The day's catch (dialup warning)

Well, I'm proud of my self. I only bought ten snakes today.

Ahem.. here they are. (and excuse the crappy pictures, some were taken in a moving car)

This is Harry my male granite burmese python
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../2/8/harry.jpg

Here is my female surinam BCC. I'm a bit worried because I realise that I didn't ask if she was CB, and I went on the website to check (lllreptile) and they didn't say their baby suris were CB.. I hope she does alright. She appears fine.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/1/4/2/8/suri.jpg

Here's my het hypo female honduran milk. She's a little turd.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../2/8/hondo.jpg

Here's a little male greyband king.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/greyband.jpg

This is Beauregard a breeder male stripe cali king.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../2/8/boreg.jpg

Here's the female breeder cali king.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/caliking.jpg

I don't have to tell you what this one is.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/8/sunglo.jpg

Here's another little turd. This one's a male albino nelson's milk.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../8/albnels.jpg

This one is Rusalka, my female (tame) yellow anaconda.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../8/rusalka.jpg

Last, but DEFINITELY not least.. my 6-7' female (possibly gravid) dumerils boa.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/1/4/2/8/dum.jpg

dang shelby, thats a lot of snakes! congrats. i guess you like dunkin donuts, huh?

Donuts were breakfast. My cousin's choice.

wow. Congrats mostly on the anni and burm. Which one will end up getting bigger. You have alot of snakes. I can't even remeber all of them. I wanna see some more pics of the annie.

The burm will most likely grow larger.. even though it's a male and the annie is a female.

In about one week I'll get you more pics of the annie. I have to leave them all alone for a week to settle in. (it's verrrry hard!)

So Male Yellow Annie would be mostly smaller than a burm when fully grown. I was reading some caresheets on this site and It seems that a RTB could be the same size or bigger as the yellow. Sorry if I seemed so hyped up on this yellow, its just cool that its an Anaconda ,but it grows somewhat smaller compared to some other giants.

tell us if the dumerils boa lays eggs, that would be so cool! that anaconda is so awesome too. man i better stop b4 i get mad at you for having all the snakes i want! lol

Congrats on all your cool new critters!!!!! I'd slobber and drool, but there's no way I'd be able to have an annie or the burm....but they sure are sahweeeeeet looking!!!!

Best wishes for all your new babies!!


RuLyn

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Originally Posted by mr~python

tell us if the dumerils boa lays eggs, that would be so cool! that anaconda is so awesome too. man i better stop b4 i get mad at you for having all the snakes i want! lol

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They dont lay eggs, the offspring are live born.

Also congrats on all the new additions. How long do you think that the Dumerils has been gravid for? Dont they have somewhere near a 230 day gestation period?

Wow, that's some haul there! :eek: It looks like you need to start charging admission to your house now. ;) Congrats on the new additions, and I'll look forward to see some better pics once they've settled in.

Wow shelby ! thats so great ! You have some beautiful snakes.

Man, i feel like im so behind in my herping. You guys would always talk about the snakes you someday dreamed of owning like your anaconda and your burmese python and now youve finally got them !! Unlike me.....i havent gotten any new snakes exept for my little sonoran gopher snake. im still with the same 4 snakes ......its great but everybody knows that snakes are very addicting and you just want more !

Have fun with your new additions shelby im happy for you !

Oh that albino Nelson's is so darling! Looking right at the camera too! My daughter is just waiting for the breeder to tell us which of his new 8 baby albino Nelson's is a female so she can pick which one will be hers (she's saving madly for it as we speak lol).

Congrats on all the new additions. That Suri is stunning!


~~Jo~~

Thanks everyone. I opened cages to check temps today, and everyone seems fine.

Except for one. My big dumerils seems to have a respiratory infection. I know at the show she was cold. Maybe I was stupid to buy her, but I really adore her. Seems a vet trip is in order though. *sigh*

She's in shed, but that wouldn't make her gurgly and a bit profuse in saliva would it? She isn't drooling out her mouth or anything. I think I'll wait until she sheds then take her to the vet.

I have no idea how long she has been gravid for.

i wish i could go to a show and just buy 10 snakes like that. i love the annie and bcc. i hope your dumeril is ok.

how much money did you shell out for these snakes

My money spent is my business (no offense) but I saved for about two months to go there.

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Originally Posted by oorob00

They dont lay eggs, the offspring are live born.

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oh, i knew that. i was just wasn't thinkin about it at the time.:rolleyes: but seriously... i did know that.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

I know at the show she was cold.

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URI's that show themselves as "gurgly" don't happen in less than 36 hours. If she is gurgling now, the vendor most likely knew she was sick. Unfortunately, URI is often a common side effect of breedeing for many species of boids in the hands of breeders that don't know any better. I would definitely contact the seller and at least b!tch a little bit, even if they don't do anything about it, they should at least be reminded that selling sick animals just isn't right.

Have your vet do a culture ... since she's an adult she may have been treated at some point in the past and have a resistance built up to certain anti-biotics ... a culture will potentially save you a lot of trial and error.

-adam

Congrats on your new snakes. :) They are amazing. When I showed my daughter the pic of the Anaconda she flipped out. Anacondas are her favorite snake. Sorry to hear about the URI. I hope everything is ok.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

URI's that show themselves as "gurgly" don't happen in less than 36 hours. If she is gurgling now, the vendor most likely knew she was sick. Unfortunately, URI is often a common side effect of breedeing for many species of boids in the hands of breeders that don't know any better. I would definitely contact the seller and at least b!tch a little bit, even if they don't do anything about it, they should at least be reminded that selling sick animals just isn't right.

Have your vet do a culture ... since she's an adult she may have been treated at some point in the past and have a resistance built up to certain anti-biotics ... a culture will potentially save you a lot of trial and error.

-adam

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Ok.. actually I did call him. He said that because she was cold and that she was shedding that's why she's gurgly. He said warm her up and in a few days when she sheds she should be better.

I'll wait for the shed, then take her to the vet if she's still bad.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Ok.. actually I did call him. He said that because she was cold and that she was shedding that's why she's gurgly. He said warm her up and in a few days when she sheds she should be better.

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You're going to need anti-biotics for this one ... I should have bet money on the seller saying that ... LOL.

-adam

Yeah well, that sucks. They have good feedback on the BOI and everything.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Yeah well, that sucks. They have good feedback on the BOI and everything.

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I'm sure that they do. I think even good people can sometimes be over zealous making a sale. The difference between good and "shady" is where they stand making sure that you are a satisfied customer.

The sellers that sell you crap, take your money, and wash their hands of you don't get very far in this business ... An honest guy that makes a mistake and then makes a serious effort to correct it at the customers request is a totally different story. :D

-adam

Yes, I understand.

I just bought her yesterday.. would it be really over stressful if I took her to the vet tomorrow, or should I wait until she sheds..?

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Yes, I understand.

I just bought her yesterday.. would it be really over stressful if I took her to the vet tomorrow, or should I wait until she sheds..?

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There's probably very few things more stressful to a snake than to be clogged with enough mucus to cause a gurgling sound when trying to breathe, so I'd say that a trip to the vet can't hurt much more.

Maybe call your vet and tell them the story, see what he/she suggests?

-adam

True.

I'll give him a call tomorrow.

great catches April!!!!!!!! 10 at a time!!!

I was planning on picking up some new snakes this weekend too....I dropped my brothers hogg/columbian boa off to him at his new home in south louisiana so i had to pass by EbN on the way back home....nobody was there (i figure they went to a show somewhere)....oh well...guess I will have to put off new additions til next weekend when I head back south :D

They are all beautiful Shelby. Sorry about the RI.

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great catches April!!!!!!!! 10 at a time!!!

I was planning on picking up some new snakes this weekend too....I dropped my brothers hogg/columbian boa off to him at his new home in south louisiana so i had to pass by EbN on the way back home....nobody was there (i figure they went to a show somewhere)....oh well...guess I will have to put off new additions til next weekend when I head back south :D

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If your'e referring to exotics by nature...they were at the tinley show :D

That sucks shelby.

What sucks more is that I can't get an appointment at the vet until sometime next week.

Congrats on the new additions. They are all gorgeous! I can't wait to see some after settled pics ;)

I wish you the best of luck with your girl. I hope things hold over until you can get in to see your vet. Any chance they can recommend you to someone while he's gone since it's an emergency?

They did recommend me to another.. but most vets have the same hours and they were all booked up.

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Originally Posted by Schlyne

If your'e referring to exotics by nature...they were at the tinley show :D

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Thats what I figured......I guess that het pied male will just have to wait a week or two ;)

Great buys Shelby,
I do hope your big girl does ok, does the distributor know how long she has been gravid? I hope her RI does better.
Beautiful little anni. And the Granite has some beautiful markings. Would love to see a nice crisp shot of both baby giants.
Thanks
Rusty

I didn't ask the breeder how long they thought she was gravid (too busy drooling over her lol)

Thing is, the vet probed her and though he didn't tell me a scale count, and I don't know if he probed both sides, he said the snake probed deep to be a female. I'm going to probe her myself and get a scale count.

I have a better pic of the burm here: http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=25907 and I'll get a pic of the conda in a few days.