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So my two trios of '08 pyros went into brumation October 6, my '08 pair of Pacific gophers went into brumation October 24, my '09 Pacific striped gopher male went into brumation October 26, my '09 bulls went into brumation October 26 as well...so now all I have is my big '08 Pacific gopher who never brumates, just eats all winter, and my '09 Pacific striped female, who is also still eating steadily, and my five little '10 pyros who are still feeding. My baby fence lizards are also still awake and feeding.

Even my toads have gone into winter mode, burying themselves in the soil for the season.

As a result I have about a gazillion crickets and more mice than ever. It is just a real challenge to make the food supply match the needs of the animals.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

I fed off my colony in preperation for this. I'll restart one if I get eggs; figure if I get breeder mice the same day the eggs get laid that'll be enough time for them to get established before hatching
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
6.6 African House snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
.1 corn snake
4.2 Florida Kings
1.2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
0.0.1 Argentine boa

If all my snakes were close to the same age I could feed off my mouse colony, too. But I need pinks and fuzzies, and some adults for my assorted snakes. I will be offloading several tubs of older breeders this weekend to a couple of friends who have ball pythons; that will help considerably.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire