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12-29-03, 09:57 AM
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Join Date: Dec-2003
Location: North Shropshire, UK.
Age: 62
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Hi there!!!
My name is Ruth, I am 41, and I live in North Shropshire, United Kingdom.
Having kept tropical fish for three years now - my main tank is South American Community Fish - I decided I would like to realise my lifetime ambition of owning a snake.
Last week I started off with a Royal Python, but health problems (ticks, mites, scale rot) made me reluctantly return it to the store. I now have a cute little Californian Kingsnake and have a feeling that I am going to be happier with this one.
I have looked around a few of the reptile forums but found this to be the most friendly and knowledgeable so I can see myself becoming a regular here.
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0.1.0 Cali King 1.0.0 Pueblan Milk
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12-29-03, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar-2003
Location: Ontario
Age: 42
Posts: 3,999
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Welcome to the site and congrats on your snake!!!
-Steve-
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12-29-03, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Evansville,In
Age: 59
Posts: 419
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Hi Ruth! Welcome! I hope your Cal King works out better for you than the BP.
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12-29-03, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Age: 46
Posts: 198
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Welcome Ruth!!
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12-29-03, 01:56 PM
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Super Genius
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Age: 49
Posts: 6,292
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Welcome to the site.
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12-29-03, 02:14 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Dec-2003
Location: ONT.canada
Age: 56
Posts: 103
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welcome Ruth your in the right place!
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12-29-03, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2002
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,355
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Hi Ruth!
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12-29-03, 11:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec-2003
Location: ct
Age: 45
Posts: 26
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Hi Ruth,
Congrats on your new snake.!
Rusty
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12-30-03, 04:34 AM
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Join Date: Dec-2003
Location: North Shropshire, UK.
Age: 62
Posts: 159
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Thanks, everyone. Just had my first experience of snkae 'musk'. LOL I didn't know anything about it until I felt my hand was wet after averting her 'escapology'. Looked in my little book and there it was. Funny the shop man did not tell me about it.
Well, I presume that's what it was - the smell was a sour one. Unless she took one look at me and pee'd herself. ;o)
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0.1.0 Cali King 1.0.0 Pueblan Milk
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12-30-03, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Evansville,In
Age: 59
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Ruth, that's one of the joys of owning a kingsnake! LOL! Don't put your "little stinker" back in it's cage right after he or she does this or it will learn that the musking will make you go away. Once he finds out you are not going to eat or harm him that behavior should stop. 
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12-30-03, 11:56 AM
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Join Date: Dec-2003
Location: North Shropshire, UK.
Age: 62
Posts: 159
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My son wants to call her 'Sable' after his fave female WWE wrestler but I wanted to call her 'Slinky'.
I now think that perhaps 'Skunky' would be a better choice. LOL Or... She just wolfed down her first feed so perhaps 'Piggy' would be better.
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0.1.0 Cali King 1.0.0 Pueblan Milk
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12-30-03, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: Nov-2003
Location: Toronto. Canada
Age: 42
Posts: 361
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Poor BP...
Welcome to the site Ruth!
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01-01-04, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec-2003
Location: North Shropshire, UK.
Age: 62
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I must admit that, although I like the King, I do miss the BP. She was a lovely creature. Maybe, when I am more experienced I might try again. by then I should have a better idea of what to look for in a 'good' snake.
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0.1.0 Cali King 1.0.0 Pueblan Milk
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01-01-04, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2002
Location: Victoria, BC
Age: 44
Posts: 5,454
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Welcome to ssnakess Ruth, and congrats on your new addition! 
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01-02-04, 10:35 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul-2003
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canuckland
Age: 46
Posts: 3,934
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Welcome to sSnakeSs Ruth!
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Snakes: 2.1 Corns, 1.1 Kings, 1.0 Everglades Rat, 1.1 Spotted Pythons, 1.2 Children's Pythons, 1.2 BCIs Lizards: 0.2 Leopard Geckos, 1.3 Bibron Geckos Inverts: 2.1 Tarantulas, 0.1 Emporer Scorpion Mammals: 0.2 Kittens
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