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  1. kellysballs

    For Sale Big Ball List

    I (Kelly) have been accepted to veterinary school. This means I am gone 8 months out of the year and caring for the collection becomes Art's responsibility. Last term it was to much and we would like to reduce our collection by half. So this is the list of animals we are placing up for sale. I...
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    Incubation Experiment LONG POST

    Hello all I am required to do a senior research project to graduate. I chose to do my research on my favorite subject Ball pythons. :) It is an interesting project and I thought I would share my findings for anyone in the industry who would like the info. My findings were presented to the...
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    Easter Eggs!

    Happy Easter! This clutch was a 7 egger from Hailey the het axanthic x Greg the pastel axanthic!
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    Finally a bumble bee!

    Okay it only took us 2 years of breeding and 3 clutches to get this bumble bee! This female crawled out of her egg this morning!
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    Snake Room Video

    We recently remodeled our snake room. It was a soft remodel we turned a divided room into one large one. We went from 11x10 to 11x22 and painted the whole thing bright yellow! Not that you can see much of the walls anyway:D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeQfi20mzpo Thanks for looking!
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    Clutch 2 thinking about hatching

    Sorry guys I had a hiccup with my mifi and I am not sure why I have two identical threads. I cant delete this one so this is the best I can do.
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    Clutch 2 thinking about hatching

    Clutch 2 pastel het ska to pastel het ska 5 eggs that I cut on day 53. We are at day 55 with 3 little heads poking out. I can see an axanthic and 3 poss pastels. Hopefully one will be a super. I can't wait for them to come out and I can see what they are. I will update when they emerge!
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    Looky Looky!

    I came home from work today to an really bad funk in the house. It smelled like dead rat. I fed yesterday and made sure that everyone was constricting before I left them alone to eat. Well 2 males that where getting ready to scarf up there rats gave up and left them for me to find today:(. (I...
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    Pictus Geckos

    Does anyone here keep or breed Pictus Geckos? After reading about them in Reptiles Magazine I purchased 4 of them at the Daytona Expo. I think they are adorable and I was wondering if anyone has experience with them and knows any tricks of the trade. :D Pics to follow shortly...
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    Say Hello to Jacki

    Meet my new friend Jacki. She just crawled out of her egg today. She is very shy but I got some great shots of her this evening. I am pretty sure she is a Pastel Axanthic but since I have not seen an axanthic or a pastel axanthic as a hatchling I have asked the Graziani's to verify for me. So...
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    What kind of snake is this?

    I had an acquaintance who knows we have snakes come up to me yesterday and ask me to watch this video on youtube. It is her sister's bird feeder in Tennessee. The sister and the husband filmed this snake climbing up the bird feeder. At first glance I thought maybe a ratsnake of some sort. Then...
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    Happy Days!!

    I had a not so great day yesterday. Then I came home and checked on our ball pythons and look what I found... This is Charlotte on eggs! That is her clutch. Daddy is Don Juan. I did a little happy dance set up the eggs in the incubator, went back and checked the other girls and guess what I...
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    Eggies!!! Major DUW!!

    It is so exciting! :D This morning when I got up I checked on Lucky our 04 normal female and she was wrapped around her clutch! She produced our first clutch for us last year of 8 eggs. This year she laid another 8 eggs! She was bred to Don Juan our Pastel het SKA. Then I looked over and my...
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    FINALLY!!!!

    We Finally have eggs!! I found these this morning. The weight of the clutch is 667grams. There are 6 eggs. One was a roll out, I don't know why but she was not coiled around that one. I put them all in the incubator though. Wilma is a reduced pattern 06 female. This is her first clutch...
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    Do you use Ultrasound?

    I have to write a proposal for a report writing class. I chose to write my proposal on the use of Ultrasound equipment to increase profitability in a "large ball python breeding facility". The facility is fictitious, however I have to find real info on the subject. Does anyone here use...
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    Senior Moment

    One of my Co-workers sent this to me today. I dont know if it is really from a newspaper but I enjoyed it either way!
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    Great New Legislation!

    The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) WASHINGTON , DC - Congress is considering sweeping legislation which will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who...
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    Fun day in FL

    The whole family took the big guys outside today for some sun time. Charlie and Jane had a great time outside today I thought I would share some pics. Charlie is on the move. Charlie up a tree. Extreme close up! :) Then we had to get Charlie out of the tree. :D Jane and my...
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    Purchasing Microchipped snakes

    I have and Idea I would like to toss out there and I am looking for your feed back. I have looked into purchasing microchips and microchipping our breeders and any 100% hets that we produce. I thought of this recently while reading adds for "100% hets" with "lost" paperwork and the thread about...
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    Would you call this really late...

    or really early? This is my Spider Wilbur with his new girlfriend. She is a normal 2500+gram loaner. They have been together for about a month off and on with nothing happening until this evening when I found this! We thought we would see if we could get them to breed in the "off" season. Now...
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