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I got a surinam today and the owner didnt take real good care of it..it seems to have lost a bunch of weight..what would cause this?? any ideas would be great thank..
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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

not feeding it is usually a pretty good reason.

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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boa
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Texas Tiger Salamander

well they said they fed once in two weeks..i fed her 2 large rats and a large mouse when i got her home about 2 hrs ago..so she is eating..just wondering what i should be looking for if anything..should i just keep feeding her often t ogetr her weight up??? thanks a bunch
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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

if it was being fed then parasites may be the reason. try taking her to the vet to get dewormed. would be a good thing to do regardless.
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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boa
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Texas Tiger Salamander

i was wanting wait for her to digest so i could get a fecal exam done at tthe same time..thanks for the advice and the response its hard t oget them on here sometimes..if you think of anything else let me know..
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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

yeah, getting help on here is getting to be more difficult. espescially if the snake in question isnt a morph. youre more likely to get your questions answered if you have an albino or a sunglow (for example) than a normal. place seems to be turning into a morph breeders' clique although there are the occasional exceptions.
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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boa
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Texas Tiger Salamander

very true.. and this is the only boa forum were people are actually on everyday..
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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

I remember when i was 12 i wanted a baby redtail boa from a place called super pets. i took me like 7 months to talk my dad into shelling out a whopping 125 bux to buy it for me. Now you hardly can find normals any more and if you do they look like such [bleep] you wouldnt want em any way. I feel that people are pricing the average hobbiest out of the game, i mean come on , i seen a snake on the classifieds going for 75,000, thats a dam porche or benz, not a snake! How can little kids like I was talk thier parents into coughing up 500-1500 bux for a snake, forget about it. And I know that in 5-10 years these het for this and possible het for that wont be worth as much but in the mean time we,ll just have to stick it out. By the way i was just watching the california lottery show, and this guy just one 350,000 dollars, and when the host asked what he was gonna buy , he said it was a down payment on a "sharp sunglow male"
thanks
Brian

If she was bein' fed every two weeks, it musta been mice and darn few of em. Don't remember if you said how long it was. I'd go a rat a week till she started fillin' out again. You also don't want to put to big a strain on her system, I would think. Goos luck with her. Show us a pic.

Quig

shes about 6'and skinny ill post a pic in a few thanks
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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

>>shes about 6'and skinny ill post a pic in a few thanks
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>>0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
>>1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
>>1.0 burmese 10ft
>>50 rats
>>3.4 dwarf hamsters
>>0.1 wife
>>0.4 kids
>>2.0 kids
>>1.1 dogs
>>0.2 farret
>>8.24 mice
>>1.0 guinie pig
>>1.0 redtail baby
>>0.2 cats
>>0.1 surinam (purple)

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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

heres a pic

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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

pic

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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

yup, she's a tad thin alright. Taking in a fecal certainly won't hurt. Better safe than sorry. I'd feed her a good sized rat a week just the same. Luck with her.

Quig

will do thank you much
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0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

Don't know how happy she'd be to see that 3 snakes, 50 rats and 7 hamsters are higher on the list than her and the kids.

Just trying to save you from a cold night in the doghouse.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

there ya go its fixed.. thanks for looking out I didn't notice it..
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0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
1.0 redtail baby
0.2 cats
0.1 surinam (purple)

Can you just imagine the look if she noticed it? brrrrr.

I know this is not a very common hobby, My wife fields a lot of the "why do you let him keep snakes?" questions and she is a real sweetie even though this is not her idea of a hobby. Without her support though, I'd have nothing.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

hell, ive gained a lot more now that im divorced than i ever did when i was married. And i dont mean weight.
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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boa
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Texas Tiger Salamander

love that response
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0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
1.0 redtail baby
0.1 surinam(purple)
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
0.2 cats

mine is the same way..the snakes have really grown on her though and now she just loves them..she also thought you correcting on the order was great..
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0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
1.0 redtail baby
0.1 surinam(purple)
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
0.2 cats

my wife got a kick out of you correcting on the order..she loves our hobby..at first she wasnt sure but now she just loves it..
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0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
1.0 redtail baby
0.1 surinam(purple)
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
0.2 cats

hell, if we had known that you were going to tell her anyways we wouldve sold tickets.
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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boa
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Texas Tiger Salamander

well she was standing right here and asked so i had to show her ..she wasn't to upset
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0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
1.0 redtail baby
0.1 surinam(purple)
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
0.2 cats

she wasnt too upset? there are no varying degrees on a wife being upset. she is either upset or she isnt.
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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boa
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Texas Tiger Salamander

lol true very true
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0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
1.0 redtail baby
0.1 surinam(purple)
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
0.2 cats

You must be a real sweetheart to not get mad at your husband. You make sure to remind him how sweet you are and don't forget to rib him now and again about putting the rodents ahead of you.

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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

thanks..that was very kind of you. you can rest assured I will rib him now and again.....atleast once a day..
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0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
1.0 redtail baby
0.1 surinam(purple)
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
0.2 cats

I'm thinking he owes you a nice dinner at least?

But don't tell him I said so
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats