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Does anyone else do this?

I find myself looking and almost meditating upon my "Boa Due Date" spread sheet multiple times every day. I may not have a single female due for a couple weeks, and I know that. However, for some strange reason I am still compelled to look at the sheet and ponder what is to come.

This takes much more of my time than it should but still I do it over and over.

I enter today's date to update the number of days till each female's upcoming due date. In fact, if it's after about 5:00 PM, don't tell anyone, but I change that date to tomorrows date to artificially lower the number of days till those next litters are due. I think that does make me a little bit like the kid who can't wait till Christmas for his presents. Do you think that makes me just giddy with anticipation or mentally ill on some level?

So far as I know there is only one true "cure" for this malady and that is having the last female give birth for the season. I dread that day. I both look forward with great anticipation for that eventuality and morn the day of no more baby Boas for that season. Does anyone else do this?

Help me stop!

Please!

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Jeff Ronne Sr
The Boaphile
Director USARK

Originator of Boaphile Plastics
The Boaphile Boa Site

I would imagine if i had your collection i would do the same or worse! I spend more time than i should staring at my boas now and they aren't gravid or yet of age. I can only imagine how i would act with all the goodies that await you my friend. Best of luck with your season and i cant wait to see what the results of all your hard work are this year and i am sure that it will be worth all the heart ache and stress you are feeling.

Is that KWB with a jungle?

Jeff what a sight(s)!!! I'm trying to cut back my collection not expand it...Farther down the black hole I must go...how deep is it!!?..lol!!!

All the time...... and with a much smaller collection, can't even begin to imagine how you track all yours.

BTW, what are you using for a spreadsheet? You should be able to set up your "today's date" cell to be automatic.

No you've got me thinking on my spreadsheet and gonna go tweak it some more.......darn you Jeff!!
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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 (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

The only way to stop an addiction is therapy and I don't know that any therapist can help us Mr. Ronne! Maybe we need to start having BA meetings once a week! BOAS ANONYMOUS!!!!

Al Brown
Link

The only way any "(insert addiction here) Anonymous" works is if the addicted person wants to quit.

I for one am quite happy with my addiction, just had a recent "fix" of baby slime and am still flying high!!!

LOL, and 1/2 of the source of that slime fix came from you!!!
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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 (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats