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Hey guys, Just stumbled across this ad on Craigslist. I've never seen a Cal colored Champagne. Is this not really a Champagne, or do they actually come in different varieties?? http://spokane.craigslist.org/grd/2513057305.html

Wow, 15 weeks seems like a really long time for a meat breed to reach 5 lbs. Feed to meat conversion is very important to us too. One breeder I spoke to has Satins that reach 5-6lbs in 12 weeks. I didn't ask her about how much feed goes into them though. Have you ever worked with the Champagne...

Thank you! It must be awesome to see such brightly colored snakes in the wild. We most find garter snakes, rubber boas, etc.

Ever since I can remember I've always had a passion for reptiles. For now my collection is quite small, just 3 snakes, but its sure to grow when time allows :) Anyways, the first few pictures are of Lexus. She is around 8ft and is pastel het. albino Colombian Red Tail boa. It's so hard to get a...

Wouldn't life be so much easier if there were only 5 rabbit breeds in the world? :D I would like to get started with getting a meat breed, and so far I've changed my mind at least 4 or 5 times on which breed to settle on. Right now I'm really in love with Satins (Siamese in particular) for...

That is true. It was a learning experience, and I am glad that the rex didn't suffer any longer. We did make money off of them from selling them as snake feed, but it was definitely bittersweet :oops:

That's what I'm hoping to do with them. It works well with the rats that I breed for my snakes. They are feeding her every 2-3 weeks which is a "growing" type diet, whereas once a month would be a maintenance diet which slows their growth. __________ Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:44 am __________ They...

I had put down all 6 rabbits today just to be safe. They are going to end up being snake food. From what I read, if they do have Pasturella it shouldn't affect the snake at all, especially after being frozen. I used the broomstick method and it worked quite well.

No Altex around here at all sadly :( I have no idea where the closest one is at all. I might go with typical commercial meat cross of something. I heard that Flemish/NZW or californian crosses grow pretty fast. I have no idea if that eat a ton or not though. I really wanted to get Satins as our...

I'm going to be breeding some rabbits for use as snake food. What would be a good breed that grows quickly, and is economical to raise. 5-8lbs is what the snake eats, so the quicker the babies grow to that size, the better :)

Hmmm, so do you guys think that the rabbit would bleed out enough that once it was put in a bag, frozen, then thawed out for the snake, that blood shouldn't really be that much of an issue?

That is really sad :( Did the rabbit you brought home show any signs of illness at all?

Ok, thank you Shannon! I'm hoping it isn't Pasturella, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. He is a sweet little guy, gorgeous too.

I'll PM you some questions tonight! I'm in touch with a breeder over here right now. She has pedigreed stock, but then again, that doesn't mean they are great quality. Though showing will be something to do in the future, I don't want to start with stock that I'll eventually have to replace. I...

I totally understand why you said, and I do appreciate that you stated your opinion. Generally being blunt is better than sitting to the side while someone who needs help makes a mistake. With my rats that I breed, I do cull any rats that show aggression, bad moms, especially nervous rats, etc...

We are going to go ahead and put him down just to be on the safe side. I do have 2 questions though. 1) How should we safely dispose of the body? 2) How should we sanitize? I was thinking using the torch on the cages. Is there anything else we should do as well?

I was pretty interested in it at one point, and from all of the research I've done it seems like a pretty good program. Just not really my thing though :) I'll be going Primal starting on July 25th though! Check out some of his articles and the success stories. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/...

I'll definitely look into that! I was just reading that rabbit eyes and human eyes are pretty similar, and some people have successfully used human eye ointments on their rabbits as well.<br /><br />__________ Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:00 pm __________<br /><br /> Thank you again for your input.

Thank you guys for your input. I didn't mean to sound rude in response to what Ottersatin said, I just don't appreciate 6 sentences of "You shouldn't have done that." I'm aware we shouldn't have brought him home. Unfortunately I didn't get a good look at him until they had left and we were on...