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Yay!...Got my Kenyan!

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Meet Corona :) Just wanted to share some photos!

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and his cage...
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Isn't he adorable??!!! Now does anyone know of any frozen mouse suppliers in the midwest that sell in packages of less than 100 and would charge less than $20smt for shipping?......lol
 
He is adorable!! Is this your 1st KSB? They are great little guys. I just added a pair to my collection, so I have a male and 3 girls now... cannot wait til next fall for babies!
 
Aww he's a cutie. I love the high white speckles on his sides.

Nice cage set up too.

For buying frozen pinks in smaller quantities, go to a reptile show. You can get as many or as little as you want. I see you live in Illinois. There are a TON of great shows in Illinois almost every month.
 
Thanks! :) Roxanne, yes he is my first kenyan...he's actually my first snake! I've always loved snakes and used to catch them all the time...occasionally we'd keep one for a few days...but we always released them. My mom will kill me when she finds out I got him...lol Oh well!

Karen, the problem with going to a reptile show is that I have to drive...and I drive an F-150...it doesn't exactly get the best gas mileage....lol All the shows that I'm aware of are at least an hour from Champaign. I am trying to find someone to go with me to the midwest reptile expo this sunday...but if I can't find anyone I'm not going to go. It would cost me at least as much in gas as it would in shipping...lol
 
I have some friends from around that area. Winter break I can see if any of them would take some mice over to you when they go home. I usually have an excess of mice. Before that, though, you might want to try rodent farm. Shipping is over $20, but they have good prices and I've never had a bad experience with them.
 
oh and btw

That's probably the tightest set-up I've ever seen for a new herper. Let us know how it works out for the snake.
 
Thanks Keegan :) Chances are I won't need mice come this winter...b/c I'm sure I'll end up with at least 25-50 wherever I get them from. As far as my setup...I'm not really a new herper..I've kept and bred leopard geckos for the past year and before that had a couple of turtle hatchlings (who I took proper care of due to good research...but one was stolen...don't ask...and I believe the other had been harboring pneumonia for awhile and then died of it). Corona is just my first snake...and I was sure to do my research to set him up right :)
 
I used to have Kenyans. They were a fun pair of snakes. I can't decide, Rosy Boas, or Kenyans. If, at the end of November, at the White Plains, NY show I can't find the Red Stripe lep geck I've been hunting for, then Im bringing home a new snake.
My list is...
Female Ball Python
Female Corn Snake
M or F Rosy Boa
M or F Kenyan Sand Boa
 
I love my little kenyan! He's such a little sweety and SO cute! Incedentally...I would LOVE to have a red stripe male leo.....haha
 
Im hopefully going to be getting myself one... Im hoping I can pick up a female red stripe het for tremper albino... Thatd be the perfect scenario. Breed her to my hybino, and get lucky with the genetics, have a hybino het red stripe hatch out. Breed back to mom, and get atleast albino red stripes, and if Im super lucky, a red stripe hybino!
 
I kind of want to do the same thing...'cept with LV's...hehe I want a male since I only have my male bronx right now (well I have his son Stoli...but I want new genetics). I think a red stripe male would be awesome to add...problem is I don't have any money...lol Jeremy has a PERFECT male...but again...money.....lol
 
I've decided if I cant find a suitable leo, Im getting a ball python...
I really hope I can get the red stripe het albby girl though...
 
I like ball pythons...I'd like to have one at some point. Definitely think my next reptile will be a red stripe male though...hehe
 
If you end up with a red stripe male, and make some hets, and I have a female, and make some albino het red stripes, maybe we can work out a trade. I already have the ball in mind. There's a vendor that always always brings female balls. They are always great feeding too. So, I figure that I could snag a nice little ball ($60 if his prices haven't changed". Heck, maybe two!
 
hehe...My Bronx is a hypo (and all of his offspring have been at least reduced pattern so far) ...so I'd have a start with mine. The male that Jeremy had (maybe still has?) available was a possible het for LV albino and actually looked like he was hypo...very pretty little gecko.....man I wish I had money.....LOL
 
I actually meant Red Stripe Hybinos*
I've made up my mind as well... I have the money, so if I can talk a vendor down, Im going to get a pastel ball!
 
StinaUIUC said:
and his cage...
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Isn't he adorable??!!! Now does anyone know of any frozen mouse suppliers in the midwest that sell in packages of less than 100 and would charge less than $20smt for shipping?......lol
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Where'd you get those cages?

What I would do is see if there are any other keepers of snakes in your area and see about splitting a shipment.
 
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