Great info. Keep the videos coming.

"These opportunities are so precious..." I love that perspective, Bob. You really recognize the nuances in your room.

When will she be boot ready

Just caught this vid, she is stunning.

Thanks, Bob! 100% agree with this. You've really helped me understand how much you can control the physiology of a snake to your own purposes. It's a super useful way for me to think about my animals. I'd like to share ways I've observed what you're talking about here making a difference in terms of avoiding and managing regurgitations in true red tails. The biggest thing to avoiding regurges is not allowing the meal to sit in the snake, either due to temps or metabolic idleness. To that end, feeding smaller and more frequent keeps the metabolism up and generally lowers regurge risks. If you are going to offer a large meal, it should be in the middle of one of these high frequency/small prey periods because the already roaring metabolism will gobble up the large item. It's higher risk to break a fast with a large feed, which is what "infrequent" feeders are always doing. I've seen the "feed them skinny" issue on BCC that have regurgitated. I've ran into the issue while trying to feed tiny and often in hopes of simultaneously getting calories on board and also not trigger another regurge. This ramped up their metabolism more and caused more regurges, and was counter-productive both to adding weigh and giving their GI a break. Instead, I would recommend accepting that a regurge is a 6+ month setback and aim to put a BCC into complete metabolic idleness for a period, feeding small and infrequent even after the initial feeding break after the regurge. Thanks again for everything, Bob. I don't know why this information you're sharing is so rare because it is so logical. I think it's just an issue of how your brain wraps around these animals and the fact you look at things as "herd management." Take care. Don't get too hot down there.

Interesting. My concern is the increased metabolic rates will remove the valuable periods of rest, considering the digestive cycle is about two weeks long. But I do think you’re on to something with the snake working harder and growing and losing fat as a result of more meals. Pros and cons.

You sir have absolutely awesome Argentine Boas! I’ll be very much purchasing from you one day when the times right!

so beautiful

I like how you bury keeper tips/knowledge in these videos. It'll be found by those who care, and it'll be missed by those that don't.

What a great critter. Yes, you've laid the groundwork for someone with this female. Thanks for the details on ages for maturity. The maxx white is the best kept.

It's the simple things in life, Bob. I picked up a pair of redlines with the duckbill tips and they're very nice. They just took something that's usually an afterthought and put thought into them.

Thank you very much, Bob. These types of unglamorous videos are so important and unique. As my animals and I have grown, I've seen a lot of your advice play out in my collection. My BCO's in particular seem food driven. I don't feel comfortable servicing their cages with them in it, and I can see how a divider would be safer/faster than transferring them. I recently saw a design for an "Apalachia Snake Box" that is a double doored transport cage used by religious snake handlers. I think I'm going to make one for myself. Thanks again for your knowledge and time.

Great video, there was not enough feeding videos available when I first started keeping.

I think this is called feed conversion in chickens.

This information is gold. I love that you talk about the biodensity of the cage and the room. I think we tend to keep both overly dense. The average ball python producer can have 300 feet of python in a bedroom, easily. I've heard you talk about overly "tight" black cages for a while, and that has born out true for me in my collection. I live farther north than 95% of Americans, and even I've started ordering my black cages with extra ventilation. I also really like the older neodesha cages for ventilation. I think you know that I've looked to you a lot for direction in my collection, and I've found good luck doing so. Please know it's appreciated. Have you ever considered an energy recovery ventilator for fresh room air? You and I both face the problem of extreme outdoor temps. I think the ERV is the direction I need to go in my room at least for the winters. The ozone is an interesting idea. I've got a commercial unit I use in uninhabited rooms. I might look at a residential unit. I think about your advice often and benefit from it. I just hatched out a clutch of children's pythons. I maternally incubated them because I didn't want you to think I was a wimp. LOL. Other than that, thanks again for this video. I always look for your new content. I hope you're doing well and feeling good.

Great information.!. And the video was pretty thorough very well explained so thank you for all the useful tips knowledge and experiences ty sir😊

She's beautiful.

Classic case in point it's all how people raise them if you treat them bad they'll raise it to be very aggressive if you treat them with respect and kindness it will come right back to you the way you raise them most likely will affect how they develop and grow

Good work, Bob! Losing feeders is such a hateful experience. Yes, filling dead space with water bottle is a good idea. This video actually reminded me to order a freezer alarm for my deep freezer. Two other tips: 1. Fill a wide mouth bottle half full of water and freeze it, then put a penny in it, and leave it upright in the freezer. If the penny sinks to the bottle, you. know the food thawed and is suspect. This is better than checking when your power is out. Just keep it closed and check after. 2. There is something called a "supco start pack" which will solve most freezer issues other than a thermostat or a coolant leak. It's a relay and capacitor in one, and it'll get your freezer running again. I keep one in stock. They are like $15. Glad you appear to be dry and intact after the storm. Be well!

Her cage is so sadly bare.

Good stuff, Bob. You are on a roll. The law of probability means a larger scale person will see a lot more. Love the property. It looks like a storms rolling in. I hope that knee isn't bothering you too much. I owe you an email, not trying to ignore it. Just trying to make it worthwhile for you and come with something good. Cheers.

Hey tried maternal incubate my only clutch of ball python eggs this year so far a one week in noticed the female was not on eggs sitting in water, been a full day now getting concerned, watcher your video yesterday dropped my temps in the rack from 95 to 89 she is still sitting close to water with just tail touching the clutch, thought it might have been too hot so she felt need let eggs incubate on they own but I have incubator ready to go on stand by. What should i do ? Drop temps even lower? Only had set @95 bc even though says 95 was only hitting 90 on the tub inside

Amazing to see those cages are still looking that good and holding up so well! I have fond memories of seeing these cages at Eugene's facility around 1995, and similar to this video he had some huge gorgeous Argentine boas in them. Great example of DIY customization, thanks for sharing!

Hey Bob, really good message for breeder or just keeper, actually good for life in general. It was good to listen to. A lot of personalities out there in the reptile community. A good positive encouraging viewpoint goes a long way to some. Thanks, AR25 & AR93 owner.

Good advice, we are at 86F in Maine today, and while my snake room is in the basement where it tends to stay cooler and not spike with the heat, my quarantine room is upstairs where the heat collects. Had to bust out the AC units this morning or there would have been trouble.

Good tips. I like the planning for every eventuality. It's interesting how similar your problems are down South compared to the ones I run into up North. I've got cases of water bottles for my collection and myself and dogs. I also keep waterers separated by room for biosecurity. My collection of 30+ snakes takes about 6-8 gallons of drinking water a week to maintain.

working on the link to the article.....

I’m definitely get one of these from you

She's BEAUTIFUL!

O just what ive been looking for

Soon I'll will be in touch with you sir love your work an your animals

Amazing girl right there!!!!

BEAUTIFUL SNAKE HOW MUCH FOR HER ?

In my opinion these are the best looking snakes in the world! If only i lived in america :(

Hello, This is a top flight example of our colorful line and this line female would be $1500 US

How much for the Argentine

Wow she is pretty , how much does she weigh? And do you have a website?

Wow. Big and beautiful.

Will you be doing regular videos now?

Stunning. What age does you start breeding