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  1. Art Klass

    You know when you're a herper when...

    You know you're a herper when... you get musked by a snake and the smell brings you back to a good place when you were a kid. what say you?
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    Finished Custom Enclosures

    Hello all. It's been some time since I have posted and I wanted to share with you the enclosures that I finished a few days ago. I purchased the sliding doors, which are on wheels, from a dude on Craigslist and designed the unit around those. I made the tracking from hardwood using my router...
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    Leticia Boa Taxonomy! Bci or Bcc?

    Jim Cermak and I have been working on this taxonomic issue. As some of you may know Jim has a breeding pair of Leticias that just had a litter. He sent me a full shed of the female, a large two piece shed of the male and several of the babies sheds. Here are the results that I found after...
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    I built a new rack....

    I needed to crunch some space so I finally built myself a rack this weekend. I made it from Ash and it houses 40 quart tubs. It utilizes belly heat via flex-watt. I still have another finish coat to apply and after airing out, will be ready to go.
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    New Rack Prototype

    This is a smaller version of the racks I plan to market. The tubs measure approx. 9" x 13" and are the smallest of three sizes that I will be using. The tubs are on drawer slides for easy access and pull out for cleaning and sterilization. The full size units will be on locking casters to...
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    Jim Cermak (SIRS) Highly Recommended!

    I have known Jim (online) for a couple of years and have recently had the pleasure of doing business with him. Jim sent me a beautiful female baby boa and I could not be happier with the transaction. Shipping was perfect and I received exactly what was represented (she actually looks better than...
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    Jimmy Pickett (Jimmy P) Great Feeders!

    I just completed a transaction with Jimmy Pickett of Arkansas. I received quality rats and a breeding colony of hissing roaches. Everything arrived in perfect condition and he is a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Jimmy for your feeder needs. Thanks Jimmy! We will be doing business...
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    Boaddiction forum - We're back and ready to roll!

    Boaddiction was hacked and offline for a while. We are now Boaddiction.com with a more secure forum. This is an official invite to come over and check us out. Hope to see you there. www.boaddiction.com
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    Cory Best of Rebel Dragons - Great to do business with!

    Cory just completed my website and I couldn't be more pleased. He was professional, patient, and exceeded my every expectation. Cory is a detail man and met every challenge that I asked of him. He did not rest until I was totally satisfied. He really had his fingers on the pulse of what I...
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    Art Klass Reptiles & Boaddiction Forum, finally finished!

    Cory Best did a superb job making my website! He put up with my computer ignorance and was not happy until I was 100% satisfied. Thanks Cory! Consider this an invite to visit my site and forum. I'd love to see some fresh faces in there. Feel free to register and make any suggestions...
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    I need locality boa pics for my website!

    I am doing a boa locality page on my website where I am going to list as many different localities as I can. I need quality pics that I can put with each listed locality. Any pics chosen for use will be credited with your name. I have Guyana and Surinam taken care of. Kindly post your...
  12. Art Klass

    10' 1.0 dwarf retic for boas

    This guy is awesome. Great temperament and good looks. Originally from NERD. I don't know his locale, however. Looking for 1.0 anery het albino, hypos, hypo hets or albino hets. Hets must have paperwork please. I will entertain any boa offers. Thanks, Art
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    Help me settle a silly bet!

    My wife and I disagree on just how many a "few" are. The dictionary does not help much so we decided to leave it up to you. One of us says it's three and the other says it's four. What say you?
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    Wife suprised me with a 1.0 poss. super hypo 50% het albino

    My awesome wife suprised me this morning with this guy. He's a poss. super hypo 50% het albino from DM Exotics, (Dan Mulleary). She handled everything herself (chest out, chin up), and hid him from me for a while now. You guys think he's carrying one hypo gene or a double dose? I can't wait...
  15. Art Klass

    Happy Birthday Eric! (ericfire)

    Happy Birthday Eric! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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    Check Out Our New Throne Room

    My wife and I finally finished our bathroom. My house is 113 years old and we made our upstairs sunroom into a bathroom. We totally gutted the room, including the floors. We insulated, put in a new subfloor and tile, cabinets, granite, backsplash, walls, custom texture and faux finish...
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    Species with dominant or co-dominant genes

    Lets see how many we can list. Any reptile or amphibian is fair game. I'll start with one of my favorites. boa constrictor co-dom hypomelanism dom super hypo (Breeding two hypos should result in some of the offspring being supers. Breeding supers with a normal will result in all...
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    Bug Eyed Leucistic Rat Snakes - should they be culled?

    Some genetic morphs come with undesirable traits. Bug eyes in leucistic rat snakes is one of them. I've seen this to varying degrees and I've seen some offered for sale. I don't think that these snakes should continue in breeding populations and should be culled at birth. As far as people...
  19. Art Klass

    video of boa spurring

    I think that this is hilarious. I have him in with a female, whose head you see in the video, and he is holding up to his end of the bargain. Sometimes he gets a little over zealous. I hope the download works. enjoy.
  20. Art Klass

    I bought a Goliath Bird Eater today!

    So I've got this freight train personality sometimes and for a first T I got a bird eater. I understand that this is not a beginner T. I've got all the respect in the world for it and am doing more research on the species. Any help pointing me in the right direction will be greatly...
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