Well now we are well into January and we are just catching up and getting things going. It has been a trying last 6 months. But we are doing well now. We really enjoy it here in Utah. We thought the snow would be bad but it’s not. The kids sure enjoy it. Our buildings we were building on the previous entries are still sitting there. We were unable to move into them. It is a long story and still remains unresolved. The good news is we have a new place for our collection. The building is working out well so far. We will have to see how this seasons production turns out.
Ball pythons – Should be quite the year for ball pythons this year. Generally speaking we should see some of the coolest balls produced this season around the world. With what genes breeders have available to them now I am sure we will be awed and inspired once again when pictures are posted from all ball python breeders with what’s new out of the eggs this season. The super calico should make an appearance this season from some one. I can only hope that he appears here in our collection. We are trying to get him booked. How about the super pastel clown what will that look like? Pastel clowns are insane looking now make it a super. That will be one everyone will be wanting. There are many others but I need to leave something else to write about in the coming weeks. The incubator still needs to be completed so we are not in too much of a hurry for eggs right now.
Boas- Yes, some of you have heard that we have some boas. Well it is true over the past five years we have been collecting only the best available boas on the market. Growing them slow and steady. That’s what you have to do with the boas, take your time with them. They do not power down the food like the balls do in the beginning. Lucky for me Colette has the patience. Heck years ago while feeding the baby boas I would be like feed that little thing a meal. Then give it another one and in a few days give it another. Well Colette was there to stop that from happening. She knew what would happen if we treated the boas like some people feed the balls. So following that path we now have some mature boas ready to produce. In fact we have had some nice ovulations already. We did produce a few litters last season as well. In about 4 months we will see if we get good offspring or not.
Well that is what is going on here right now. Colette and I are working hard to get back on track. But we believe we have most everything ironed out now. I tell you moving is bad enough but moving a large collection is even worse. You forget about all the little things you did to your last snake room that needs to be done to the new one. For example water filtration. Once we set up the new shop we had to increase the humidity. So we went out and got a nice ultrasonic humidifier. Plugged it in and it went to town but by the next day there was a fog of hard water minerals in the air and on everything. So we found out the hard way that the TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) was too high. So then we ordered a DI filter set up. We were told that will fix the problem. Mounted it on the wall set it all up and presto clean water fills the air and we are saying this is nice. The DI unit is really cool it even has this resilite on it that stays green when good water is coming out of it. So I am told I should only have to replace these two 20” filters ($125.00 ea.) only once a season. Well about 14 days later I hear this from Colette. What color did you say the resilite should be? That would be green dear, well it is red. RED, how can that be it has only been two weeks. So you can guess I was on the phone in a hurry. Now is when I find out that depending on the level of you TDS you may have a short filter life. So I call and order a RO unit to be installed before the DI unit. Wait a week and it arrives and set it up and with in a few hours I get a green light again. I even got a TDS tester to monitor the water. Interesting enough our water here has a TDS of 256 PPM out of the tap. Out of the RO unit it is now 6 PPM. That will make my DI filter last for a year we hope. I think we have the cleanest water in all of Utah now.
Well that was long but it gives the example of what to expect when you move to a new place. Electrical outlets, sinks, plumbing, fans, internet, trash etc; there is so much to take into consideration. I have a story for all of them during this move. Hey if I could do it all over again I would. I could live with out the almost 20 trips back and forth from California though. That’s all for now.
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