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Offline Sylvias

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Free snakes are so awesome!
« on: December 03, 2009, 09:26:40 PM »
So a friend of mine told me about a possible free snake opportunity at his school and told me "this guy is wanting to give away his snake" that was literally all the information i got and the guys email address. I was thinking it was probably a ball python or something and -no offence to those who keep em- they just aren't my thing. So imagine my surprise when i contact the guy and find out it's a 3 year old cali king! I jumped on that and met the guy the next day to pick it up! :D
 He had always called it a male but as suspected it had never actually been probed so that was one of the first things i had on the agenda... as it turned out it's female!! I decided to stick with her previous name, Domino, its nice and fits.
She was difficult to probe and it hardly even went two scales so i either didn't do it right or it's female...going with female lol will try again at a much later once she's settled in and healthy. As it turns out she does actually have a bit of a respiratory problem (when i had picked her up she appeared healthy) which i didn't notice until feeding her today (she ate two adult mice) and she was sniffling just a bit so will work on clearing that up and hopefully have her back to perfect health in no time!
Also... Although i do love eco earth...NOT for snakes lol so that is coming out of there very soon and until she's healthy she will be on newspaper.
Anyways...here she is!!!
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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2009, 09:45:01 PM »
Congrats, she's a cutie!!  Good luck on getting her healthy :)
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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2009, 11:42:01 PM »
Very nice :) I used to use Eco Earth for snakes, but it is an unnecessary hassle really. Newspaper FTW!
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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2009, 11:47:34 PM »
I like it for lizards.... or for the sunbeam snakes at the store that need near mud conditions lol but not most snakes and definitely not desertish snakes
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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2009, 10:02:34 AM »
may very well have contributed to her RI actually.
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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2009, 11:03:29 AM »
Free snakes are the best... and congrats on the pickup!! Cali kings are cooool. :happy64:
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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2009, 04:03:47 PM »
shes pretty enough thats for sure congrats and hopefully you get her healthy fastly!
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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2010, 01:27:26 AM »
 :goodjob: free snakes are the best and i love the pattern

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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 08:42:03 PM »
Awwww your so lucky. Cali Kings are amazing little snakes!! So beautiful!!
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Re: Free snakes are so awesome!
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2010, 09:07:31 PM »
Awesome!  She is a very nice looking Cal King too!
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