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| Gingerpony |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 13:08:09
Scott/cumbrian_eejit put me on to this one and after various emails with the vendor and a quick trip out, arrived in the madhouse on Sunday.
On paper: CB05 / rising 4 years old, stated male on A10, not microchipped yet (should be by law) and ONLY 20 MILES AWAY, GREAT!! 
In reality: possibly CB07/08?, may be male or female (as i'm certain the paperwork doesn't relate to this particular snake), about 3ft long and the size of a yearling cornsnake, in a mahooosive 4ft viv, and feeding every 3 months (i wonder why??)  the CITES A10 paperwork is out of date as it needs renewing stating the microchip number at around 15 months of age, and obviously needs microchipping still.
I just felt he needed to be rescued  although he wasn't the boyfriend for Marilyn i was looking for. but feeding 4 times a year? how can you leave a little snake to that kind of life?
he's now in the 2.5 foot viv that i was going to move Queenie into shortly. i'm hoping the smaller enclosure will help get him feeding more regularly as he must have been stressed to hell.
pics will follow shortly, i took some when moving him from transport RUB to viv but photobucket is currently offline but should be back later. |
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| wolfspirit |
Posted - 19/03/2009 : 22:37:54
Grapefruit seed extract.................... |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 19/03/2009 : 20:52:29
i need to read up on live-bearers to, i think gestation is 4-6 months off the top of my head..............
and yes, i'm still poorly with germs was in A&E on sunday night on a nebulizer as this chest infection/cough/flu thing had affexted my asthma that badly. but it seems loads of people are going down with this, i'm still blaming one of the dog groomers at work who brought it home with her from Spain *nods* |
| wolfspirit |
Posted - 19/03/2009 : 09:26:01
Now you see i did not know they had live babies, so you educated me again..lol...is the gestation period the same as snakes that lay eggs? I must go read this up...thanks GP..
Are you still poorly? still got germs? |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 19/03/2009 : 08:46:42
not yet, i've not even had him out yet with me being ill
him and Queenie are (hopefully) having a feed tonight and i'll get him out beforehand and have a play and weigh him too, my plan was to weigh everything tonight as i haven't done them for months. |
| wolfspirit |
Posted - 18/03/2009 : 21:43:59
yeah i know what you mean/
Ali did you name him yet? |
| Mulv |
Posted - 18/03/2009 : 21:33:14
quote:
Originally posted by wolfspirit
Mulv, have you seen this girl over on the dark side, she is stunning
http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/snake-classifieds/268017-dumerils-columbian-rainbow-boa-essex.html
I have actually, I would have her in a flash if funds were a bit more.... well, fundish lol. |
| matty18714 |
Posted - 18/03/2009 : 20:44:45
Hows the new one Ali, tried feeding yet? |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 18/03/2009 : 20:39:07
quote:
Originally posted by wolfspirit
Mulv, where are you based? i know someone who has eggs coming and will have baby Dumes soon...dont know what price they will be though, but could send you there email addy...
*giggles* sorry Anne, they're live-bearers so no eggs and no incubation to worry about!  |
| Paulusworm |
Posted - 18/03/2009 : 19:06:51
quote:
Originally posted by wolfspirit
i know someone who has eggs coming and will have baby Dumes soon...
Are they based up by you or somewhere further south? |
| wolfspirit |
Posted - 18/03/2009 : 10:45:46
Mulv, have you seen this girl over on the dark side, she is stunning
http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/snake-classifieds/268017-dumerils-columbian-rainbow-boa-essex.html |
| wolfspirit |
Posted - 17/03/2009 : 21:57:40
thats a shame, they wont be ready till later this year anyway, by then they will be around four months old if they dont all sell.. |
| Mulv |
Posted - 17/03/2009 : 17:58:19
Southampton, but to be honest I was after an adult or at least a 1 or 2 year old, but thanks all the same! |
| wolfspirit |
Posted - 17/03/2009 : 10:03:36
Mulv, where are you based? i know someone who has eggs coming and will have baby Dumes soon...dont know what price they will be though, but could send you there email addy... |
| dazb |
Posted - 16/03/2009 : 14:35:49
went to a shop were they were house together the other day...
2 Dums and wot i thought was a BRB maybe 2. it was hidden under the substrate and only saw a bit of it, but i think BRBs have a unmistakable pattern... |
| Mulv |
Posted - 16/03/2009 : 08:48:42
To be honest I wouldn't be surprised, seeing you can get 'Burm Balls' and crosses between corns and kings.
Never heard of it being done though. |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 15/03/2009 : 13:52:40
Don't think so, they are totally different families. Rainbows are Epicrates cenchria and Dums are Acrantophis dumerili.
Bet someone might try it though. |
| dazb |
Posted - 15/03/2009 : 11:11:35
can Dums and BRBs breed...? |
| Mulv |
Posted - 15/03/2009 : 09:25:20
I'm really going off you GP... bloody two dums now! |
| dazb |
Posted - 14/03/2009 : 19:54:30
quote:
Originally posted by Paulusworm
He's a handsome little chap. Nice one . Why not name him James after Jim Carey? Now you've got two of them they could be Dumb and Dumber  .
liking the idea...wot about Lloyd |
| Paulusworm |
Posted - 14/03/2009 : 19:50:05
He's a handsome little chap. Nice one . Why not name him James after Jim Carey? Now you've got two of them they could be Dumb and Dumber . |
