View Full Version : Just put money down on a BRB!
Just 5 months after my first snake purchase.. I caved and decided to pull the trigger on a second snake. Sadly, it'll have to warm up before I can get this little beauty from David Colling at rainbowsrus, so it may be a few months until we can ship her safely. to rub it in, it was -4 degrees outside mid day when i went for a run, not good snake weather! :sad:
Here's the one pic of her, shes from two high-orange adults, who look absolutely gorgeous (Daisy and Fred if you look at his breeders on his site)
Only one pic right now from a little bit ago, apparently shes already coloring up and he's gonna grab another picture when he gets the time. I don't know how I'm going to handle the wait other than getting a cage setup and staring at it every day :sad:
http://www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com/available%20pics/BRB/2011%2007%20DA%20FR/DA_FR_1118a.JPG
How do you all deal with the wait?!
alessia55
02-12-12, 09:28 PM
Congrats!!!! :D
Do you have an estimate of when she'll arrive??
While you wait you can make sure she has the perfect set up with spot on temps and humidity and hides and all that jazz. She'll have a great home with you :)
Congrats!!!! :D
Do you have an estimate of when she'll arrive??
While you wait you can make sure she has the perfect set up with spot on temps and humidity and hides and all that jazz. She'll have a great home with you :)
Already working on it! Luckily I have a billion hygrometers from a cigar hobby (don't worry, they aren't used yet, so they went nowhere near the cedar humidors which are nowhere near where my snake lives!) and my black milksnake likes it humid already, so i've figured out how to do that well enough :D
as for an estimate, the problem is that he lives in California, and I'm in New Hampshire, so estimating where they drop the box off for ground delivery could be tricky, I've had packages go through different places before on my way from the same people. I would imagine around April or so if we don't have a heat wave in march considering how warm this winters been most of the time. The problem (im sure you all know) is it has to be 40 at night, and while its been around 40 on some days here, it's always stupid cold here at night no matter how warm it is out! it's in the negatives right now and it was 45 out yesterday.
Addictive is'nt it lol
Yup. It's like anything though, I tried to convince myself otherwise by asking my girlfriend "hey should we get another snake?" and instead of saying "no we just got one" she said "Yeah, why not?"
I wish my lady would say the same thing. at the moment she keeps saying "one's enough" I'm wearing her down though lol
Well, our only other pet is (ironically) a pet rat, we love the crap out of it, but we got it before I convinced my landlord to let us get a snake, she originally said no, but we could get something like a gerbil, hampster, etc. (so we got a rat) then I asked her again a few months later and she said I could get a nonvenomous snake (i originally was looking at a hognose, and didnt know they were "technically venomous" so when my landlord asked, i said "hognose, they're really small and wouldn't be a problem at all" and im sure she looked it up and saw "Rear-fanged venomous snake" and was like OH HELL NAH
no kids, no dogs or cats, so its not like we have a ton to take care of :D
Rogue628
02-12-12, 11:03 PM
Congrats! David has some really gorgeous animals!
Gives me time to think of a name at least. I'm horrible at that.
Rogue628
02-12-12, 11:17 PM
Gives me time to think of a name at least. I'm horrible at that.
I used to name mine Irish Gaelic names since there's no native snakes in Ireland. I thought it was funny heehee
Now I just wait and watch their personalities and temperaments and name them accordingly. I still have 3 in my collection that have no names, one of which I've had for almost 6 months now. Nothing about her really stands out to me, which is making it even harder.
I'm the only one here that really names them. If I call one by name, the boyfriend always asks "which one is that?" So in conversation with him, they're referred to "your burm and my burm, your dumeril, my dumeril, your rainbow, the red tail, etc". I only have a couple that he knows the actual names to :O_o: lol
I used to name mine Irish Gaelic names since there's no native snakes in Ireland. I thought it was funny heehee
Now I just wait and watch their personalities and temperaments and name them accordingly. I still have 3 in my collection that have no names, one of which I've had for almost 6 months now. Nothing about her really stands out to me, which is making it even harder.
I'm the only one here that really names them. If I call one by name, the boyfriend always asks "which one is that?" So in conversation with him, they're referred to "your burm and my burm, your dumeril, my dumeril, your rainbow, the red tail, etc". I only have a couple that he knows the actual names to :O_o: lol
Yeah, i'll probably wait and do that. All of our pets have always been named after rulers/dictators, oddly even before we met each other.. So I'm a little limited w/ the female rulers hmm
Rogue628
02-12-12, 11:35 PM
Yeah, i'll probably wait and do that. All of our pets have always been named after rulers/dictators, oddly even before we met each other.. So I'm a little limited w/ the female rulers hmm
You could probably encompass some famous female warriors, or even the ruler's women/wives. That would be cool, especially if you breed :)
You could probably encompass some famous female warriors, or even the ruler's women/wives. That would be cool, especially if you breed :)
I'm leaning towards Cixi (also spelled Tz'u-Hsi), (chinese empress with a sort of cool back story), plus its pronouned exactly the same as "sushi" sounds. I wont name her until i see her and know the personality obviously, but still. :cool:
I'll probably make a list and keep looking at the names and see which ones i enjoy over time rather than just once, i'm horrible in the sense that i can never settle on a name :P
Got an email today w/ some updates of her color coming in, I really cant wait for her to show up.. eventually :P
she's already noticeably more orange!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/Novocane/bhbNoflash.jpg
alessia55
02-13-12, 08:55 PM
She looks wonderful, you must be so excited :D I like Cixi as a name btw. Very unique. I like the spot in the first half of her that looks like a mickey mouse head!
Shmoges
02-13-12, 09:31 PM
Woots BRB's!!
She looks wonderful, you must be so excited :D I like Cixi as a name btw. Very unique. I like the spot in the first half of her that looks like a mickey mouse head!
oh hey, I didn't even notice that.. I just loved her face!
The crazy thing, David sent me an email telling me when her birthday was (I asked, why not celebrate/know the birthday if i can!) and turns out she was born the same day as my black milksnake. Weird!
I'm just fascinated with how vibrant orange the parents are, look at these beauties:
http://www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com/images/Collection%20BRB/Fred_20101025a.JPG
http://www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com/images/Collection%20BRB/Daisey_20110318b.JPG
First snow day of the year comes on March 1st! GO FIGURE
I love snow, but now I feel like its going to be forever till I get her! :(
youngster
03-01-12, 12:14 PM
First snow day of the year comes on March 1st! GO FIGURE
I love snow, but now I feel like its going to be forever till I get her! :(
You'll probably have to wait till at least April.
Sucks right?
Strutter769
03-01-12, 12:15 PM
First snow day of the year comes on March 1st! GO FIGURE
I love snow, but now I feel like its going to be forever till I get her! :(
I know the feeling. I'm still waiting for my high orange (Abby x Fred). And now I'll be waiting for even more additions. More details on that later.
You'll probably have to wait till at least April.
Sucks right?
The way im looking at it, my birthday is in April at least! :laugh:
I know the feeling. I'm still waiting for my high orange (Abby x Fred). And now I'll be waiting for even more additions. More details on that later.
Same.. high orange! Daisey x Fred though, sister in laws ;) (or brother if yours is male lol)
Strutter769
03-01-12, 12:30 PM
[QUOTE=Skumbo;694445]The way im looking at it, my birthday is in April at least! :laugh: Same.. high orange! Daisey x Fred though, sister in laws ;) (or brother if yours is male lol)[/QUO
Well mine is a male so he's a hslf-brother to yours.
My birthday is in April as well (15th), but I definitely hope to not wait that long! My bullseye pair (to make pearls) will actually be hand delivered in the next week or so.
insignia100
03-01-12, 12:34 PM
May I ask who you bought from and how much?
Getting her from David from reptiles-r-us
he has 2010's on sale now actually, as he has all the 2011's hatching soon, hes been awesome to talk to and work with through me deciding on a snake :D
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my birthday is April 3rd, if i have her by then ill be happy! march should be warm considering how its been all winter, despite all this snow now its supposed to be in the 40's and all melt next week. so I'm hoping in the next week weeks at least
insignia100
03-01-12, 09:12 PM
I am now in talks with Dave to put a down payment on a 2010 BRB. :)
I am now in talks with Dave to put a down payment on a 2010 BRB. :)
awesome!
I just paid mine outright, lol he was happy when he got a check for the full amount expecting a down payment :P
insignia100
03-02-12, 12:13 AM
Going to the bank tomorrow to put money on my debit card so I can put a down payment on this guy (left, EV-MK-1003).
krystle
03-02-12, 12:49 AM
Wow nice snake she is gorgeous! Am so jealous:D
My girlfriend wants to name her Vermilion, which I think is pretty awesome but I normally stray away from naming something after its color
insignia100
03-02-12, 03:30 PM
Just paid in full for the soon-to-be mine BRB. Should be able to ship week after next. Can't wait!
exwizard
03-02-12, 04:23 PM
Itll be worth the wait. Brazilians are awesome and this one is particularly colorful.
Just paid in full for the soon-to-be mine BRB. Should be able to ship week after next. Can't wait!
I reaaally hope so.
Looking at an empty viv is depressing! :P
Looks like later this week we're getting a heat wave, going to be mid 60's during the day and mid 40's at night for a few days!!!
:O
aw they changed it, not going to be warm enough. darn!
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