http://sunshinestateexotics.com Captive Bred Reptiles Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:23:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My son and I have wanted a tegu for the longest time. We were looking for a nice Argentine Black and White hatchling. Well, we finally got one! We ended up with a really nice hybrid. He's an Argentine Black and White / Red cross. I say "he", but I'm ... http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/08/got-tegu/ Many scientists fear that the Burmese python population living in the Florida Everglades will quickly find their way to as many as 32 states within the US. These claims have been proven false by ecological niche models published in a recent research article. READ ARTICLE http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/08/will-deadly-pythons-spread-beyond-florida/ Over the next few weeks we'll be adding many boas to our available list. We like our babies to have at least five or six meals in them before making them available. Here is a list of boas we will have for sale over the next few weeks: Adult hogg EVB ... http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/07/available-boas/ I was taking pictures last night of boas I'm going to list for sale. I have a couple orange tail hypo boas from last year that I have been watching mature and trying to decide whether to keep or not. This female is turning out real nice. I love the ... http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/07/a-nice-hypo-boa/ I start my baby boas and ball pythons in 6qt shoebox tubs. I've always had a problem with the snake spilling their water bowls. Recently, Clay English told me about a style of deli cup that he uses. I ordered two cases and absolutely love them. I have over a ... http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/07/water-bowls-for-baby-snakes/ Our first ball python clutch of the season hatched. This was a Pied x Normal breeding. Bad odds though. All six babies are male. :( Oh well... We still have a few more HET Pied clutches yet to hatch. I can't complain anyway. These babies are all healthy and beautiful. http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/07/bad-odds/ Yesterday was a good day. I came home from work to find that Marge had her babies. This was a Dubay Line Orangetail Hypo boa x Salmon Jungle boa breeding. I haven't pulled the babies yet, so I'm not sure what the count is. I do know that there are ... http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/07/marge-had-her-babies/ This is Marge. She is a Dubay Line Orangetail Hypo boa. As you can see, she is HUGE. Actually, the pictures in no way show how stuffed she really is. She still has about 2 weeks left. I can't wait!!! She was bred with a really nice salmon jungle boa. This ... http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/07/shes-gonna-blow/ Have you ever visited a website and wondered why people put numbers in front of an animal name or species? Well, those numbers tell the sex of the animal. For example: 1.0 Albino Boa = one male boa 0.2 Bearded Dragons = two female dragons 0.0.1 Ball Python = one ball python sex unknown 3.2.1 ... http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/07/what-are-those-numbers/ We had some ups and downs this boa breeding season. We were really bummed out with the results of a few litters, but really excited and happy with the others. We have one more female left to drop.  This is the girl that produced the hypo arabesque babies last year. ... http://sunshinestateexotics.com/2008/07/2008-boa-pairings/