I thought I would snap a few pics of the little ones. Here is Razz, an albino boa.

Clicken the pic to see a few more on flickr.

I ran into an old friend of mine at the last reptile show and we got to talking about burmese pythons. He mentioned that he had a rescue that he was looking to home. He mentioned that he had someone that was interested in taking her, but if that didn’t work out he would give me a call.

Yesterday, the phone rang.

And here she is:

I don’t have her exact length yet, but she did weigh in at 43lbs. She seems friendly, so far.

Here is a picture of one of the babies I am holding back from my 061808 litter.

Haven’t sexed them all yet, I have several that are being refusing food (dumb snakes). They are having to be force fed. Once they are all stable and eating.. I’ll sex them then..

The babies started their first shed today, which means they get their first meal tomorrow. I am sure they would be /so/ excited! If only they knew..

I need to get my lighting sorted better for the pictures, so that I do not have to use the camera flash. It drowns out their colors.

I will let you know in advance that this post does not have a happy ending. I have been AWOL from the reptile forums that I visit for some time. I just haven’t had it in me to visit them lately. Hell, I have even thought of getting rid of most of my snakes. Lately, with the amount of stress that I have had to deal with, I have found it slightly relaxing to browse the forums, read posts and look at some of the pictures that are posted.

I stopped by a popular Red-Tail Boa forum this evening and one of the first posts I came across was from a friend of mine named Rick. I met Rick online about a year and a half to two years ago, when I purchased Razz (pictured below) from him.

She is a beautiful snake with a great disposition. Her mother was an F3 Albino named Aurora owned by Rick. Aurora ran into a bit of trouble within the last couple years. I believe she formed a cyst or something on her side and had to go through a couple surgeries before getting back to her normal self

You can see her scar in the picture above. Rick went through a very long recovery period with her. That scar was pretty much an open wound for the longest time, but he mended her back to health.

(This is the most recent photo of her with her last batch of babies)

Well, long story short.. apparently Rick was on his way to the vets with her in a duffel bag. He had run into a store to grab some coffee and when he came out she was gone. Somebody had reached in the open window and stolen the duffel bag. He spent several days papering the town with reward posters and scanning a ton of online ads hoping she would show up.

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