another batch of them thar inbred babies this year. (And probably every year after unless I decide I want some Savannah babies sired by another male.
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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

" I think each year you should hold a raffel and just give away one smokin baby "

i am ALL for that
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-Stephen-

0.1 Fiance (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)

Dave that is a great story. Glad to see that it is moving in such a great direction.

Definatly interested in how progresses.
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JWilmot

0.1 Wife
0.1 BRB
1.1 Leopard Gecko
2.0 Mutts

It's awe inspiring to see them shed, the color, the intensity just grows and grows!!!
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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

After i read your post I was expecting to see a giant smiley face going across the screen

or how many fingers and toes his "cousins" have
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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

that would be brother/cousin, or uncle/cousin

ya know umncle/cousin billy bob jim bo the one with 6 toes on his left foot

lol aww common i grew up is MASS not Alabama
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-Stephen-

0.1 Fiance (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)

>>that would be brother/cousin, or uncle/cousin
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>>ya know umncle/cousin billy bob jim bo the one with 6 toes on his left foot
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>>lol aww common i grew up is MASS not Alabama

You know the old saying, "If you grow up in Mass, you like your sister's ***"

Sorry, couldn't resist..

okay ive been call a "mass-hole" and been told to go back home to "douch-achusetts" but thats a new one on me
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-Stephen-

0.1 Fiance (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)