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I've done things to help prevent tragedies with babies being born in the water bowl for years. Including inverted clay dish and low water level. This year I tried a couple of oblong pyrex baking dishes and just had an awesome result.....

This morning while doing my rounds I noticed Dot was out of her hide box, perched on the rim of her water dish looking quite skinny all of a sudden.

So I pulled the entire stack out, hide, water dish and mom and found she had dropped her babies in the water dish.

I could see the babies were in no danger as the individual egg sacks were half in and half out of the water. I pulled mom off the rim (she was sooooo skinny) and put her in a temporary holding tub. I also pulled the clay dish and drained out most of the water...

After a bit of cleaning up......

Final count 13 babies, large ones at ~35 grams each and one slug. All het hypos and a female heavy litter at a 5.8 ratio.

I only use the oblong dishes as the due date approaches as they are not conducive to mom soaking if she so desires.

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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

Congrats on yet another litter Dave! I bet that one was the easiest to clean up ever!
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Actually yes and no, nothing left in the cage and no moss debris on the babies but none of the slime was soaked up or left behind either. Fresh babies just out of the sack and nothing to wipe off the slime = VERY slippery babies!!! Still, glad the shallow dish worked so well. Pretty nice "bowl of soup"!!
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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

Those are ugly, ugly babies, and nobody should bother to buy any of them......

........

....gotta lower the demand SOMEhow.....
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1.2 Peruvian rainbow boas (Amaru, Asiru, Kulipsa)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
1.3.1 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Chakar, Hari, Saksak)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
0.0.1 Mexican black kingsnake (Mora)
2.4.4 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

Nice try - not!!
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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

Hey Dave, grats on another beautiful litter. I use oblong water dishes in most of my Brazilian Rainbow Boa cages. In addition to reducing the drowning hazard to babies, the elongated shape has more surface area than other water bowls. The extra surface area allows more water to evaporate, helping maintain the high humidity required for BRBs.

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Paul D

www.MoonlightBoas.com

Yeah, large surface area of water is a key point in maintaining humidity. While not due I still prefer my 2 gallon squat fish bowls as the deeper nature allows the adults to go for a soak without spilling water.
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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

Where do you get those 2 gallon squat bowls? I've searched the internet several times for them, but only seem to find 1/2 gallon and 1 gallon sizes.

You can't get them because Dave bought them all

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Paul D

www.MoonlightBoas.com

A couple years after I found they were no longer made I did manage to find a supplier that had a few and access to a couple more, I did buy them all!!! And a bunch of the one gallon ones as well.
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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

Yes, they were discontinued, sadly can't find any more either.
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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