The Snake Keeper Blog

This morning the temps droped and we have thunder storms with snow high on the mountains. So you know what that means? Breeding season has begun. Colette spent the day yesterday getting the boas together for the storm. So now we have to get ot he balls and get them going as well.

Well working trying to get things ready for the breeding season I must have worked to hard. My back went out a bit so I have been taking it easy the last day or two. Glad it is the weekend. Next week I am in SLC, UT for the reptile show and then I am off to Chicago for the NARBC show. Always look forward to Chicago as it is a great show and the people a great as well. Plus we always get some great food there. It will be an adventure this time around as I am driving out there in the motorhome. I love getting out and driving but two days straight is going to get a little stiff on the back but it should be fun.

Then someday I was driving with my snake on my way to the vet and I had a car accident, both of us got hurt. Luckily everything ended up okay. They recommended some cbd pet treats so my snake could recover from that terrible injury he suffered. The pain has reduced a lot since I started giving him the treatment.

Back to getting the room ready for the season Colette is moving males around and females are being moved and soon everyone will have stickers so we know who goes with how for this season. I think we will begin breeding by next week. Should be an exciting season. Hope you produce some awesome new morphs as well.

Well today I got in early to start feeding. Fed all the balls yesterday. But this morning I wanted to ge the chondros done before Colette came in. I was really excited when our new chondros we just received all ate pinky mice. Nothing like a GTP that eats without having to be teased. So they are off to a great start. If you are looking for any GTPs we will be selling a couple 2 year olds. Just send us an email if you are interested. Colettes hand is doing a little better. Still hard for here to get alot done until it is all healed. That is about all the news for now.

Just a short write here. Today is 9/11 I have something to say about today. A year ago I was talking to my wife about the “We will never forget” slogan we always here about today. I was like what is the big deal……..I really did not like it. But now look how things have changed. Now our President has made it a national day of service. Not a day of rememberance. This is WRONG. We do not want what really happened on this day 8 years ago erased from our childrens minds. We must teach our kids what really happened and we have to “NOT FORGET” we can not let down our guard. Today I understand that old slogan and agree with it. Fly your flag proudly today and everyday you can and stand for truth and freedom. Tomorrow you may loose yet another freedom so celedrate today. I was having to explain to my girls yesterday about the plane that did not make it to the target on 9/11. Those people are my heros they knew what had to be done and they did it and made the ultimate sacrfice. The Firefighters are my heros, all the people in the towers and on the ground…..HEROS. Families and loved ones left behind to pick up the pieces and move forward with their lives…….HEROS. All have thier reward in heaven waiting for them.

Fly your flag remember who you are and stand for what is right and remember what our country was built on the Constitution. Som eof our leaders and not doing a very good job upholding it. Write and call your Congressman and Senators tell them how you feel. They need to know what you think. You have the right to VOTE use it or you may loose it.

Okay back to snakes. UPS just brought me a boxs full of snakes. Some new Green Tree Pythons. Got to go get them put away.

Well the Anaheim show is over and was a great success. We were very pleased with the sales at the show. Brian and Bob did a great job as always putting on a great show. So we have been home for three days now and we are about cought up on the work here. Having some employees here to help makes all the difference.

Getting back to what I was tweeting on yesterday Colette is still putting snakes in the “mine” rack. I just did a quick count and she is up to 108 snakes she is holding back. So here is a tid bit for you. If you see any animals listed in the future that say there were hold backs you know you are getting something extra special. I doubt she will hold all those over the next year but for now they are staying here. She usually keeps them for a little while then decides what she really wants and sells the rest.

I have another rack and a half to photograph today and then I will be caught up on pictures. Soon as that is done I have some pics I just have to share with you. The hypo pastel mojave is just a sight to see. I just had to stare at it when I took it out for pics. Hey thanks for the comments on the blog. The more people comment the better it will be and make a good read for people. Well got to go if I start now I may be done by lunch with the pics. When each snake gets four pics each and I have about 100 snakes to do the math tell you I have a lot of work to get done.

Quick update this morning from the NARBC show. Yesterday was a great day. Many of us were a little worried about it being a hoilday weekend that attendance would be not so good. Well to our surprise we had a large crowd waiting to get in the doors. Sales were good so no complaints here. Plus coming back to California for us is a treat. I should have got some pics for you all of the belly dancers in a booth maybe they will be back today who knows. Hey did you know you can leave comments here on my blog? If you went to the show please sign up and leave some comments on this post. I would love to hear form you what you thought about the show. Especially if you have any insight to improve our booth for any reason. We brought alot of animals but still people were asking for things we did not bring. I should have people send in request for what they would like at the show. Well it is a short day today at the show so if you are coming get here when it opens as the 11-4 days goes fast. See you there.

Dan