My ball python collectiona few months ago lemme know what you think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fCdz...&feature=g-upl

I really hope it was cleaning day and you just decided to make a video beforehand. Not for just the blood but for all of them. Almost half of them didnt have water and all of them were on nasty newspaper. And im not a burm expert but those 41qt tubs seem wayyyy too small for them. Not feeding them alot so they wont grow alot and will fit in those tubs isnt right.

Im not trying to be a jerk, but from the condition those snakes were in i personally would not buy anything from you.

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I really hope it was cleaning day and you just decided to make a video beforehand. Not for just the blood but for all of them. Almost half of them didnt have water and all of them were on nasty newspaper. And im not a burm expert but those 41qt tubs seem wayyyy too small for them. Not feeding them alot so they wont grow alot and will fit in those tubs isnt right.

Im not trying to be a jerk, but from the condition those snakes were in i personally would not buy anything from you.

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it was a changing day, with filling water and everything. The burms are in those as of right now until i get a bigger rack, which is going to be purchased soon. All of my snakes are healthy and doing great. And on the note with not feeding them as much so they dont grow as quick is no problem because in the wild some snakes eat once every few months my burms definitly eat more than that. Not like there starving. Everything eats regularly atleast once a month or better depending on age. and size. I do highly appreciate your comment tho thanks

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it was a changing day, with filling water and everything. The burms are in those as of right now until i get a bigger rack, which is going to be purchased soon. All of my snakes are healthy and doing great. And on the note with not feeding them as much so they dont grow as quick is no problem because in the wild some snakes eat once every few months my burms definitly eat more than that. Not like there starving. Everything eats regularly atleast once a month or better depending on age. and size. I do highly appreciate your comment tho thanks

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Idk if youre being sarcastic with the thanks or not but your welcome if you are serious.
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I didnt mean to jump on you like that, but mentioning that it is maintenance day in the begining of the video may have been a good idea lol. As far as the burms go, i dont know about them that much like i said so youre probably fine with what youre doing. With that clarification i would gladly purchase an animal from you. Especially an albino baby, bc your bino is very nice!

Nice collection. I really like your Albino group.

Remember that the videos you put out are the image that you put out. Anything you put out advertises you, good or bad. Personally, I would never film a video in those conditions. The video would come AFTER cleaning. The screen shot alone is a bit of a turn off. I would film a new, cleaned video and likely take that one down. If you sell, I can almost guarantee it will lose you business.

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Idk if youre being sarcastic with the thanks or not but your welcome if you are serious.
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I didnt mean to jump on you like that, but mentioning that it is maintenance day in the begining of the video may have been a good idea lol. As far as the burms go, i dont know about them that much like i said so youre probably fine with what youre doing. With that clarification i would gladly purchase an animal from you. Especially an albino baby, bc your bino is very nice!

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lol i wasnt beingsarcastic i take what i do very seriously and i know everything i post and everything i do is an advertisement for me. All of my animals are very healthy and are doing very well. Burms are great pets and such and yes i agree they dewfinitly need bigger tubs but feeding them once a month is never a bad thing


i appreciate all comments good or bad as long as you dont call me out and call me names and such you know. Judge off the information you given not off of thought process.

and again thanks for the comment

Yea no problem. Since youre the type of person that doesnt take offense, which i really admire compared to stupid whiners, i would really consider doing what jinx said about taking this video off and making a new one. People are gunna see that and think you dont care about your animals even if you do.

very nice collection

Thanks guys for the comments, and honestly i dont care what people think of my stuff. Ill leave it up and im going to make a new video very soon. Couple more nice addons id love to show u guys.

I urge you not to feed gerbils to your picky eaters. You're playing with fire every time you do that. Sooner or later, you will run into one that will never switch back once they've been on gerbils.

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I urge you not to feed gerbils to your picky eaters. You're playing with fire every time you do that. Sooner or later, you will run into one that will never switch back once they've been on gerbils.

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i did that once and it ate it, the only reason i did it was because it lost 60 grams (which when she starts off at 300 thats allot) after it did that it took mice and rats readily, that snake after going about 8 months without eating has more than doubled in size in all of a year to a year and a half. last case scenario i am always going to off a gerbil if i need to

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last case scenario i am always going to off a gerbil if i need to

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You have you some good luck with that...

Like the collection. Good luck with them

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You have you some good luck with that...

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thanks man

Love me some burms bloods and balls looks like you got it all. Like was said earlier probably a better idea to have cleaned the cages and then filmed but you gotta great little collection there. I am too worried about what people think to put a video up before I clean my cages, then again I am a bit OCD and I spot clean mine daily....

And I think we would like to see the new additions....

definitly ill be getting up a new video probably this weekend of the new additions and such

You have some beautiful snakes in your collection. I too noticed the less than clean tub conditions but gave you the benefit of the doubt since you mentioned it was cleaning day.

I check my tubs every single morning and night for issues. My water bowls get cleaned/disinfected every other day faithfully - I guess each keeper has their own standards.

The only other thing I was wondering about was why each tub didn't have an accurite in them to monitor temps and humidity?? I was always taught to have one accurite in each tub.

Again, you do have some beautiful snakes. Congrats.

I think you will see a lot of disagreement with a Accurite in every tub. I surely do not do that. I monitor one tub for averages then spot check the others.

I dont have an accurite in every tub either. My snakes have perfect sheds everytime so i must be doing something right lol

No, I don't monitor every tub, either--I pick one in each rack to monitor. I use a temp gun to spot check occasionally, but unless something goes wrong with the flexwatt, they're all going to be within 5 degrees, when the rack uses a single length of it. As for humidity, I eyeball that. Works fine, lol.

Ok, thanks. That is just how I was taught to house them and I only have 8 snakes total so I guess it won't hurt anything to have overkill montioring lol

Thanks for the clarification.

No accurite here in every tub either. But again every keeper likes to do their own thang.
I also wouldn't feed gerbils either especially If it's a live feeder. Gerbils are so much more aggressive with bigger and sharper teeth. The only way a gerbil should go into a tub is pk or ft. They are also expensive and addictive. Much more so the asf. Ball python crack. Most fasts will lose a bit of weight but if it's losing lots quickly than there could be another issue. I don't switch good or try tricks with anyone. For any amount of time. If worse comes to worse ill assist feed. It never comes to that though so I end up just waiting out the fast and they eat when they want. They won't starve and I have patience.


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No accurite here in every tub either. But again every keeper likes to do their own thang.
I also wouldn't feed gerbils either especially If it's a live feeder. Gerbils are so much more aggressive with bigger and sharper teeth. The only way a gerbil should go into a tub is pk or ft. They are also expensive and addictive. Much more so the asf. Ball python crack. Most fasts will lose a bit of weight but if it's losing lots quickly than there could be another issue. I don't switch good or try tricks with anyone. For any amount of time. If worse comes to worse ill assist feed. It never comes to that though so I end up just waiting out the fast and they eat when they want. They won't starve and I have patience.


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i was told initially that my albino ate live and i tried religeously over about 6 months and never ate, i offered the gerbil just because i heard its a good way to get them to get back onto feeding, it lost 60-70 grams within about 6months and being so little thats a good amount of wieght. I did also cut the teeth from the gerbil to ensure there wasnt a bite. I know allot of you probably wont agree with that decision but i do what i think is best for my snakes. I got her to start eating regularly on live rats and mice shortly after that. I dont ever give neone a hard time about how they feed or how they setup there stuff. I just do what works and what has worked for me. I also dont monitor every tub. All my snakes are warm whenh i remove them and have perfect sheds everytime as well. Way to many people in my opinion set setups to an exact, when in the wild its nmever the same standards. as long as its within a certain temp range than its not a problem in my opinion.

Thanks again for all of the Comments. Keep them coming

I actually do have an Accurite in every tub, but then again, I don't have nearly as many tubs as some of you guys and gals ;)