Brannagh and Orlah

These are current pics of our two biggest females.....both were pet store finds and we couldn't be happier with both of them...hopefully they will both breed for the first time this coming season.

Ms. Brannagh:
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...aghmay2006.jpg

Ms. Orlah - you can see her very long dorsal scarring in this pic but it doesn't bother her at all (the vet thinks she may have been exposed to an unprotected light bulb or something of that sort and it literally stripped the skin from her):
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...lahmay2006.jpg

Thanks always to Eugene (gncz73) for taking such excellent care of our females while they are under breeding contract to him. :)

How do you do Miss Brannagh, Orlah. Lovely seeing you ladies again. Good Day..er night. :colbert2:

Poor Orlah, I actually cringed when I saw it. Just to think of what she must have suffered, is just terrible.

Anyway, the girls are looking wonderful and I hope they make you some nice babies next year. :gj: :clap: Go Miz B!! :gj:

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Originally Posted by iceman25

How do you do Miss Brannagh, Orlah. Lovely seeing you ladies again. Good Day..er night. :colbert2:

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LOL Raj! You've just been waiting to use that hat tipping smiley haven't you! ;)

It is a bad scar Christie. Eugene actually got the best shot of it I've ever seen. It doesn't seem to bother Orlah at all as far as movement, shedding or if I touch it. It's actually very supple but yes it must have been a horrific thing for her to go through. Orlah is such a sweet natured big female too. Never a hiss or a strike and she came to us seemingly used to being handled so her past is a real mystery - perhaps a few owners? We'll never know about how Orlah got burnt or why Brannagh was so aggressive when we first got her.

Sorry to take this thread (kinda) off-topic... but when are you getting them back? I thought I had read through one of the other threads that Eugene's male didn't exactly get the job done.... What's up with your girls? I miss the "Brannagh's such a fiesty one.." threads... :) (Not that I like hearing about her striking at you or Mike.. not at all..) :)

Jo, they look great - and honestly, that's the first picture that I can remember of Orlah where I could see her scar. Poor baby!


Ken, I think that they're staying with Eugene into the next season to try "one more again"! ;)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Ken, I think that they're staying with Eugene into the next season to try "one more again"! ;)

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So what about Mal? Isn't he gonna get any lovin this season??? :)

We're renewing our contract Ken, so the females will stay with Eugene for this coming season to try again. Actually it wasn't Eugene's male that didn't do the job. He was quite interested and did breed the year before so knew what it was all about LOL. Neither of our virgin females however were overly interested.

Due to a number of factors we weren't able to get our females to Eugene until extremely late in the season and things just didn't work out. Neither Mike and I or Eugene wanted to stress the snakes by constantly pushing for breeding so made the decision to just let them settle in and try this coming season instead. The females had just reached a nice breeding size so the extra time certainly won't hurt either. Since we've moved so much closer we'll be able to visit our females regularily now and although we miss them, we appreciate the chance to share some clutches with Euguene's gorgeous male morphs.

As far as big Miss B the Brat, believe it or not Eugene's 5 year old son regularily handles her when Gene is cleaning. Who would have thought that highly aggressive female would have ever come this far. We hoped she'd calm down enough to just safely do her husbandry, never in our wildest dreams did we think she'd be safe for a kid to hold! She had started to calm down before the move to Gene's house. I was worried the change would cause a backslide but she's just continued going ahead in her progression to a nice calm big female. By all reports though she still retains her killer feeding response...Ms B likes her rats LOL Lovely Ms Orlah is just herself. For whatever her life was before us, she's a big darling and a dream snake to handle.

They're just awesome! I hope they go this year, and lay nice, big, healthy clutches for you!!

Dems is real purty like :nerd:

Do you know what the male suitor will be??