Black Bean Background! - DUW

Those are great. Might be interesting to try some navy beans or lima beans with darker morphs like cinnamons, black pastels or sables. :D

By that logic... there are millions of people in the world that are cold and don't have heat. Does that mean using wood based substrate that could potentially keep people warm at night is wrong?

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Originally Posted by Pythonfriend

i know you can use crushed corn or popcorn as substrate. and sand boas are often kept in rice.

but beans... i dont think so. at the beginning, they would not absorb liquids very well, so urine would just go to the bottom and spread out. and once they start absorbing it, they will start to soften up and grow, then they die and mold.

but if you can use a wood-based substrate, why use a food-based substrate? so much food is wasted that people are starving, while at the same time theoretically there would be enough to feed 13 billion people.

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Gorgeous animals as always girl!! :D and giving your bf lots of points for coming up with that idea. It makes the snakes colors pop so very nicely :) thanks so much for sharing your lovely animals with us


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They're all awesome Marissa! That POG is kind of "meh" though, so you should send her back. ;)

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They're all awesome Marissa! That POG is kind of "meh" though, so you should send her back. ;)

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Thanks, Tim!

That is some wishful thinking! ;)

You really have some outstanding Ball Pythons! Love the black beans...I always get them at Tijuana Flats :gj:

I have more pictures for you guys!

2013 Female Gold Blush Mojave. These photos really wash her out. She has an overall gold tone usually )
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/be2u3asa.jpg
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2013 Male Black Pastel Yellowbelly @ 600 grams. It's crazy to think that he was black and orange as a baby. I would LOVE to pair him to my fire girl next season.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/jesy9ypu.jpg
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2013 Female RDR Lesser @ 550 grams. This girl is our holdback! I swear she just gets better and better.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/apubura7.jpg
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This is one of our "pets"! 2013 Male Desert. He is still a tiny guy, but so bright!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/egyru4ad.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/quvu5y8u.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/ugy3uvah.jpg

2012 Female Hypo Jigsaw! Do I need to say more?
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/7yje3yde.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/ba8uvuvu.jpg
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2012 Female Firefly at 1100 grams
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/5u6y9a6a.jpg

2011 female albino at 1600 grams!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/28/e9ahenet.jpg

Your hypo jigsaw is just beyond words. I also like the black bean background idea.

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Your hypo jigsaw is just beyond words. I also like the black bean background idea.

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Thanks! I think the beans add nice texture to the photo :)

i just had an idea.


you could take a 3 feet by 3 feet piece of cloth (maybe a bit larger or smaller) and spread out the beans on top of that. when youre done you pull up all 4 corners and close it with a piece of rope, and now its a bag of beans and you can store it like that. and next time you want to take these pictures, you just remove the piece of rope, put it on a table, spread it out and take your pictures.

that way you can set it up in one minute, and store it away in one minute. basically a background in a bag. and unless a snake freaks out on top of it, you wont have to deal with misplaced beans and dont need to move them from one container to another.

i remember this method from my childhood, a square blanket and a rope is the best way to keep a few kilograms of lego pieces contained.